Porridge

If you make Bircher Muesli, there are lots of recipes on the net, then there is no cooking in the morning. You just add fruit of choice and yoghurt or milk and you have an instant filling oaty breakfast.

I use wholegrain rolled oats and cover with water and microwave for three minutes. My GC say I make the best porridge, they like theirs with milk and raw honey. One GS eats it for breakfast every single morning and it a favourite snack for all of them before bedtime if they are still hungry. After I read that oats are rich in melatonin which relaxes the body and helps make you sleepy, I upped the oats as GC's bedtime snack when they stay overnight.

I have about two dessertspoons of oats in my smoothie every morning with a water, almonds, a banana and seeds. I am not usually hungry until lunchtime.

Porridge made with half milk/water, a dollop of Greek yoghurt and a tiny drizzle of honey keeps me going until lunchtime.

I always use proper rolled oats or pinhead oatmeal and after soaking it overnight I add salt and cook it until soft and add cream or milk to finish it off. I eat it with cream or milk too and have never really fancied all the exotic variations mentioned by PPs. Don't know if I would like it like that so probably ought to try some of the ideas.
It is my comfort food particularly if not feeling too well and needing something warm and easy to eat and digest. It keeps me from feeling hungry for a long time but probably because I fill my bowl; in fact I could easily live on it!

Janeainsworth. That's exactly what I do!

I find that porridge keeps me going much longer than toast. I use proper oats, milk and water. 1 min 30 secs in the microwave. Add frozen blueberries while it's still hot, or honey, or any fruit. Lovely !

Goodness, aren't we all amazingly different in the way we like porridge?Who would have thunk it.So many ways.

Off an emamel plate too.

That's how we had it at Girl Guide camp. Never has porridge tasted so delicious.

Cherrytree you have rekindled a childhood memory.
Dad used to make porridge for himself with water and salt, and then pour in milk round the side of the dish.
We children would watch fascinated as he then spun the porridge round the dish

Interesting reading;Scott's porage+ cinnamon /Munaka honey myself

I started having porridge a few years ago and find it very filling. I am not hungry for another 45 hours. I have a couple of tablespoons of Quaker Oats with skimmed milk. 1 minute in the microwave, stir add a little more milk and put in for another 30 seconds. A drop more cold milk on top, a teaspoonful of honey and a few chopped strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, pineapple or whatever fruit I have in.

Toast is not a proper food to me, just a snack later in the day if I'm desperate or alternatively something to have with scrambled eggs, baked beans or grilled cheese. The smell of toast in the morning makes me feel quite sick!

I make proper porridge using jumbo oats stirred on top of cooker (1 portion of oats to 3 of water and a pinch of salt). I then add home made yoghurt, a splash of syrup and a sprinkling of toasted almonds. the perfect breakfast.

Half a grapefruit and porridge Quaker original with golden syrup or demerara sugar and semi skimmed milk does me until lunch time. Covers most food groups except fat in any quantity but that's OK.

I'm traditionalist scot's porridge oats made with water and dare I say it I add salt.( I don't add salt to any other food) my milk has to flat around the edge of the bowl only.
I have been told that years ago there used to be a porridge drawer where it was made the night before. It was that thick it could be sliced and divided up to be taken to work on the croft or to school.
If I want fruit with my oats I make muesli with fruit and yogurt
If I'm up early and need a mid-morning snack I have a banana and some raisins

I so thought my sister was so mean to her kids years ago they would have their porridge just stirred into water cooked for 10 mins the added a pinch of salt... but her husbands family were from the Highlands so I suppose thats how they eat it. YUK!!

I like a bit of flaxseed in my porridge - it definitely keeps my tummy full longer, and it tastes very nice, too.
When I lived in Scotland, I was introduced to 'skirlie' (hope I spelled it right). Thick slices of cold porridge, fried in bacon fat! It was actually pretty good, but I'm not sure it would be recommended by today's nutritionists!

I love my porridge, a mix of jumbo and ordinary oats, semi skimmed milk mixed with flax seed, walnut pieces, the smallest dollop of honey and a sprinkling of cinnamon, sees me through to lunch and beyond.

Making porridge in a slow cooker seems a great idea. Does anyone have quantities of oats/milk/water? Which kind of oats works best? Do you really leave it on all night?

I started using soya milk in my porridge, doctor was very impressed when my cholesterol went right down! Added sultanas, candied peel, (I know, naughty) and brown sugar, lovely. Used to add seeds but shop stopped stocking the one I liked, must find it again.

did someone say mix with Baileys .......

Phoenix I could go for that.
I hope we are not upsetting the Scots amongst us with our adulteration of their traditional Scottish porridge recipe.

Well for a special treat a drop of whisky!

I use whole oats or groats (not easy to source) then cook a batch for a week in a slowcooker. .... one cup of oats to 5 cups of boiling water. Just mic a portion as needed.

I also make a puree of apricots and add this with some Greek yogurt. If no fruit, I would add a sprinkle of muscavado sugar at the end.

You would all be horrified by the way I used to have my porridge, plus I used to have it late at night while watching a film!

Proper porridge oats, in a saucepan, made with milk, then pour cream over (NOT top of the milk, proper cream) then sprinkle with demerara sugar