Porridge
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I'm terrible for food binges, find something I like... eat it to excess, never able to bare the thought of touching it again.
This season its porridge, so gooey, warm and filling, like a dessert for breakfast (and sometimes lunch too) but I'm under the impression its relatively good for me too
So, the question is, what goes best with porridge? Banana and cinnamon was good, peanut butter was lovely, red berries were tasty enough, and even making it with cooled hot chocolate was an interesting but repeatable experience. The only thing I wouldn't go back to is Greek yoghurt... just left an unpleasant texture and not overly exciting taste.
Who else loves porridge, and what do you put with it?
This season its porridge, so gooey, warm and filling, like a dessert for breakfast (and sometimes lunch too) but I'm under the impression its relatively good for me too
So, the question is, what goes best with porridge? Banana and cinnamon was good, peanut butter was lovely, red berries were tasty enough, and even making it with cooled hot chocolate was an interesting but repeatable experience. The only thing I wouldn't go back to is Greek yoghurt... just left an unpleasant texture and not overly exciting taste.
Who else loves porridge, and what do you put with it?
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A good blob of Bonne Maman Damson Conserve
Golden Syrup
Sultanas & cinnamon
I love porridge. So filling and warming. Dorset Cereals used to make a lovely gingerbread porridge but I have no idea how to recreate it
Gingerbread sounds fantastic! I don't know quite how to recreate something as beautiful as that sounds either, but I'll spend the next 20 minutes madly googling it in the hope someone will provide a recipe
Cinnamon and sultanas is lovely too, forgot to include that in my original list, sometimes with a dash of vanilla if I'm feeling like something extra special
Sounds decedent for sure, not sure if it would be a little too 'rice puddingy' for my liking with all that dairy (I'm guessing you also make it with milk?)
I make it with water, when I have cream.
The porridge I've been eating of late I make with unsweetened soya milk and honey, which is Mornflake Oatbran.
Cream. Or evaporated milk
Mmmmmmmmmmm evap! Reminds me of the old days.
It seems quite easy to recreate, just add bits of gingerbread to the porridge.
This can be homemade or bought from the supermarkets.
They still make gingerbread porridge. It is on their website and Waitrose website.
Perkier also sell gingerbread porridge in Tesco.
Shell casing, burnt oats and what can only be described as small pebbles.
If it was just the oat flakes, I'd be happy with just oats and water.
Flaked coconut and dried dates is the next combo I'm going to try. Maybe a few pecan nuts too. Mmmmm.
Couldn't see this in Tesco (although admittedly most of my shopping is done 'in theory' online through mysupermarket.com before picking a supermarket, and as such generally end up at Asda!
Also because (as may frustrate dmuk further) I prefer my porridge bought in an unrefined for with all the shell casing, burnt oats and small pebbles in it. Opting for a instant porridge and sacrificing some of my more complex carbs a few days a week may well be a price worth paying here.
Then again 10 gingerbread men for £1 would give me a week of gingerbread heavy, crunch filled bowls of stodgy goodness... yum!
Tried pineapple this morning, have had the chunks in a can sat in the cupboard for too long now... regret not spending the time and cutting them smaller, but it was a refreshing mix for sure, probably repeatable.
I only ever have it with fruit:
Blueberries;
Sultanas, and flame raisins;
Stewed apple, sultanas and cinnamon;
Soaked dried fruit of all types;
Berries;
Tinned peaches.
All the above are yummy
I like it not too stiff though, needs to be a bit fluid. not keen on adding milk/ cream as the porridge is creamy enough. Mind you when I was little it was stiff porridge with the moat of creamy milk from the top off the pint of milk with sugar... yummy!
I tried this 'savoury' option this morning, almost made me throw up (although admittedly I did throw in some left over chicken which might have had an impact)
Think I'll be sticking sweet for the time being, pleased that you enjoy it though. Just for reference, what is 'copious amounts of salt' I went with 5 salt cellar grinds (in 50g of dry porridge made up to volume). Is that the ball park?
Shocked! Runny porridge. Are we talking run off a spoon runny, oats are separable from the water runny, had the first 2 minutes in the microwave, not yet stood nor been back in for a minute runny?!!
eww! No! ewww.
runny as in "easy to move around the bowl but still stiff enough rather than porridge which can be sliced or holds a spoon up"
at least 5 minutes min bubbly cooking time and ALWAYS done in a saucepan
Chicken? In porridge?!
WTF?! You actually had to try it to discover that chicken and porridge wouldn't be a good combo?!!
I'm talking nearer a heaped table spoon or more:eek: seriously, unhealthily salty!
Yeah... I do like experimenting with food, chucking things together which might work.
I thought that going with the savoury type thing, it might have worked... it didn't. Never ever ever again.
Just made up porridge with grated carrots cinnamon and raisins. All baked in the oven for 20 minutes.
Just waiting for it to cool