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    Nutritious Porridge Ideas?

    Posts: 794 Member
    edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    I'm looking for some new flavour combinations for my porridge and was wondering if anyone had any ideas! So far I have:

    Forest fruits, almond and honey
    Banana, walnut and chocolate (well, cacao powder but it's chocolately with extra nutrients)
    Apple, nuts and cinnamon
    Maple and pecan
    'Carrot cake' with carrots, walnuts, and a touch of spices and dash of brown sugar

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    • Posts: 17,890 Member
      I eat my porridges just with butter - have you tried to make porridge with different grains? I like millet, semolina (cream of wheat), polenta (corn/maize), barley meal, and rice.
    • Posts: 11,751 Member
      I make overnight zoats. So, zucchini grated in. With natural yoghurt, protein powder and PB. Then I add berries and nuts.
    • Posts: 35,719 Member
      peanut butter and chocolate drops for me!
    • Posts: 978 Member
      I'm loving adding ground ginger to my porridge at the moment. I'll have it with a little golden syrup for sweetness, and sometimes add cinnamon too.

      Also do you add salt to your porridge? Just a pinch, but it really adds to the flavour profile.
    • Posts: 98 Member
      I add a big pinch of MSG powder to my steel-cut oats every morning. And cinnamon and raisins and sucralose and salt. But the MSG has me addicted to my healthy bowl of porridge at home -- restaurants can't compete.
    • Posts: 2,577 Member
      Steel cut oats, blueberries, cinnamon, unsweetened coconut, and toasted walnuts.
    • Posts: 1,899 Member
      What are forest fruits?
    • Posts: 1,899 Member
      Always wondered if porridge is another name for oatmeal.....porridge sounds rather English.
    • Posts: 1,899 Member
      .....or maybe british.
    • Posts: 18,343 Member
      I put a scoop of protein powder in mine. Flavors it and gives me some protein along with the carbs, which makes it more satiating for me.
    • Posts: 35,719 Member
      dsboohead wrote: »
      Always wondered if porridge is another name for oatmeal.....porridge sounds rather English.

      Yep
      dsboohead wrote: »
      .....or maybe british.

      And yep
    • Posts: 1,701 Member
      TavistockToad wrote: »
      peanut butter and chocolate drops for me!

      I would love to add peanut butter to things like porridge (I've just bought a really nice peanut butter with cocoa and coconut) but how do you get it to mix? It's so sticky!
    • Posts: 11,751 Member
      comptonelizabeth wrote: »
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      I would love to add peanut butter to things like porridge (I've just bought a really nice peanut butter with cocoa and coconut) but how do you get it to mix? It's so sticky!

      Put it in and stir it through
    • Posts: 35,719 Member
      comptonelizabeth wrote: »
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      I would love to add peanut butter to things like porridge (I've just bought a really nice peanut butter with cocoa and coconut) but how do you get it to mix? It's so sticky!

      I just put 2-3 blobs in the porridge, scatter the chocolate drops and mix it up a bit... its like a marble effect that way, some bites are more peanut buttery some are chocolatey!
    • Posts: 95 Member
      Cardamon
    • Posts: 95 Member
      I’ve been making pumpkin and blueberry oatmeal with walnuts on top. 😋 Judge me how you will, I love me some pumpkin! 🎃
    • Posts: 306 Member
      I add a laughing cow lite swiss wedge and minced onion to the water while it's cooking. Season with McCormick Perfect Pinch Salad Supreme seasoning. YUM. This and a hard boiled egg is my current breakfast.
    • Posts: 13,342 Member
      My favourite is having it with banana/peanut butter and Nutella :smiley:
    • Posts: 1,117 Member
      I have honey and Sultanas. Porridge is Scottish
    • Posts: 1,917 Member
      Another vote for protein powder - whichever flavor you want - gives it taste as well as ups the protein!
    • Posts: 28,055 Member
      comptonelizabeth wrote: »
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      I would love to add peanut butter to things like porridge (I've just bought a really nice peanut butter with cocoa and coconut) but how do you get it to mix? It's so sticky!

      Just mix it in with a fork. You're not trying to do this with cold porridge are you? Easier hot, for millet and peanut butter anyway.
    • Posts: 28,055 Member
      NadNight wrote: »
      I'm looking for some new flavour combinations for my porridge and was wondering if anyone had any ideas! So far I have:

      Forest fruits, almond and honey
      Banana, walnut and chocolate (well, cacao powder but it's chocolately with extra nutrients)
      Apple, nuts and cinnamon
      Maple and pecan
      'Carrot cake' with carrots, walnuts, and a touch of spices and dash of brown sugar

      As others have suggested, add something to boost the protein count - protein powder, Greek yogurt, egg, etc.
    • Posts: 1,701 Member
      kshama2001 wrote: »
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      Just mix it in with a fork. You're not trying to do this with cold porridge are you? Easier hot, for millet and peanut butter anyway.

      Ah yes, that's probably my problem - I soak my oats overnight and have it cold!
    • Posts: 1,043 Member
      I like cream of rice with a mashed up banana and peanut butter or PB 2.
    • Posts: 154 Member
      My absolute favorite will always be oats cooked in a saucepan with brown sugar then add a fresh pat of butter and some cream. Yum keeps me full for hours so the calories fit.

      I also like to throw in berries or banana or sometimes cocoa powder. Love sliced almonds in it. I keep unsweetened coconut flakes on hand too and mix in with some of these. The peanut powder is good as an option too. With any of these ingredients or combo of them I do add sugar of some sort. Sometimes a dash of vanilla or other extract too.
    • Posts: 6,423 Member
      Grated carrot, oatmeal, egg, cheese, chilli flakes. Topped with some chopped spring onions or fresh herbs if I can be bothered.
      Look for savoury porridge recipes and there’s lots of good stuff out there.

      And porridge and oatmeal are interchangeable in some parts of the world but not others. For my Singaporean workmate, porridge is made with rice (congee) and what I call porridge, she just calls oats. And my Indian workmate introduced us to Curry Oats - a spicy breakfast from the Indian grocery.
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