No-cook Porridge Calorie Content???

zigchild

Hi all,

I have been making these porridge pots for a while. Bascially you use uncooked porridge oats, yoghurt, honey and berries and combine them together in a jar and shake. You then leave them overnight in the fridge and theas oats expand in the yoghurt making for a healthy breakfast you can take on the go. Great right? Wrong because I have no idea how the calories are worked out.

Example (from website)

Ingredients

•1/4 cup uncooked old fashioned rolled oats
•1/3 cup skim milk
•1/4 cup low-fat Greek yogurt
•1-1/2 teaspoons seeds
•1 teaspoons honey (more or less to taste)
•1/4 cup blueberries (or enough to fill jar)


Directions

In a half pint (1 cup) jar, add oats, milk, yogurt, chia seeds, and maple syrup. Put lid on jar and shake until well combined. Remove lid, add blueberries and stir until mixed throughout. Return lid to jar and refrigerate overnight or up to 2 days. Eat chilled.

Nutritional Info: 215 calories, 4g fat, 48g carbs, 8g fiber, 12g protein; Weight Watchers PtsPlus: 7


Its the calories in the oats I'm questioning. Should they be counted in their uncooked form or cooked form? Please help as this is doing my head in.

Cheers

Confused porridge eater!!

majope

The recipe calls for uncooked oats, so that's what you use to figure the calories.

ETA: I entered the recipe into MFP's recipe calculator, and got a virtually identical nutrition breakdown to what you give above.

zigchild

Thanks Majope. I appreciate the response :-)