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Porridge with blueberries

A breakfast classic from Iceland that doesn't contain any animal products at all, so it's also suitable for vegetarians and vegans - a classic from the "always vegan" series, so to speak.

The consumption of "grautur", i.e. porridge, is even occasionally reported in the Icelandic sagas, although unfortunately it is not known how the porridge were cooked back then, and whether, for example, instead of the cereal flakes, there might have been some fjallagrös, i.e. dried, crushed food Icelandic moss was used.


Ingredients for 2 servings

100 g oat flakes
300 ml water
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
4 dried dates
100 g blueberries (fresh or frozen)

 
Preparation

Cut the dates into small pieces.

Then put the oat flakes in a pot with the chopped dates, cinnamon, vanilla and salt as well as about 2/3 of the blueberries, pour over the water and simmer over medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring regularly.

Then pour into two bowls and arrange the remaining blueberries decoratively on top of the porridge.

[Translated from here.]