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Hi Baz
I don’t think that milk should be the main ingredient for porridge. That’s what my Scottish friends say. In any case on a diet I would advise water instead of milk. My recipe is very simple and works every time.
1 cup of oats
2 cups of water
Put it all in a BIG bowl and zap it in the microwave for 4 minutes (full power).
Add what you like afterwards. I pour a little milk on afterwards.
It has never failed for me. I think the proportions would be the same if you made it on the stove top. The size of the cup doesn’t matter for the success of the recipe but on a diet I would choose a small cup.
Hi Baz
Well done on the weight loss. That’s a good drop in weight. Today I decided I would try the alternate day diet and needed to work out a 500 calorie diet for the fast days. One of my “meals” (they are more like snacks!) is going to be porridge. I am going for
0.5 cup (US measure) porridge
1 cup water
stevia as sweetener
0.25 cup skimmed milk (to pour on top)
Total 170 calories
The cups have to be American size cups in this case or the calories would be changed. Thought you might be interested.
Peter
Hi Baz and Patsy
I think you are correct, it’s a typo.
Mimi has another recipe for porridge with fruit and her portions their are 100ml skimmed and 100 ml water, though with less fruit, it’s called pink porridge.
I think around 200ml is fine, perhaps even less, depending how juicy the fruit is.
I’ve not done it with the fruit, but I’ve been experimenting with different porridge oats. The jumbos seem to absorb the most liquid, but 300/30 is pretty much a slurry until the liquid is boiled off, resulting in an overworked porridge.
Aye, the Scots do make it with water – at least my husband does. I think it is their frugal upbringing, he refuses to use milk, but preferred mine to his!
I put sugar in mine too, as well as salt. He just uses salt – but is happy to have sugar when I do it. Go figure.
Actually, semi skimmed milk, Brown sugar and a tablespoon of double cream to make a moat – awesome NFD treat, far better than cakes or most puddings.
Well Milena, I honestly like my porridge half and half semi-skimmed and water. Any milkier or creamier is too rich and spoils the flavour of the oats. And definitely no sugar! Does that mean I’m sweet enough already…? 🙂
On the subject of the recipe typo (or not), can I suggest that it really doesn’t matter whether it is or isn’t? Some people like it runny, some not, just make it how you like it.
hi Happy
how are you, I’m still lurking on maintenance, lots of pearls of wisdom there.
Wasnt trying to tell folk how to cook porridge, if you read the start of the thread, Baz had tried the recipe and managed to make soup! I had promised to try the recipe, so Ive been in the kitchen testing -and got soup too, with the same quantities, checked mimi’s other recipes and concluded it was a typo! Just answering a question, which I found interesting. Ive never measured the ingredients in porridge in my life, I have it on fast days occasionally made with water and then semi skimmed added as needed. Always with sugar though – I must be a sourpuss! Soooo much better with cream!
Sorry Milena! Only the first half of my post was directed to you! I had read the start of the thread, so my ‘make it how you like it’ comment should perhaps have been ‘make it how one likes it’..!
My family used to eat it with whole milk (stiff enough to stand a spoon up) and then a moat of cream and golden syrup (or liberally sprinkled with brown sugar). No wonder I got fat!
Seriously though, I went pretty much sugar free when I started 5:2 and my sweet tooth is now a teeny tiny baby tooth… I sometimes sprinkle a bit of cinnamon on porridge and that seems to give the illusion of sweetness?
No need to apologise Happy, I was just concerned I was coming over as a know it all!
Wish I could say the same of my sweet tooth, all I can do is cage it and let it out now and again. I rarely have sugar now, but also rarely have shredded wheat, cornflakes, rice krispies or wheatabix, my hubby and son have never had sugar on cereals, for me without sugar they are inedible. Easier not to have them.
Down from 1/2 to 1/4 teaspoonful of sugar in tea, down from 1 to 1/2 in coffee, but can’t give it up altogether.
Let me know how you get on with the porridge. Baz.
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