Kick starting your day the right way, with a nourishing and filling breakfast can really help shape a positive and productive day. It’s crazy how many people actually skip breakfast, but there are so many health benefits to eating it. Making time for a decent breakfast is a lovely way to pack more nutrition into your day, just like these stove top carrot cake oats.
Porridge is such a warming and comforting dish, probably one of my favourite breakfasts when the weather turns cold and the dark miserable mornings reappear. Just like getting a big hug from your breakfast bowl and there is no better way to start the day, especially in autumn and winter.
- 50 g /1 cup porridge oats
- 1 carrot grated
- 500 ml almond milk
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- handful of walnuts
- handful of raisins
- Drizzle of maple syrup
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Put your oats into a saucepan with the milk and cook on a gentle heat for about 10 minutes.
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Add the rest of the ingredients into the pan and stir together.
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Cook for a further 10 minutes and serve.
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Drizzle with maple syrup and sprinkle with your favourite toppings.
Like always, I like to change-up my porridge a lot with lots of different add-ins and flavours. I always try to pack as much nutrition into my meals as possible and grating vegetables and adding them into your food for a healthy boost is a great way to do this. Porridge is a great vehicle for grated vegetables and extra flavour. This carrot cake porridge recipe is my one time love during autumn, with the extra nutrition from the grated carrot, warming cinnamon spices and natural sweetness it’s just a wonderful start to my day.
Breakfast is by far my most favourite meal of the day, so I like to make sure that it lives up to my dreamy expectations. Cooking my porridge on the stove always feels like a luxury, something that I can take my time over before the madness begins. This porridge can also be made in the microwave for speed, however, for me, they’re creamier after being cooked on the hob and I prefer the texture. Anyway, who doesn’t love the idea dessert for breakfast?
This looks delicious! Well worth getting up in the morning for!
It really is! Thanks Jo! 🙂
Oh now this is heavenly, what a superb idea, I am now really wanting this as I love Carrot cake anyway and Porridge x
This is perfect for you then! 😉
Ohhh yum! This looks and sounds delicious. Perfect for this time of year, too! I must give this a try, I bet my children would love it. Thank you for sharing the recipe with us 🙂 xx
It’s a great hit with children too. 🙂
Wow what a different idea for breakfast, I sometimes find porridge doesn’t really fill me up until lunch time. Now this would!
Definitely with all the add-ins!
That porridge sounds fabulous – it’s great to see how many variations of porridge there is other than just oats in a bowl. I will definitely be bookmarking this.
Thanks Jessica, there is so much you can do with it.
This looks amazing, as always! I try not to skip breakfast, as I know it’s the most important meal of the day – so I will usually have toast or a bowl of cereal x
I could never skip breakfast either. My day hasn’t started without it.
this looks amazing. i love porridge – especially with the colder mornings imminent!
Definitely the perfect warming start to a cold day.
This sounds so tasty and nutritious – definitely a great start to the day!
This sounds so tasty and nutritious – definitely a great start to the day!
It sure is, Milly!
This looks like an interesting recipe! I’m after some new breakfast alternatives too.
Let me know if you give it a try. I really like trying new breakfast recipes too.
I’ve never tried carrot in my porridge before but it actually sounds very nice! next time I have porridge I will give it a try
It’s really delicious!
With the days getting colder this is something I definitely need to try – I do love a good bowl of porridge. x
A hearty bowl of porridge is a great way to start a cold day.
This looks absolutely delicious! And perfect for fall. Can’t wait to try this out!
Thanks Catrina!
Ooo so good! I love carrot cake so much so I imagine I’ld enjoy this.
Thank you. I love carrot cake too.
I’ve been meaning to try out carrot cake porridge but never got round to it. Now the colder months are coming I’ll definitely be giving your recipe a go.
It’s definitely a lovely start to a cold morning.
Me and my Momma loves carrot cakes! She got excited reading your post, and she like to make this weekend 😀
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I hope you and your momma enjoy it!
I love mixing grated veggies into porridge – such a good way to get towards your 5 a day. I’ve tried courgette before but not yet tried carrot 🙂
I love courgette in my porridge too. Both work really well.
I absolutely LOVE the sound of this. It is so being made one morning this week.
