Creamy Buckwheat Chia Porridge — Savannah Bleue | Holistic Nutritionist and Hormone Specialist

Despite having the word wheat in the name, buckwheat is gluten free. In fact, it's not a grain at all but rather a seed (:

Now unlike regular oats, this porridge is a blend of buckwheat and chia seeds, making it more blood sugar balancing. This is due to being high in fiber and healthy fats, and lower in carbohydrates than your regular bowl of rolled oats. It provides enough carbohydrates to fuel the body without sending the body on a blood sugar roller coaster.

INGREDIENTS

Buckwheat Chia Porridge (serves 1-2)

1-1/2 cups filtered water

2/3 cup full fat coconut milk

4 scoops flavorless collagen (40 grams protein) (see notes)

4 tbs cream of buckwheat

4 tbs white chia seeds

1/8 tsp himalayan salt

1/4 tsp vanilla

1/4 tsp ceylon cinnamon

METHOD

In a small pot, add the water, milk, cinnamon, vanilla, collagen (see notes) and salt. Bring it to a low simmer over medium low heat.

Add the buckwheat and chia seeds, stirring it into the milk. Whisking can be helpful to prevent any clumping.

Reduce the heat to low and cover for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent clumping and burning at the bottom.

Once the porridge is done, it’s ready to serve. If you like a thinner porridge, know you can always thin it out with a little more water.

Toppings Top with 1/3 to 1/2 cup seasonal or frozen fruit. If using frozen berries like blueberries or raspberries (YUM), stir it into the porridge while it's still in the pot and allow it to warm over low heat for 2 minutes or so to defrost the berries - a little extra water or milk is usually needed.

Sweeteners: If you don't have fruit to add natural sweetness you can stir a tsp of honey into the porridge but for blood sugar purposes, aim for it to be pleasant, not a sweet breakfast.

NOTES

If you already include 20 grams of collagen in your morning bevy you can skip the collagen in the porridge. If you had your bevy hours before breakfast then you could add another scoop of collagen to your porridge for good measure.