So happy to let my big secret out in the open: I made a cookbook together with my friend Tuulia from Wellberries ! We both share a huge passion for healthy plant-based food, and especially Porridge in all its forms is a subject close to our hearts. Our cookbook is all about wholesome & delicious porridges – porridge for breakfast, lunch, snack and dessert 🙂 Come along and enjoy a whole day of porridge with us!
All the recipes in our book Puuron uusi aika are gluten-free, plant-based and free from refined white sugar but definitely not free from flavor. We love to combine nutritious ingredients in a creative way, and our aim is to show porridge is so much more than plain oatmeal.
Our book (published by Atena Kustannus) contains over 50 porridge recipes, both raw and cooked, sweet and savory, and also a bunch of plant-based pudding and yogurt recipes. We also fight against food waste with a section dedicated to leftovers – how to create scrumptious cookies, waffles and other snacks from porridge leftovers.
One of our goals is also to show how porridge can be eaten all through the day: as a raw version to start the day feeling energized, as a super nourishing savory lunch or dinner, a healthy & wholesome sweet snack and also as a melt-in-your-mouth dessert. I’m so happy to share four recipes from our book for every occasion of the day (sorry, only in Finnish at the moment, but will translate them soon!):
Creamy blueberry overnight oats for a quick to-go breakfast – see recipe below.
Savory amaranth porridge with kale & chickpeas for lunch – see recipe from Tuulia’s blog.
Salted caramel & popcorn porridge as a snack – check out the recipe from Tuulia’s blog.
Chocolate chip cookies made from porridge leftovers for a cozy dessert moment – see recipe below.
Thank you for all the support, beautiful comments and messages about our book. We really are super excited about it, and we hope you’ll love it as much as we do (we’re pretty sure you will – who can resist porridge 😉 )!
ps If you’re a true porridge fan (and can understand Finnish 🙂 ) you can listen to our 45 minute radio show about Porridge on Yle Puhe Nosto. If you want to see us talk about our new book on TV, here’s the link.
pps If you try a recipe from our book and share it on Instagram, please use #puuronuusiaika – we would be thrilled to see your creation.
And now, let’s eat porridge!
- 1 dl gluteenittomia kaurahiutaleita
- 2 dl kasvipohjaista jogurttia
- 1 1/2 dl täysrasvaista kookosmaitoa
- 1 dl mustikoita
- 1 1/2 rkl chiasiemeniä
- 3 tl kookossokeria
- 1/2 tl ceyloninkanelia
- ripaus suolaa
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- Päälle: mustikoita ja 2 rkl mantelivoita tai muuta pehmeää pähkinävoita
- Sekoita hyvin kaikki tuorepuuron ainekset ja kaada tiiviiseen lasipurkkiin.
- Anna tekeytyä yön yli tai vähintään 2 tuntia, jotta kaurahiutaleet pehmenevät.
- Kun puuro on valmista nautittavaki, lisää päälle mantelivoita ja sekoita sitä myös puuron joukkoon.
- Tarjoile mustikoiden kanssa.
- 1 dl (noin 60 g) pilkottua tummaa suklaata
- 1 1/2 dl kaurajauhoja
- 1 dl vaaleita riisijauhoja
- 1 tl leivinjauhetta
- 1/2 tl ruokasoodaa
- 1/4 tl suolaa
- 2 dl kaurapuuroa tai muuta maustamatonta tai makeaa puuroa
- 1 dl mantelivoita
- 2 rkl sulatettua neitsytkookosöljyä
- 1 dl kookossokeria
- Laita uuni lämpiämään 200 asteeseen.
- Pilko suklaat.
- Sekoita jauhot, leivinjauhe, ruokasooda ja suola.
- Jos puuro on kylmää, lämmitä sitä hieman.
- Sekoita puuron joukkoon mantelivoi, sulatettu kookosöljy ja sokeri.
- Sekoita kuivat aineet joukkoon ja lisää lopuksi suklaapalat. Huom: taikinan kuuluu olla tahmeaa.
- Muotoile taikinasta tasakokoiia, pyöreitä keksejä. Keksit kannattaa muotoilla kostein käsin, jotta taikina ei tartu käsiin.
- Paista keksejä 15-18 minuuttia tai kunnes ne ovat kauniin ruskeita ja pinnalta rapeita.
You put popcorn on porridge. That alone tells me that this book must be bursting with all kinds of creative and unexpected ways to porridge 🙂 Coming from you I already could’ve guessed that though. And I see a bit of the savory side of things too, how fun! I love the idea to bake with leftover porridge, those cookies look perfect. Porridge and all it’s versatility has never been so beautifully showcased!! Congrats to you both <33
Thank you so much Natalie! I love porridge so much and it wasn’t difficult at all to come up with all sorts of creative and yummy recipes. My new favorites are the savory ones 🙂 And the cookies – they’re pretty amazing and no one would believe there’s almost a cup of leftover porridge hidden inside 🙂 Happy day to you <3
Yum!
Thanks Pamela, all of these are super yummy 🙂 Wishing you a beautiful day!
Congratulations on your book, Tiina! Very proud of you! And love all your different porridge ideas. The savory amaranth porridge really caught my eye. As did the caramel & popcorn one – so unique!
Thank you Nisha <3 It was so much fun making the book as it's a subject I'm so passionate about 🙂 Wishing you a beautiful day!
Nice pictures but please some English recipes
Thank you so much! I have the overnight oats recipe on my Instagram page in English 🙂