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Porridge – Meal Plan 2
Raisins are used as they are a purple portion, the hardest one to get. If you don’t have them, use any other dried fruit – sultanas, home dried foraged apples or plums for instance
Ingredients
- 90 g raisins
- 40 ml vegetable oil
- 10 g sugar
- 215 g oats the instant oat kind
- pinch salt
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients together in a saucepan over a moderate heat with enough water (900ml) to achieve a runny consistency.
- Stir gently until oats have absorbed all the water, and mix has come together like a thick paste.
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