Porridge

Use this hands-off mushroom congee as a completely customizable canvas for all your cozy winter dreams. 

This deeply comforting Korean chicken-and-rice porridge makes a quick and cozy meal any time of day. 

This creamy, comforting khichdi is ready for any lentil in your pantry. Frozen spinach and fresh herbs keep it bright and perky.

This 5-ingredient rice porridge is pure cold-weather comfort in a bowl. (Did we mention it’s cheesy? It’s cheesy.)

Since congee can take hours to make on the stovetop, we came up with a clever trick: Rinse the rice and freeze it overnight. 

Rise and dine, angels.

A steamed-then-mashed sweet potato adds creamy sweetness and extra nutrients to this cozy oatmeal that can be easily customized to fit dietary preferences. 

Instant dashi powder gives so much savory umami flavor to the oats that this porridge can easily be served for dinner. 

A deeply savory rice porridge topped with kimchi, scallions, peanuts, and shallots.

That's the maximum number of ingredients I'm willing to deal with when sick.

We used to think making polenta meant deciding between adding butter and milk or taking a flavor hit and just using water. But miso adds the umami and richness we crave without dairy.

Hot tip: Make porridge on the weekend. Reheat this in the time it takes to make instant.

Oh, the joys of late-season fruit

Plums have a sweet but brightly acidic flavor, which suits them well as a topping for this savory porridge.

If you don’t want to make the chicken stock from scratch for this congee recipe, simmering some store-bought broth with a few slices of bacon and ginger for 20 minutes or so will give you a huge head-start on flavor.

The key to a toothsome alt-grain polenta is blitzing the grains for less time than you might think.

This chicken and rice soup has everything we're craving, plus a big handful of crushed peanuts on top.

Really, it's possible.

Kimchi gives this porridge recipe a spicy twist, while the 6-minute egg keeps it hearty and perfect for breakfast.

A cozy, stick-to-your-ribs porridge that soothes as it nourishes.

Garlic and collard greens make a healthy addition to this porridge recipe, but you can use any leftover greens you have on hand.

For this porridge recipe, pulsing long-cooking spelt, wheat berries, or barley in a blender yields a tasty base for a hearty, savory supper.

Oatmeal is so five minutes ago. Here's why we're cooking buckwheat porridge for breakfast.

Yes, savory porridge is happening. With the right toppings, it just might become your favorite new breakfast (or dinner!).