Feed your skin breakfast
Cinnamon, nut and seed porridge
Just as we feel the need to put more nourishing oils or balms on our face in Winter - you can also feed your skin the same nourishment through your food. Our skin is formed from the inside - so feed it from the inside too. Eating nutrient dense and beneficial oil rich food is a wonderful way to support your skin from the inside out. I make this delicious cinnamon nut and seed porridge most mornings in Winter. Packed densely with skin loving vitamins, skin barrier building and hydration retaining fatty acids, anti ageing antioxidants, gut loving, fibre rich - and easy to prepare. I make up a batch of the ground dried nuts & seed base and keep it in the fridge. Then I can just make this up and add whatever fruit or toppings I feel like - especially my favourite skin food Kanapu hemp seed oil.
Base ingredients - for 5 serves
1/3 cup Almonds
1/4 cup Pumpkin seeds
1/3 cup Linseed
1/3 cup Coconut (thread or desiccated)
1/4 cup Chia seeds
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
Large pinch of Kelp Salt or Celtic salt
Cooking ingredients - for 1 serve
2/3 cup of milk of your choice (I like Coconut milk mixed with a bit of water in a half n half ratio)
4 x Dates (optional)
Topping options
Milk of choice (I use raw milk)
Berries (In winter I love the frozen Viberies)
Sliced Banana
Nut butter
Coconut Yoghurt or Yoghurt of your choice
Maple syrup
Hemp seed oil
To make the base
Put the Almonds,Pumpkin seeds, Linseed and Coconut into a nutri-bullet/ninja or your kitchen whizz and pulse until you have a coarse flour. Mix through the Chia seeds and cinnamon and put into a jar wth an airtight lid and store in the fridge.
To make the porridge
Put a 1/3 of a cup of the base into a pot with 2/3 cup of milk of your choice and the 4 chopped dates if using. Cook gently for 5 or so minutes on a low heat until it is bubbling and thickened. Add a splash more milk if its too thick or cook for longer if its too thin. Put in your favourite bowl and top with a splash of milk of your choice, your favourite toppings and a jolly good slug of hemp seed oil. Enjoy!