Oh fab! Let me know how you get on. 🙂
We do ours in the slow cooker and it’s so nice to wake up to. It’s like waking up to dessert for breakfast 🙂
Oh, I love the slow cooker idea. Must try this!
Can’t wait to try this tomorrow!!
Cool! Let me know how you get one.
I love how it’s ready in 20 minutes! I’ve never thought of turning this classic dessert into a healthy snack.
Dessert for breakfast is always a winner!
Carrots for breakfast? Why not I guess. I have porridge six days a week so I could sneak a few in.
They go so well in porridge…courgettes too!
Man! Those pics! Not a fan of carrots and I only like them, if they are blended in my smoothie and I can’t taste them. But looking at your post, I’m thinking, I may try this sometime and see, if I like it.
Ha! Give it a go, you might like it. 🙂
I’m not a lover of porridge but I love carrots so this healthier option might be good for me to try!
Definitely worth a try on a cold morning.
Looks really good. I wouldn’t think that combination would be good together. Will try it.
They work really well together!
This looks amazing, and so healthy too. x
Thanks Sarah!
What a great idea this is. I have not had porridge in so long and this looks so delicious and healthy. I want to try this out.
Porridge is so great on a cold dark morning, so comforting!
Oh my god! I love carrot cake and this looks so tasty, I like porridge so the combination sounds perfect xxx
Awesome! I hope you give it a try soon.
Oh this sounds lovely! I’d really like to give this a shot instead of the boring oats we normally have!
Such a simple way to jazz up your oats!
It sounds lovely, but I would not want to get up even earlier to make it on the hob- I let it soak over night in the fridge and then microwave it- still goes creamy but saves the time!
Yes, you can definitely make in the microwave. Love the tip about soaking it overnight too.
Carrot cake is my favourite dessert but this looks like a much healthier way to enjoy those flavours 😉
I have a confession – I’ve never made porridge! I am determined to change that this year though. I can’t think of anything nicer on a cold morning x
This looks yummy, I have never had anything like it.
Very nicely presented. Looks like a great dish to give you that extra power to start the day instead of coffee.
What a great idea to add carrots. its a good way to sneak a veggie into breakfast meal.
This looks like such a yummy recipe! I would have never have thought of the carrot!
I really need to improve my breakfast intake and this looks just fabulous.
This sounds delicious, what a great idea to give some life and flavour to oats!
I’m not keen on carrot in cake but this sounds and looks incredible!
What a lovely combination. My mummy was brought up on Porridge, water and salt. Very Scottish! This looks more appealing xx
Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day! And this would be the perfect meal to start the day because that looks delicious.
This looks so good and easy to make! I can’t wait to try this to get my metabolism going in the morning. Thank you for sharing!
The porridge part caught my eye. How yummy Jemma. I’m going to try this.
Loving all the colours in this one, it looks so tasty and easy to do in the mornings. As ever, beautiful photos too! x
This sounds great.We love oats porridge and thus will be a great variation
What an amazing looking breakfast bowl, I could have that every morning and never tire of it!
This is my next weekend breakfast for sure. Would’ve never thought of something like this.
Omg can we say yum?!?! This looks absolutely delicious
Wow, this is an incredible way to liven up porridge. I’m almost salivating about the addition of maple syrup.
I am addicted to carrot cake! This would be fantastic to have at home and I love the smell of it when it’s cooking!
I love carrot cake and I love porridge so this is a winning combo to me! Also loving the toppings of banana and blueberries – great way to finish it off 🙂 x
ive never tried carrot cake until recently and now I’m obsessed. i’ll have to try this out this weekend!
Oh wow, I love my porridge and I eat loads of it (I actually often have it as part of my tea too) but I never thought of adding carrot. I’ll definitely be trying this!
I vary mine too – my most common are probably either just plain (sometimes with a bit of salt, sometimes not), with blueberries, cinnamon, ginger or stirring some soya yogurt through (usually either a plain or almond variant)
It looks yummy! My children all love their porridge in the morning and the flavours you’ve gone for are perfect!
I love carrot cake and carrot cake porridge is such a brilliant idea, I am definitely trying this!
Nothing like a big hearty bowl of porridge, I would never have thought about carrots. Who knew?