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  • 50g porridge oats
  • 350ml milk
    or water, or a mixture of the two
  • Greek yogurt
    thinned with a little milk and clear honey, to serve

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal185
    low
  • fat5g
    low
  • saturates2g
  • carbs25g
  • sugars8g
    low
  • fibre2g
  • protein9g
  • salt0.24g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Put 50g porridge oats in a saucepan, pour in 350ml milk or water and sprinkle in a pinch of salt. Bring to the boil and simmer for 4-5 minutes, stirring from time to time and watching carefully that it doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pan.

  • step 2

    Or you can try this in a microwave. Mix the porridge oats, milk or water and a pinch of salt in a large microwaveproof bowl, then microwave on High for 5 minutes, stirring halfway through. Leave to stand for 2 minutes before eating.

  • step 3

    To serve, pour into bowls, spoon Greek yogurt, thinned with a little milk, on top and drizzle with honey.

RECIPE TIPS
TOPPINGS
  • Nut butters, such as almond, hazelnut or cashew, give porridge a hearty depth.
  • Compote or fresh fruit
  • Toasted nuts, seeds or granola
  • Spices like cinnamon, nutmeg or mixed spice, or stir in vanilla extract, creamed or dessicated coconut or a touch of jam.
  • Honey, maple syrup or agave if you fancy a sweet drizzle, or add granulated sugar either at the start of cooking or sprinkled over before serving.
MAKING IT EASY

If you don't want to bother getting the scales out in the morning, you'll need 1 mug of oats and 2¼ mugs of liquid. (Any mug will do, as long as you use the same for both measurements)

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2003

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A star rating of 3.8 out of 5.103 ratings

Julie Edwards 1

Perfect porridge 👍👍🥂

ilycj8

I tried this and the porridge exploded in my microwave 😂

tommmcvey70628

I’ve fallen for this recipe several times now as it is the first hit on Google. It’s not enough oats and way too much liquid per portion. Sure enough if you check ChatGPT (a reasonable summary of all human knowledge on a topic) it’s 40g oats per person.

harveygree2163199

question

is it yummy?

jsdcs0707748

This is like Slop and Gruel!!! Like molten lava!!! you have to look at it for your entire life for it to cool down at which time you have either ceased living from hunger or moved on and found something else to eat

suzannejones34

I'm sure you don't have to wait that long. Leave it for a few minutes and it will cool down and also thicken up. Add some honey or some fruit to sweeten it up a bit or maybe porridge just isn't for you hey?

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