Recipe: Spicy Keto Porridge

Ingredients

1/2 cup 2% milk
1/2 heavy whipping cream
2 tablespoons Optimum Nutrition Double Rich Chocolate protein powder (or whatever flavor)
1 tsp butter
1 tbsp cream cheese
1 tbsp peanut butter (sugar free)
1 tbsp chia seeds
1/8 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp cloves
1/8 tsp nutmeg
Stevia/sweetener to taste

Directions

1. Put all of this into a pot, bring it to a boil
2. Turn down to low heat and simmer for 3 minutes
3. Eat

Useless Information and a Photo

In the grand scheme of things, oatmeal isn’t that terrible of a non-keto food if you’re going to indulge. It has protein, decent fiber, and it hits a spot during cold weather days. But I wanted something that I’d feel better about if I ate it more regularly.

I wanted to call this the glop from The Matrix, but I may get dummies commenting or (more likely) emailing me how inaccurate this is (“there’s no way they had chia seeds on the Nebuchadnezzar!”). This recipe isn’t French cuisine but it’s not a bowl of mystery sludge, either, so no Matrix invocations here.

This recipe might be good scaled up and made in big batches if you’re into making food ahead of time for the week. The measurements listed here yielded a little more than I really needed for one sitting, so I may try making a huge batch for a work week and doling out maybe a 3/4 cup for a serving. I’m not a big guy so this exact recipe might suit normal-sized dudes.