Submit best porridge recipe
jamessteelapim
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Looking at your food diaries has indicated that a large percentage of the group start their morning with a bowl of porridge, using a whole range of additives. Which one is the favourite recipe and which is the healthiest. Please post your recipes, and once we have them all in they will be subject to a vote for 1. Best tasting and 2. Healthiest.
Being in Scotland I will start you off with the traditional Scottish recipe:
Add 4 heaped tablespoons of rolled oats to a cup of water, in a microwaveable bowl.
Add salt to taste.
Heat in microwave for 4 minutes.
Let stand for 2 minutes, and enjoy.
Being in Scotland I will start you off with the traditional Scottish recipe:
Add 4 heaped tablespoons of rolled oats to a cup of water, in a microwaveable bowl.
Add salt to taste.
Heat in microwave for 4 minutes.
Let stand for 2 minutes, and enjoy.
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oh no salt please!
30g porridge oats , half a mug of water, one tablespoon defrosted economy fruit from Sainsburys.
Microwave for 2 mins stir then another 1-2 minutes to check consistency.
Serve with half a sliced banana, a few berries, dessert spoon Holland and Barratt Omega seedmix and another of dried fruity mix
Ring changes with sliced apply, pear or whatever you fancy0 -
There are no end to the variations, but currently my favourite is:
Porridge oats
Salt
Water
Cocoa powder (lots! Just the plain cocoa powder, not hot chocolate powder)
Chopped walnuts
Mix, microwave and eat. A tiny bit of peanut butter is nice with it, or you could add milk. Or syrup/honey/brown sugar if you like it sweet.
Or replace the cocoa powder with raisins and mixed spice.
But all sorts of combinations of nuts, seeds, chocolate chips, peanut butter, syrup, jam, fruit, etc. are nice.
At the moment I'm eating:
0% fat greek yoghurt
porridge oats
blueberries
chopped walnuts (I do love my walnuts)
Mix and eat. Not porridge obviously.0 -
Ooh...
50g porridge
250ml soya milk
A dollop of Greek yogurt
Sprinkle of cinnamon
Leave to soak over night.... Eat the follow morning with a banana chopped into it.
My breakfast when I get to work
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Can't help with the recipes myself as I just heat the sachets in the microwave, but am reading these with interest as I would like some ideas on how to make my own (have microwave at work)
Thanks for your recipes! Will have to try some0 -
Do we have our first convert?0
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Forgot to say I put some almond milk on it before serving to get some calcium. sometimes dollop of greek yogurt toosussexbythesea wrote: »oh no salt please!
30g porridge oats , half a mug of water, one tablespoon defrosted economy fruit from Sainsburys.
Microwave for 2 mins stir then another 1-2 minutes to check consistency.
Serve with half a sliced banana, a few berries, dessert spoon Holland and Barratt Omega seedmix and another of dried fruity mix
Ring changes with sliced apply, pear or whatever you fancy
The sachets are full of sugar etc and not a patch on home made for nutrition IMHO
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40g Irish oats, 125ml milk, 125ml water, cooked overnight in rice cooker. Add 1tsp peanut butter and 1tbsp apple sauce - yuuuuummmmy.0
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Sweet tooth here so mine's made with half a cup of oats to a cup of soya milk/water then usually add a teaspoon of molasses sugar; in warmer weather I switch to 'overnight oatmeal' with a few raisins or sultanas.0
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As a Type 2 diabetic, it should be a no,no. But will see if I have enough credits in my calorie burn account and a deficit in my sugar account to have a "treat".0
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Porridge cooked with water on the stove top...then mixed with honey, semi-skimmed milk and cinnamon0
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Cor blimey, another night owl.0
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I'm normally an oats, water and semi skimmed milk with a sprinkling of mixed spice or all bran kind of gal, but I'm loving the sound of peanut butter, and will try that later this morning!0
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Am a recent convert to peanut butter, as a calorie booster. It is really moreish and I am worried about becoming an addicted user.0
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I make mine with the bowl on my digital scales for consistency - which also means it won't erupt when cooking! This is a big serving by the way. The evaporated milk makes the difference for flavour.
80g of Sainsbury's So Organic Scottish Oats.
Teaspoon of sugar
Third of a small tin of evaporated milk (about 56g)
Make up to otal of 330g with skimmed milk (about 190g)
Microwave for 3:30 mins.
468 cals. 19g of protein. 9g of fibre.0 -
That is a lot of protein for a bowl of porridge, but it is nearly double the normal oats. How about the sugar levels, as I am a Type 2 diabetic?0
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Yep - I'm a greedy bugger who is at goal weight and it's a big serving!jamessteelapim wrote: »That is a lot of protein for a bowl of porridge, but it is nearly double the normal oats. How about the sugar levels, as I am a Type 2 diabetic?
I don't track sugar but it's 67g of carbs. (Food diary is open and I had porridge today.)
