Apple & Cinnamon Cauliflower Porridge
This Apple Cinnamon Cauliflower Porridge is a delicious Paleo Porridge that uses riced cauliflower in place of oats. It’s packed with apples and warm spices and is a great low carb breakfast that takes less than 15 minutes to make. It’s Paleo, Grain Free, Gluten Free, Dairy Free and Specific Carbohydrate Legal.
So I have a confession, I hate porridge. There is something about the mushy texture that is basically my worst nightmare. I have had quite a few requests from people for a grain free paleo porridge recipe recently, so I put my preferences aside and set to work experimenting.
I started off creating a few variations that were ground nut and shredded coconut based. Truthfully, they tasted pretty good but when I did a few nutritional calculations, I realize that one bowl was almost 40 grams of fat and over 600 calories. Even though breakfast is the most important meal of the day, allocating that many of your daily calories to a bowl of paleo porridge seemed a bit excessive.
So what do you do when you want to lower calories, use my favourite vegetable of course! I know what you are thinking, apple cauliflower porridge sounds horrible, but I promise, it’s absolutely delicious, which says a lot coming from such a big porridge hater.
The cauliflower rice is flavoured with cinnamon and nutmeg and then cooked in almond milk until tender and porridge like in texture. I have made this a few times and prefer it a bit chunkier, but if you like a more liquid and smooth porridge then I would recommend adding in an extra ½ cup almond milk when cooking.
I added in shredded apple for sweetness and raisins and pecans for a bit of texture but feel free to use any kind of chopped nuts or seeds that you prefer. I also like topping it with additional shredded apple, but sliced banana, blueberries or stewed apple would also be delicious.
This Apple Cauliflower Porridge makes two servings and will last a day or two in the fridge, so you could easily make a batch to bring to work, and then have an easy breakfast ready to go two days in a row.
Here are a few other easy breakfast recipes that you might enjoy:
- Apple Cinnamon Pancakes
- Savoury Breakfast Porridge with Bacon and Mushrooms
- Apple Cinnamon Granola
- Lemon Poppy Seed Waffles
- Brussels Sprout & Bacon Hash with Eggs
If you make this recipe let me know in the comment section below, I would love to hear what you think or take a photo and tag me (@everylastbite_) on Instagram, I love seeing your photos!
Apple & Cinnamon Cauliflower Porridge
Ingredients
- 2 cups cauliflower rice
- 1 1/4 cup almond milk
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp honey
- 1 apple finely shredded
- 3 tbsp raisins
- 2 tbsp chopped pecans
Instructions
- Place the cauliflower rice and almond milk in a pan on medium heat. Stir in the cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla extract and honey and let cook for approximately 5 minutes.
- Stir in the shredded apple and continue to cook for another 3 to 4 minutes until the cauliflower rice is tender and the liquid has been absorbed. Add in a bit more liquid if you prefer your porridge on the creamier side.
- Add in the raisins and stir to combine. Divide the mixture between 2 bowls and top with chopped pecans before serving.
Made this for the first time yesterday and I love it! I went ahead and added a little more liquid and then threw in some chia seeds as well. After sitting overnight in the fridge, the consistency was perfect this morning. With the addition of some coconut yogurt and some toasted coconut flakes I couldn’t taste the cauliflower at all. I don’t know if any of my additions are SCD legal, though, sorry if not!!
Diabetic and can’t eat regular oatmeal so was interested in trying this. It was surprisingly good and made for a decent substitute for me. Even better is the low cals and getting some fruit and veggie in. No issue with a blood spike, but YMMV. I will be making this again.
Love healthy recipes that are also tasty and this ticks all the boxes! cooked the cauli in boiling water for 5 min first and then followed your recipe cooking rice and apple at the same time for 5 min. Really enjoyed it
This looks so good! What a great way to enjoy a hearty warm breakfast without too much grain!
Thanks for sharing! Does it keep long?
This look so good! What a great way to still enjoy a hearty breakfast without too much grain!
How many calories are in this cauliflower porridge please and is your almond milk sweetened or unsweetened?
I made it with the 30 calorie unsweetened vanilla almond milk. It was about 130 calories for half of the recipe per carbmanager.