Banana, Walnut & Chocolate Porridge With Nutty Drizzle

Porridge

• 60g/⅔ cup porridge oats (use gluten-free oats if needed)
• 90ml/⅓ cup unsweetened plant milk (soya milk contains the highest protein)
• 90ml/⅓ cup water (you can use additional plant milk instead of water if you’d like it to be creamier)
• ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
• ¾ tsp vanilla extract (optional)
• ¼ tsp salt (optional)
• 1 tbsp vegan vanilla protein powder (optional)

Toppings

• ½ ripe banana, sliced
• 1 tbsp runny nut butter of your choice or 150g/½ cup vegan plain yoghurt
• Handful of chopped walnuts, pecans or mixed seeds, ideally toasted or roasted (quick version is to place them in a single layer in a dry frying pan and heat on both sides until golden)
• 1 tbsp coconut sugar, brown sugar or syrup (eg maple or agave)
• Handful of vegan dark chocolate chips or cacao nibs (optional)

Here are our favourite protein-rich additions for your best-loved bowls: buckwheat, chia seeds, flaxseed, ground almonds, hemp powder, nut butter, nuts, pea milk, powdered peanut butter, pumpkin seeds, seed butter, shelled hemp seeds, soya milk, sunflower seeds, toasted quinoa, vegan protein powder, vegan yoghurt, wheatgerm

Here are the rest of our tastiest vegan porridge toppings: bananas, cacao nibs, chopped apple, chopped apricots, chopped dates, chopped mango, cinnamon, cranberries, dark chocolate chips, desiccated coconut, dried fruit, fresh berries, frozen berries, goji berries, maple syrup, nectarine slices, peach slices, pineapple (fresh or dried), plant milk (soya, oat, almond, cashew, coconut, hemp, pea, rice), raisins, raw cacao powder or cocoa powder, sultanas, toasted coconut flakes, vegan yoghurt