COOKING: Wild Berry Porridge with Honey and Meyer Lemon Salt
For a hearty and healthy hot breakfast, try this wild berry porridge: whole grain rolled oats, frozen wild blueberries & serviceberries, a dollop of blueberry blossom honey, a dab of golden Kerrygold butter, a splash of half and half, and a sprinkle of meyer lemon salt (preserves from our living room lemon tree) to finish it off. This is a serious breakfast, salty-sweet and a bright way to start your day!
Life is pretty sweet sometimes? Come take a walk on the wild side with this wild berry oatmeal! 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. 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.
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