Chocolate Coconut Porridge

Ingredients

• 1 cup of gluten free oats
• 2 cups of coconut milk (can use almond or other plant based milk)
• 1 cup water
• 1 1/2 tbsp of cacao powder
• 1/2 tsp of vanilla (extract)
• sweeten to taste (maple syrup, coconut nectar, coconut condensed milk)
• Bananas
• Melted almond butter
• cacao nibs
• shredded coconut

Instructions

1. 1

   First combine the coconut milk, water cacao, and vanilla in a medium sized saucepan and bring to the boil.

2. 2

   Once boiled stir in the cacao powder and vanilla extract.

3. 3

   Reduce the heat to medium then pour in the oats in intervals while stirring to avoid any lumps from forming.

4. 4

   Allow the porridge to cook for roughly 5-7 minutes, stirring throughout the given time to prevent it from sticking, add a splash of water if the porridge thickens too much, If you are using rolled or steel cut oats then cook for much longer (see post)

5. 5

   Once the porridge is done, drizzle in the sweetener of choice and to taste.

6. 6

   Serve accordingly and drizzle with almond butter and garnish with a banana, shredded coconut and cacao nibs.