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Warming Blueberry Lemon Porridge with Honey

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Creamy blueberry lemon porridge with warmed fruit and a quick topping for a comforting breakfast.

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25 min335 kcal2 base servingsBudgetComfortingQuick
ContainsMilk
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Focus ingredients: blueberries, lemon

Dietary fit: Vegetarian

Serving tip: Cool leftovers in shallow portions and refrigerate within1–2hours at0–5°C. Eat within48hours or an earlier ingredient use-by limit; reheat only once until steaming hot throughout. Keep fresh toppings separate until eating. For larger households, repeat complete batches; extra sequential cooking adds another cooking cycle and preparing more fruit takes longer.

Blueberry Lemon Porridge plated and ready to serve.

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Ingredients

What you need

  • 100g rolled oats
  • 380ml milk
  • 120g blueberries
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 350ml water

You'll also need

knife and chopping board, scales and measuring jug, 3l saucepan, grater, wooden spoon, large breakfast bowls

Method

Step by step

Up to 8 clear steps
  1. Blueberry Lemon Porridge cooking step 1: Get prepped.
    Step 1

    Prep the ingredients

    For more than 2 servings, first divide all displayed ingredient totals into separate batches of no more than 2. Use each batch’s share of the displayed amounts in its own equipment. Wash blueberries and reserve 30g for topping. Finely grate 2g yellow lemon zest, avoiding white pith, and save the unused lemon for another use.

  2. Blueberry Lemon Porridge cooking step 2: Start cooking.
    Step 2

    Mix the sauce

    Put oats and 350ml milk in a 3l saucepan, with all measured water, over medium heat and stir for 1 minute.

    1 min
  3. Blueberry Lemon Porridge cooking step 3: Build the flavour.
    Step 3

    Simmer the porridge

    Bring gently to a simmer, stirring, then cook for 6–8 minutes until the rolled oats soften and the mixture thickens. Follow a longer packet time if needed; porridge thickens further as it stands.

    8 min
  4. Blueberry Lemon Porridge cooking step 4: Bring it together.
    Step 4

    Bring it together

    Stir in remaining 90g blueberries and all lemon zest for the final minute.

    1 min
  5. Blueberry Lemon Porridge cooking step 5: Finish the dish.
    Step 5

    Finish and serve

    Divide between bowls for this batch. Add optional milk in 15ml increments up to 30ml total if needed. Finish with all honey and reserved blueberries.