Quick amaranth porridge with pear and nuts

I love healthy breakfast! Especially when it is quickly on the table. Today's delicious amaranth porridge with pears and nuts.

Fast, varied and healthy - that's how breakfast has to be. That's why here's a recipe for Amaranth porridge with pears and nuts, which keeps you full for a particularly long time.

This breakfast recipe provides you with plenty of power all morning. With Amaranth porridge even the most stressful job can't harm you :)

So forget about jam, rolls or a boring muesli. Today there's a delicious porridge. I like to prepare such recipes vegan. So everyone can eat it, even those who do not tolerate or want to eat dairy products. The taste does not change much.

I find it even more interesting and better than the classic version because of that.

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What ingredients you need for an amaranth porridge

Let's take a quick look at the ingredients before we get right to the recipe. After all, you should know what's going into your breakfast bowl.

Porridge know most only with oatmeal and possibly a few fruits. But not this time, because this time I have come up with something great for you.

Amaranth in porridge

First, of course, there is the main ingredient: amaranth. This pseudo cereal brings an incredible wealth of easily digestible nutrients and vital substances. Amaranth is also completely gluten-free.

The taste is reminiscent of nuts. By the way, the name of the power grain comes from the Greek word "amáranthos" - which means immortal.

Amaranth is interesting for all those who eat few carbohydrates. The contained carbs are very easy for our body to utilize and give us fast and long-lasting energy.

The small grains contain a lot of dietary fiber. This makes us full for a long time and is good for intestinal health.

70 percent of the fats in amaranth consist of unsaturated fatty acids. Among others, omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acid.

There are only a few foods that contain all the essential amino acids - amaranth is one of them. The grain consists of 18 percent high-quality protein, and no conventional cereal can compete with it.

As sportswomen, in addition to a lot of protein, we also need quite a lot of magnesium and calcium. And here, too, amaranth porridge can help us. 100 grams of the pseudo cereal contain 330 mg of magnesium and 215 mg of calcium.

When you have iron deficiencyyou should put amaranth on your menu. With 9 mg iron and 4 mg zinc, the grain keeps us fit and lively.

Warming apple cinnamon porridge for cold days!

Vegetable milk in amaranth porridge

Mixed is our Amaranth porridge with almond milk or oat milkwhich makes the healthy breakfast even nuttier. By the way, almond milk is great! It has only 12 calories per 100 ml.

With cow's milk, you get at least 3 times as much. Almond milk is also popular in low carb cuisine. It contains very few carbs, but a lot of healthy fat and protein.

It also makes our Amaranth porridge vegan and lactose free.

If you like, you can also use hazelnut milk or soy milk. Allowed is what tastes 😋

Fish fruit

And of course, fruit can't be missing in the morning. Together with vegetables, it is on my breakfast table every day. According to dietary recommendations, you should eat 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day. Anyone who incorporates a little of this into their diet early in the morning is a big step ahead of others.

Also very tasty taste:

• Apple
• Berries of all kinds - especially raspberry
• Banana
• Plums
• Strawberries

Go for regional and seasonal fruits. I was able to save the last blueberries from the garden and combined them with a pear.

This amaranth porridge is

• vegan, therefore lactose-free and free of all animal products,
• high quality,
• gluten free,
• packed with nutrients,
• prepared in the twinkling of an eye,
• a great way to process ripe fruit,
• prepared in the twinkling of an eye,
• can be combined in a very varied way.

Recipe: Porridge with amaranth, pears and nuts

And here we go. Here comes a delicious amaranth porridge with pear and nuts.

Organic amaranth* and Agave syrup* you can order from Amazon.

Here you will find a long version of the recipe. It is intended for those who have never cooked with amaranth. But also porridge beginners are right here. If you're a breakfast porridge pro, you'll find a short version of the recipe at the end of the post.

Ingredients:

• 130 g amaranth
• 260 ml almond milk
• 140 g pear (equivalent to about 1 pear)
• 1 handful nuts
• 1/2 vanilla bean
• 1 TBSP. Agave syrup*
• 2 tablespoons blueberries

Preparation:

1. prepare amaranth

Weigh 130 g of amaranth and put it in a bowl. Pour with cold water so that it is covered with at least 5 cm of water. Stir with your hands (or a spoon) a few times to dissolve all impurities and excess starch. Wait for about 5 minutes.

Pour the amaranth through a strainer - it needs to be a very fine strainer, if you don't have one of those, very carefully pour the water out of the bowl so that as little amaranth as possible disappears into the sink.

2. bring the milk to the boil

Pour the milk into a saucepan. Bring to a boil and stir in the amaranth.

As soon as the milk starts to bubble, reduce the heat and let the porridge cook for about 15 to 20 minutes. You need to stir occasionally so that the amaranth porridge does not burn.

3. the pear

Wash the pear, cut it in half and remove the core. Cut it into small pieces. The riper and juicier it is, the better the porridge will taste later. Put the pear pieces aside.

Special tip: If you like it really juicy, cut the pear into small pieces and bring to the boil with a little water. With a little Cinnamon* season and you have a homemade pear puree. If I have time, I like to combine a few fresh pear pieces and the purée in my breakfast porridge.

Tastes mega delicious! By the way you can Prepare and boil down pear puree also on a large scale, you should have too much of the fruit.

4. the nuts

You can either chop the nuts normally and use them, or you can take a little time and roast the nuts in a pan. Very important: Do not put any oil in the pan.

Put the nuts in the pan, turn up the temperature of the stove and fry them very briefly on all sides. But be careful: nuts burn very quickly, so never leave them unattended!

5. mix the ingredients

Lift the pear pieces into the amaranth and let the mix sit for 5 minutes, allowing the pear to release its juice and flavor.

Scrape out the vanilla bean and fold in the vanilla pulp. To do this, cut the pod in half lengthwise and scrape out the pulp with a knife.

Now comes the Agave syrup* into the porridge, then the nuts and finally fold in the blueberries. That's it!

Can I reheat the amaranth porridge?

Yes, you can do it without any problems. If you have very little time, you can cook the amaranth the night before. Let it cool, then just put it in a tupperware box with a lid.

Freezing also works, but in my opinion it doesn't taste as delicious afterwards. It becomes very slimy and loses its bite.

In the morning, take the amaranth porridge out of the refrigerator and warm it up. Stir in the pear pieces. You can also chop the pear in the evening and put it in a Tupperware box. Don't forget to add a little lemon, otherwise the pear will turn brown. But it tastes better if you cut the fruit fresh. You should take that much time.

You can finish the Amaranth Porridge while the coffee slowly and delightfully trickles into the cup. Yummy :)

With this you can refine amaranth porridge

Who is not a fan of pears, of course, can mix in any fruit as the mood takes you. But there goes even more :)

• Spices like Cinnamon*, cocoa, vanilla, Cardamom*, cloves
• Yogurt
• Honey, rice syrup, Coconut blossom sugar*, Agave syrup*, Xylitol*
• Ginger
• Oatmeal and nuts of all kinds
• Fruit like berries, banana, apple, orange, plums
• Dried fruit like cranberry
• Sweet potato
• Nutmeg
• Nut puree like homemade almond paste
• Nuts

And here, as promised, is the abridged version of the recipe for those in a hurry.

Our conclusion

If you're looking for variety in your cereal bowl, you'll love amaranth porridge. It keeps you full for a long time, tastes nutty and can be combined with pretty much any fruit.

Have fun making it and enjoy!

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