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.
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:5 mins
- Cook:25 mins
- Easy
- Serves 2
- Dairy-free
- Healthy
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 2 small bananas, halved lengthways
- 100g jumbo porridge oats
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- 150ml milk of your choice, plus extra to serve
- 4 walnuts, roughly chopped
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.
