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- How would you like to make porridge that tastes like cake?
Yep, this is the next in the series of nutritional videos
of oat cuisine, based on oats.
This is gonna be carrot cake porridge, yum.
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This recipe is super simple and easy to make.
You need a carrot, an orange, some oats,
some currants or raisins,
or even chopped dates if you don't have currants.
Some lowfat milk.
You can use a vegan alternative if you like,
but it will have less protein probably.
Some ground cinnamon, some ground ginger,
tiny bit of vanilla essence,
and some lowfat and if possible high-protein yogurt.
And a grater, which is great.
You should start by grating
about 1/3 of a rind of an orange.
More or less, depending on how much you like
the flavor of orange.
And finely grating a carrot.
Now, the size of the carrot is important.
It should be around 100 grams,
which I reckon is about an average size carrot.
If it's a bit more or a bit less, doesn't matter too much.
But if in doubt, go for 100 grams of carrot.
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Now I'd just like to say here that
I am a strong believer in using this kind of grater
to grate citrus peel, not this one
because it'll get stuck in the grating holes,
and then you can't use it.
So I go for this one,
other people believe differently, I know.
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Now the carrot should be finely grated.
Because although it is carrot cake porridge,
don't really want chunks of carrot in your porridge.
Grating the carrot and the orange peel is
absolutely the toughest part of this recipe,
so once you've done that, you are over the mountain,
and it's plain sailing all the way home.
I'm just gonna shove a load of ingredients in a saucepan.
So carrot and orange peel.
Trying not to spill even more of it.
To the carrot and orange peel,
we add about 90 grams of oats, which is about a cupful.
And 50 grams of currants.
If you don't have currants, use sultanas or raisins,
any kind of sweet dried fruit.
250 mils, which is a cupful, of lowfat milk.
A few drops of vanilla essence.
Half a teaspoon each of ground cinnamon and ground ginger.
Now, if you happen to dislike cinnamon or ginger,
just don't put them in.
Once you've got everything in the saucepan,
super simple, just heat it really gently for five minutes.
And if you don't have a stove top cooker,
you can simply do this in the microwave.
Or in fact, you don't even need to cook it.
You can just leave it in a pot or a bowl
overnight in the fridge,
and the oats will soak up all the fluid.
While it's heating, you should stir it occasionally, gently,
but you don't need to go crazy with the stirring.
With all the oats and carrot and the currants,
this recipe has a great mix of
complex and simple carbohydrates.
It's also got 24 grams of protein in,
so it should keep you feeling full for a lot of the day.
With all the fiber, however,
from the oats and the carrots and the orange,
it's probably not ideal to eat
straight before really hard rides.
It's fine before a long steady ride,
but not straight before doing any tours.
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Once you've heated it for about five minutes gently,
it should've thickened up into a nice gloopy porridge.
If you're using a microwave,
try not to boil it because that really ruins it.
Tip it out into a bowl because this is a single serving,
and you won't want to share it because it's too delicious.
Now, if you like your porridge hot,
at this point you should add
50 grams of high-protein lowfat yogurt.
If you wanna eat it cold,
let it cool down before you add the yogurt.
Just dollop it on top.
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If you want to make it look fancy,
you could add some tiny little shreds of carrot.
Can you tell I really like carrots?
There you go.
Mmm, carrot cake porridge.
Mmmm.
Now, if you want it a bit sweeter, you could add some honey,
but I think it's pretty sweet already
from the currants and the carrot.
That's delicious.
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and you found this recipe delicious,
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And you might like to check out
the first recipe in this series,
which is also cake for breakfast.
Banoffee pie overnight oats.