Rice pudding for breakfast. A healthy and yummy alternative that keeps you full for longer curbs cravings in the evening, and is quick and easy to whip up. Its creamy texture and delicious taste is the perfect start for a great day!
Made without any added sugar, this version of rice pudding owes its sweetness to milled vanilla, nut-purée, dried fruit, and rice milk.
This gluten-free rice pudding recipe can also easily be adapted to vegan.
Thanks to how easy it is to make, this stovetop rice pudding breakfast doesn't take up much of your precious time since all the ingredients simmer away before being finished off with dried fruit.
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🥘 Ingredients
- Uncooked Rice - I suggest using a type similar to risotto rice because otherwise, the rice pudding will be too dry. You can also find specific types of rice (Arborio rice - round grain rice) in your local grocery store.
- Water
- Rice milk, coconut milk, cashew milk, or almond milk
- Whole milk - If you would rather make your breakfast vegan, use twice as much rice or almond milk instead of cow's milk.
- Ground vanilla - this can also be replaced by ground cinnamon if you want to add a touch of Christmas.
- Nut Butter / Nut-purée - You can use whatever kind of nut-purée that you fancy, such as cashew purée, hazelnut purée, or almond purée.
- Dried fruit - we particularly love to use a mixture of blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries. We also use dried apple slices, mangoes, apricots, or sultanas as an alternative.
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🔪 Instructions - How to make Rice Pudding
Pour all the liquid ingredients (water, rice milk, whole milk, along with the rice and the ground vanilla) into a saucepan and bring to a gentle boil.
Then reduce to medium heat to allow the rice to simmer away gently. Continue to stir frequently to prevent the rice pudding from sticking to the bottom of the pan and getting burnt.
With time, the pudding rice will thicken, and you can reduce the heat gradually.
Towards the end of the cooking time, the consistency of the rice pudding will be mushy. At this point, you stir in a teaspoon of nut puree and the dried fruit.
Take the rice pudding off the heat and stir again to ensure that the fruit and puree are well mixed in.
Serve the rice pudding hot, in a cereal bowl, and top it with fresh fruit or fruit purée if you like. Enjoy!
🥜 Substitutions
To make this old-fashioned rice pudding vegan, you can replace the dairy with rice, almond, or soy milk.
As far as the nut purée is concerned, go with whatever you like. We've tried many variations, and our favorites were hazelnut and almond purée.
You can also replace the nut mus with maple syrup or honey.
🍽 Equipment
- Measuring cup
- Medium Saucepan
- Wooden spoon
- Cereal bowl for serving
🌡 Storage
The rice pudding can be enjoyed both freshly prepared and warm, but it is also excellent when served cold.
💭 Top tip
The rewarding aspect of this breakfast is that you won't have to hover over the stove the whole time. Just glance at it at regular intervals and stir in between. I usually make use of this time to clear out the dishwasher and get dressed for my day.
It's a good idea to use freeze-dried fruit to stir into the rice pudding and fresh fruit for the garnish.
Dried fruits will help you with being able to make a variety of rice pudding breakfasts, since they don't go off as quickly as fresh.
Additionally, fresh fruits contain a lot of water, which can thin your rice pudding and make it runny, resulting in a less delicious taste.
If you fancy using dried fruits with a chewy texture such as mangoes, sultanas, apricots, and dried apples, add them right at the start and cook them with the rice. It is also a good idea to cut them into small pieces.
🙋🏻 FAQ
Round grain rice (Arborio rice) is best for preparing rice pudding.
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📖 Recipe
Healthy Rice Pudding Recipe
Equipment
- Measuring cup
- Medium Saucepan
- Wooden spoon
- Cereal bowl for serving
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoon Uncooked Rice Arborio rice
- ½ cup Water
- ½ cup Rice milk or coconut milk, cashew milk, or almond milk
- ½ cup Whole milk
- ⅛ teaspoon Ground vanilla
- 2 teaspoon Nut-purée cashew purée, hazelnut purée, or almond purée.
- ⅓ cup Dry fruit blueberry, raspberry, and strawberry mix.
Instructions
- Pour all the liquid ingredients (water, rice milk, whole milk, along with the rice and the ground vanilla) into a saucepan and bring to a gentle boil.3 tablespoon Uncooked Rice, ½ cup Water, ½ cup Rice milk, ½ cup Whole milk, ⅛ teaspoon Ground vanilla
- Then reduce to medium heat to allow the rice to simmer away gently.
- With time, the pudding rice will thicken, and you can reduce the heat gradually.
- Towards the end of the cooking time, the consistency of the rice pudding will be mushy. At this point, you stir in a teaspoon of nut puree and the dried fruit.2 teaspoon Nut-purée, ⅓ cup Dry fruit
- Take the rice pudding off the heat and stir again to ensure that the fruit and puree are well mixed in.
- Serve the rice pudding hot, in a cereal bowl, and top it with fresh fruit or fruit purée if you like. Enjoy!
Please note that all my recipes are developed and tested in metric grams. I recommend using digital scales for more accurate results. I provided a conversion to US customary in the recipe, but please note that I haven't tested it using this method.
Nutrition values are estimates only, using online calculators. Please verify using your own data.
⛑️ Food Safety
- Cook to a minimum temperature of 165 °F (74 °C)
- Do not use the same utensils on cooked food, that previously touched raw meat
- Wash hands after touching raw meat
- Don't leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods
- Never leave cooking food unattended
- Use oils with high smoking point to avoid harmful compounds
- Always have good ventilation when using a gas stove
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