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COOKING: Wild Berry Porridge with Honey and Meyer Lemon Salt
For a hearty and healthy hot breakfast, try this wild berry porridge. Life is pretty sweet sometimes? Come take a walk on the wild side with this wild berry oatmeal with a raw honey drizzle!
It’s a wholesome and nourishing hot cereal, packed with goodness:
- whole grain rolled oats, frozen wild blueberries & serviceberries
- a dollop of raw blueberry blossom honey
- a dab of golden Kerrygold or grass-fed butter
- a splash of half and half or milk
- a sprinkle of homemade meyer lemon salt (simple salty preserve made from the fruits of our living room lemon tree) to finish it off.
This is a serious breakfast, salty-sweet, filling, and a bright way to start your day!
This recipe serves four as a light breakfast or two hungry hikers. Look out for bears, Goldilocks, because this wild berry porridge is juuuuuust right!
Wild Blueberry and Serviceberry Porridge
A hearty and healthy hot breakfast cereal topped with wild berries, honey, and meyer lemon salt.This recipe serves four as a light breakfast or two hungry hikers! Look out for bears, Goldilocks, because this porridge is juuuuust right!
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups old-fashioned rolled oats (cold-soak if you're camping, or fine, use quick-cook if you must)
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup milk can sub soy or nut milk
- 2 tbsp butter Kerrygold or grass-fed if you can get it
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
Garnish
- ½ cup wild blueberries (frozen and thawed)
- ½ cup serviceberries (frozen and thawed, sub other berries if needed)
- 4 tbsp blueberry blossom honey can sub. other local honey
- ¼ cup half and half or whole milk
- 1 pinch meyer lemon salt (sub salt + pinch of grated lemon zest)
- 4 pats butter Kerrygold or grass-fed if you can get it
Instructions
- Combine oats, water, milk, butter, and salt in a 2 quart saucepan.
- Stir over medium heat and bring to a simmer, watching to make sure it doesn't boil over. Stir often so it doesn't scorch. Add brown sugar and mix well.
- Divide the porridge into bowls and top with berries, honey, and butter. Pour half and half or milk around the edge of the bowl and sprinkle with the citrus salt to taste.
Notes
Nutritional information provided is an estimate, and calculated for four servings, using only wild blueberries (instead of the serviceberries) and whole milk.
Nutrition
Calories: 367kcalCarbohydrates: 56gProtein: 7gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 35mgSodium: 127mgPotassium: 280mgFiber: 4gSugar: 34gVitamin A: 443IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 127mgIron: 2mg
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