Breakfast Porridge

One of the first things that I added to my daily routine is Sally Fallon's Breakfast Porridge.  This is not an original recipe by me although I do make own twist on it. The oats are soaked in buttermilk and water overnight to nuetralize phytic acid.  Untreated phytic acid can combine with calcium, magnesium, copper, iron and especially zinc in the intestinal tract and block their absorption.  It takes a little time everynight to prepare for morning, but it becomes a habit.  The soaking vastly improves the oats nutritional benefits such as increasing beneficial enzymes and vitamins, especially B vitamins. 

In the evening before bed, put dry organic oats in a bowl.  I figure 1/2 cup dry for each adult and 1/4 cup dry for each kid.  For this recipe we are doing 1 cup dry rolled oats.

Add 1 to 2 Tablespoons of cultured organic buttermilk per 1 cup dry oats.



Add 1 cup filtered water and stir.



Cover with cloth for overnight.

Go to bed with entirely too many kids and tell stories with flashlights.  Husband comes in and decides the bed is WAY to rowdy and full.  He leaves and sleeps in the children's bed.  Poor guy...  This doesn't happen every night though.  Normally, we go to bed together and when one of the children wakes up in the night, he takes them back to bed and falls asleep.  Or neither of us wakes up when they come to bed and we don't wake up til Nolan falls off the side of the bed... just kidding:)

Wake up from a SOMEWHAT restful sleep and your oatmeal should look like this if you take the cloth off first.

Boil 1 cup water and 1/2 tsp salt.

Stare at your darling breakfast partner while you wait for the water to boil.

Add soaked oats to BOILING water.  Do not add the oats before the water boils.  And DO NOT EVER stir your oatmeal.  You can do one gentle turning of the oatmeal if you decide that the oats on top are looking a little dry and uncooked.  Again only ONE gentle little turning.

If you do not stir your oatmeal and let it cook long enough but not too long, the texture of the oatmeal should be fluffy and custardy (if that's a word) not slimy and grainy.

Drizzle with raw honey.

Dust with cinnamon, spackle with ginger, and dash with nutmeg.

Another important thing: Do not put milk on your oatmeal.  Milk becomes slimy in the bottom of your bowl.  Cream tastes delicious and it helps to ensure proper assimilation of the minerals and water-soluble vitamins in the grain.  Raw cream is best but if not available, try to find pastuerized (not ultrapasteurized which kills all enzymes to help digestion) and pasture raised cream.

Pour cream on oatmeal.

Sprinkle with optional fresh organic berries.  Costco Wholesale carries organic fresh strawberries and blackberries occasionally.  Un-organic blueberries and strawberries are high in pesticides, but I needn't be so particular.  Huckleberries are shown here.

Enjoy!