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Perfect porridge

1. Buy a bag of porridge. Pure porridge. oats. not those god awful sachets that are "30% oats, sugar, sweeteners, flavours etc"

2. fill half a mug with porridge (or just under 2 thirds for a more filling option)

3. empty said porridge into a saucepan.

4. fill the mug to the top with cold water. pour the water into the pot and switch the stove on. Bring to the boil, stirring well occasionally. add your choice of seasoning here too. Don't worry if the oats look watery, they will thicken on standing. 5 minutes is usually enough.

5. Pour the porridge from the saucepan into a suitable cereal bowl. let it stand, thicken and cool for a few moments while you wash the saucepan straight away, or leave it to soak in water. Much easier than having a roasting hot plate you can't touch for 10 minutes or more, a messy microwave and spoiled oats.

now heres the seasoning options. For the love of god do not add sugar or salt. Your taste buds adjust and after a few days you won't need either. We get enough of these from our food and its a waste of a good opportunity to be healthier. Here are your choices.

1 if you want a decent breakfast, to ward of cravings and give you more energy, add a scoop of protein powder.

2 If you feel the need for chocolate and want a filling snack anytime of the day add a teaspoon of Nutella.

3 simply garnish with your favourite fruit.


your welcome

If anyone microwaves their porridge and is worried about porridge volcanoes then I would recommend the Sistema microwave noodle bowl. It is just the right size for a 33g serving of porridge and milk. 2mins and it will not over flow.

Thank you for the recommendation.

A) if I make porridge in a saucepan I like it with milk
B) in the week I eat it at work, after the gym in the morning and don't, surprisingly, have access to a hob, so the plain porridge pots are fine for me

Anything... pretty much anything at hand... will go with my porridge.

A favourite for staying full, porridge and about 20g of flavoured protein powder (mixed in just after cooking). Tasty and filling.

Granola, puts the crunch in that sloppy porridgy mess we all love, surprisingly good actually.

Honey and a sliced up banana.

Three of my favourites there.

Other things I've come across and worked pretty well:

A chopped up chomp and banana (kind of banoffee touch to it)

Peanut butter (adding a chunk of chocolate really didn't provide anything extra). Especially when made with peanut butter with bits.

Raisins. Dried Cranberries. Either, both be tasty chewyness.

On that basis, I might try some apple sauce on top of my porridge.

I proper fancy some porridge now

So do I, with Apple sauce on top.

i dont like lumpy porridge, but i do love mornflake jumbo oats, made with water and added banana, alittle low fat yogurt and sometimes berries or just banana and granulated sweetener or agave syrup!!
my gp says it is the breakfast of champions and im inclined to believe her!! its also naturally filling and really good for you!
i tend to steer clear of 'ready made' porridges as they are very high in sugar and im trying to cut down on sugar in my diet!!

I have stopped eating porridge - it just makes me hungrier then if I go without

I'm another one who can't stand the over-priced low-grade oats which are peddled as being microwaveable and therefore more 'convenient'. Total scam - sorry, but it is!

My porridge of choice is Flahavan's Jumbo Oats - I like my porridge to have some bite and texture. Readybrek makes me want to vom!

I put mine in a milk pan last thing at night, cover with full fat milk and leave so it's well on it's way by morning and only needs 3-4 minutes on the hob. Sometimes I add a spoon of agave, but usually have it plain.

The thing I don't get is that Flahavans for example are organic high grade oats, yet cost less than a third of the price people willingly pay for the low grade stuff like Oat So Simple - and you can simply take a little pot/bag of the oats with you and zap them in the microwave same as the poorer but more expensive stuff Seems like the marketing of these products has really worked on the public!

Welcome to enlightenment. I also get a huge insulin spike so I've stopped eating it all together. It's crazy it can make some people more hungry than less.

I can eat most food but not porridge.

I was advised in 1973 by Donald C Campbell, the caber tossing champion at the Nairn highland games, to give it a second try so I had it done "The Scottish Way" in Inverness and still didn't like it.

I found an Alpen pot in the cupboard, it was out of date but I ate it anyway I added extra fruit to it, was lovely

How out of date was it?

October 2013...I say out of date, it was best before.

That's interesting, it doesn't do that to me.

Put three or four tablespoons of porridge into a high sided bowl, then add about twice as much milk. Microwave for about two minutes. stir it, then, if it needs it, give it another 30 seconds. Squirt a bit of honey on it, stir it again then eat it. Easy.

Maybe it lost a lot of it's flavour after that date?

It was perfect, taste like normal. I just had another pot

Phew, I was getting worried you wasn't going to reply back because of food poisoning!

How do you tell when porridge is under-cooked? Will any harm come from eating it under-cooked, or is it just a matter of preference?

I thought I was going to be the first one that said this, but it took me years to realise that porridge makes me ravenous by about 10am and I need to steer clear of the stuff. I find carbs a bit lethal generally actually.

I make it with milk in the microwave for 3-4 mins then I add cinnamon a pinch of nutmeg and sea salt then either a handful of dried cranberries, or some homemade blueberry jam or a banana ,

When its hot outside or if I'm in a hurry I make a smoothie from porridge, an apple and a banana with milk and cinnamon.