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Porridge oats with apricot compôte

Prepare
overnight
Cook
less than 10 mins
Serve
Serves 1

This filling, high-protein but very low calorie porridge is perfect for an intermittent diet or very low-calorie diet. Each serving provides 200 kcal.

By Fiona Hunter

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Ingredients

For the compôte

  • 50g/1¾oz ready-to-eat dried apricots
  • 2 tbsp orange juice
  • 2 tbsp boiling water

Method

  1. To make the apricot purée, place the apricots into a heatproof bowl, pour over the orange juice and boiling water, cover and leave to soak overnight.

  2. Transfer the apricots and their liquid into a food processor and blend until smooth, adding more water if needed.

  3. Place the oats, milk, cinnamon and 50ml/2fl oz water into a small saucepan. Bring to a slow simmer and cook for 3–5 minutes.

  4. Spoon the porridge into a bowl and top with the apricot purée. Serve.