
Baked banana porridge
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 2
Start the day right with this healthy baked banana porridge containing walnuts, banana and cinnamon. Bananas are a good source of the amino acid tryptophan, which the body needs to make the feel- good hormone serotonin. When eaten with a carb source such as oats, the brain can absorb the tryptophan easily.
- Dairy-free
- Healthy
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
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- 2 small bananashalved lengthways
- 100g jumbo porridge oats
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- 150ml milkof your choice, plus extra to serve
- 4 walnutsroughly chopped
Nutrition: Per serving
- kcal405
- fat15g
- saturates2g
- carbs52g
- sugars18g
- fibre6ghigh
- protein12g
- salt0.3g
Method
step 1
Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Mash up one banana half, then mix it with the oats, cinnamon, milk, 300ml water and a pinch of salt, and pour into a baking dish. Top with the remaining banana halves and scatter over the walnuts.
step 2
Bake for 20-25 mins until the oats are creamy and have absorbed most of the liquid.
RECIPE TIPS
BOOST YOUR MOOD
Bananas and dairy are a good source of the amino acid tryptophan, which the body needs to make the feel-good hormone serotonin. When eaten with a carb source such as oats, the brain can absorb the tryptophan more easily.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2018
Comments, questions and tips (21)
Overall rating
44nxc4pmw899116
Thought it was okay, personally I found it had a strange aftertaste due to the oven cooking process so I think next time I’ll just stick to regular porridge but I’m glad I tried the recipe.
carljohnson0758SWa0LY0W
Nice recipe. I increased the quantity to make enough for 3 servings, 2 adults and a toddler, nearer 4 servings though. Baking definitely allows the banana flavours to infuse with the oats better and creates a nice stodgy, baked rice pudding like meal. I baked mine at FAN 160C but had to bake for 50…
dionne.elgott16929
Can I use water instead of milk?
Christina Chambers
Really yummy breakfast and I feel full of energy all morning! Great in the air fryer for 10mins :-)
revmelaniejane
Made this this morning, hadn’t got any walnuts, so roughly chopped up some almonds and a handful of cashews that were left over instead. My bananas were very ripe and so added just the perfect amount of sweetness. It was absolutely lovely and on these grey summary days felt much more satisfying than…