[willowman]

On a bit of a health kick at the mo.
Decided to try to brighten up my morning porridge, so I tried to make it more festive and added golden syrup, dried mixed fruit and a sprinkling of cinnamon  - delicious.

Has anybody any other recipes for making porridge a bit more interesting?

[mumofstig]

I would suggest the golden syrup is not very healthy.....but yummy though 

I add grated apple a couple of minutes before the end of cooking

[Swing Swang]

Make it with pinhead oatmeal instead of porridge oats - more flavour/better texture. Takes a bit more cooking though so pour four times the quantity of boiling water over the grains and leave for half an hour before bringing to the boil for about 12min or so. Pinch of salt if you need it, otherwise that's it. Been eating it like this since my student days. Delicious.

[joyfull]

I buy the oats so simple stuff to eat at work and it comes in all sorts of flavours but I do prefer the golden syrup one 

[mumofstig]

i used to buy their apple flavour....but they stopped doing it................now i have to do my own

[tosca100]

Maple syrup and chopped pecans is nice if you like a bit of crunchy texture.

[Springlands]

Sliced banana and some honey or maple syrup - Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Thrift]

Top with dried apricots, sunflower seeds honey and a dollop of natural yoghourt. Yum and healthy too  :happy:

[arugula]

We have porridge all the time and I actually quite like it plain but, we usually have pumpkin seeds sprinkled on top and sometimes sliced banana too or fruit such as sultanas or raisins mixed through it whilst cooking . OH has golden syrup on top too.

[Swing Swang]

If we're being barbaric about porridge and are rejecting the trinity of water/oats/salt (and I can feel my sporran rising!)

Then:

Stir in some crunchy peanut butter.

Pre heat some coconut/dried fruits/nuts/sugar in some milk and stir this into a mily/cream porridge to make a sort of Egyptian/Scottish (Om Ali/Porridge) 'fusion food breakfast'.

Make Portuguese 'ovos moles' (egg yolks and sugar syrup) and swirl this into the porridge.

Use your imagination!

SS

[aelf]

I add home-made pear jam and sometimes some raisins. Mmmmm 

[joyfull]

my chickens like theirs made with water and plain although I'm sure given the choice they would love some sunflower hearts and mealworms stirred in as well 

[MoreWhisky]

I add a spoon of condensed milk mine. I also use sainsburys taste the difference oats. The oats are twice the size of normal brands cooked slower its real nice. There best taste the difference product.

Funny finding this post as im eating it now 

[8doubles]

More Whisky has let me down , i was sure i would read that he had been making his porridge more festive with a splash of whisky.

I think i will try it.

[tosca100]

Asked OH to get me some value oats when he went to the supermarket once, to make porridge and flapjacks, and because he thinks I should have the best of everything he bought Special Organic Jumbo oats....yuk! Bless him. I hate big oats for porridge cos it feels lumpy, and for flapjacks they don't soak up the butter/syrup the same, so I had to whizz them up in the processor.