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I will have a look. I am not a calorie counter, but a sugar counter. I am close to reaching my goal weight range of 70-74 kg. I do a lot of cardio. My diaries are all fully open.0
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I do just oats and skimmed milk in the microwave. Occasionally I will throw some cinnamon in.
I used to do the quaker oats sachets with fruits in until I did a 30 day no added sugar challenge. It took a while to get used to plain porridge. I tried chopping in banana, apple etc to sweeten it but it just wasn't right. Now I find that it tastes pretty sweet with just the milk.0 -
I use almond milk, and plain porridge with plenty of cinnamon. It takes a bit of time to appreciate the taste and now I use no other additives. I was a banana for breakfast type of guy.0
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I really like the apple pie oatmeal slow cooker. So nice to wake up to hot breakfast.
http://www.thehealthymaven.com/2014/09/slow-cooker-apple-pie-steel-cut-oatmeal.html0 -
Evaporated milk is very high in sugar. I would stick to almond milk!0
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I thought that. Are the many people who do not track their sugar levels, not aware that it is the modern version of nicotine, and it will kill them over time - i.e. diabeties?0
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I do not track sugar levels, or anything apart from calories. But then I do not have sweet tooth, wartime baby and grew up with rationing
I am however aware of hidden sugars, like "low fat yoghurt" being topped up with sugar, are you listening Yeo Valley?
And the buckets of salt in some processed foods
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I don't track sugar as there's plenty of natural sugars in fruit and veg but I consider the health benefits of eating a wide variety of veg in particular and some fruits on a regular basis to be far more important than worrying about the refined sugar in some of my 'treat' foods like dark chocolate, which I've heard also has some health benefits.0
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Almost every morning I have 50g good quality oats (not the powder you get in cheap bags) with 250ml semi skimmed milk. 2:40 in microwave. Add tbsp maple syrup, some flaked almonds, cinnamon and raisins. Fresh fruit if I have. Its splendid.0
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sussexbythesea wrote: »Evaporated milk is very high in sugar. I would stick to almond milk!
Sorry but that is a silly comment unless by "I" that is referring to you in particular (medical condition?). There is zero reason for me to avoid the sugar in evaporated milk.
You can't look at one food item without context of the overall diet and lifestyle.
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jamessteelapim wrote: »I thought that. Are the many people who do not track their sugar levels, not aware that it is the modern version of nicotine, and it will kill them over time - i.e. diabeties?
No. Sorry but that is inaccurate.
Risk factors for type 2 diabetes
Four of the main risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes are:
•age – being over the age of 40 (over 25 for South Asian people)
•genetics – having a close relative with the condition (parent, brother or sister)
•weight – being overweight or obese
•ethnicity – being of South Asian, Chinese, African-Caribbean or black African origin (even if you were born in the UK)
nhs.uk/Conditions/Diabetes-type2/Pages/Causes.aspx
Causes of type 1 diabetes
Autoimmune condition
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition. Your immune system (the body's natural defence against infection and illness) mistakes the cells in your pancreas as harmful and attacks them, destroying them completely or damaging them enough to stop them producing insulin.
It's not known exactly what triggers the immune system to do this, but some researchers have suggested that it may be due to a viral infection.
Type 1 diabetes is often inherited (runs in families), so the autoimmune reaction may also be genetic.
If you have a close relative – such as a parent, brother or sister – with type 1 diabetes, you have about a 6% chance of also developing the condition. The risk for people who don't have a close relative with type 1 diabetes is just under 0.5%.
nhs.uk/Conditions/Diabetes-type1/Pages/Causes.aspx0 -
I do overnight oats - with peanut butter.
1 tub of fat free Greek yoghurt (tip into large tuppaware container)
Use yoghurt tub to measure out an equal measure of milk (I use skimmed. Whatever kind of milk suits you work - tip into large container as above)
Use yoghurt tub to measure out the oats (I also weigh this cos I'm OCD enough to). Add to the mixture you already have.
100g peanut butter. I like chunky, with no added sugar - but choose your poison. Added to the mixture.
Mix well. Stick in the fridge overnight.
That's it. 4 portion in my world. I find the above a little stodgy - but added a chopped apple to each portion and it's heavenly!
I also like oats + milk hot as above - but the peanut butter concoction
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sussexbythesea wrote: »Evaporated milk is very high in sugar. I would stick to almond milk!
Sorry but that is a silly comment unless by "I" that is referring to you in particular (medical condition?). There is zero reason for me to avoid the sugar in evaporated milk.
You can't look at one food item without context of the overall diet and lifestyle.
Excuse me for making a silly comment. Of course I mean I myself. I would NEVER seek to suggest anything I do myself to other members of MFP . Sugary milk has made me feel sick ever since I was a baby.
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Can't help with the recipes myself as I just heat the sachets in the microwave, but am reading these with interest as I would like some ideas on how to make my own (have microwave at work).
I make my own packets, using this recipe: http://www.theyummylife.com/Instant_Oatmeal_Packets0
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