Should Be A Dessert Porridge

Rich, creamy and sweet. This porridge may remind you of a dessert. It has a sweetness that feels indulgent but not so much that it doesn’t work for the mornings. At the same time will naturally nourish your body, specially the spleen and the stomach, without depleting the other organs. What a better way to start the day?

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TCM Benefits

• Tonifies the Qi and blood

• Aids digestion

• Displess dampness

• Strengthens nerves, muscles, and sinews

• Supplements lungs health

• Calming and Nourishing effect

Nutricional Properties and Benefits

• Vitamins: B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9, C, E, K

• Minerals: Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Selenium, Zinc

• Source of protein

• Rich in soluble fiber

• Contains all essential amino acids

• Antidiabetic

• Anti-inflammatory

• Great for gut health

• Prevents diseases such as:

  • atherosclerosis

  • dermatological disorders

  • some forms of cancer

TCM Flavour: Sour, Sweet

Energetics/TCM Thermal Nature: Neutral to Warm

Organ-Meridian: Liver, Heart, Stomach, Spleen, Lungs, Kidneys

Season: Fall

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Total Time: 5 minutes

Serves: 1 small bowl

Cuisine: European, North American

Meal Type: Breakfast

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Ingredients:

• 3 tbsp of oats

• 1 tbsp of brown rice protein powder (protein powder)

• 1/2 cup of plant-based milk (cashew or almond milk)

• 2 tbsp of blueberries

• 1 tbsp of pure cacao nibs

• 1 tsp of smooth almond butter

• 1 tsp of pure maple syrup

Directions:

1. Place the porridge oats, protein powder and milk into a saucepan over medium heat.

2. Cook for 3-5 minutes, stirring often, until smooth and creamy.

3. Serve topped with fresh blueberries, almond butter, maple syrup and cacao nibs.

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Themes and Variations

You can replace the maple syrup for date syrup, agave syrup, brown rice syrup or honey.

Especially Good For

Anyone with fatigue, exhaustion, poor digestion, lack of appetite, bloating, diarrhea, constipation, lack of strength, cold extremities (hand and feet), anemia. 
Great for weak and elderly people.
Great to dissipate cold, blood stasis by tonifying blood, helps to eliminates stagnancy.
Also good for women during menstruation and right after.

TIP

Use cautiously for heat symptoms or if you have a lot of mucous.

Other Resources

• A Review of Health-Beneficial Properties of Oats

• The effects of 8 weeks of whey or rice protein supplementation on body composition and exercise performance

• A Narrative Review on Rice Proteins: Current Scenario and Food Industrial Application

• Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory Effects of Blueberries

• Blueberries and Cognitive Function: A Review of Human Intervention Studies

• The Health Benefits of Cacao Nibs: A Review

• The nutritional and health benefits of almonds: a healthy food choice

• The Nutritional and Health Benefits of Pure Maple Syrup

• A new approach for identification of medicinal almonds by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and systematic clustering of characteristic peaks

• Food therapy and medical diet therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine