Porridge - Best for value and taste?

Jane_Blackford wrote: »

I know what you mean about flapjack - so EASY to make and so easy to eat! Especially when you make them in the the micowave and they come out all soft, then they cool down just enough to eat ..............

I'd love the recipe for microwaved flapjacks please:T

I use tesco hot oat cereal or just value porridge oats :]

Morrisons sell 500g bags of Mornflake jumbo oats for about 53p. They are the most "whole" oats that I have come across and good for porridge as well as other things. They have a nice "big" texture-not at all powdery, and they are usually to be found in the "baking" aisle-not the "cereal" aisle.

Re the Flap-jack recipe = thanks
I always add some dried fruit to my mix, which always plumps up nicely during 'cooking'. Doesn't matter whether it is raisins, currents or sultanas. All taste just as good - imo
I will also throw in anything else lurking in the cupboard such as dessicated coconut and the dregs of the cereal packets - the odd cornflake, dried strawberry or nut only adds a bit of interest. Any glace cherrys left from Christmas - chop and throw in.

Also, all the broken sorry biscuits at the bottom of the biscuit tin ? - melt a bar of chocolate and mix in with the crushed up biscuits, again throw in dried fruit etc and leave to cool.
Cut into manageable pieces, and voila, delicious chocolate crunch. Always goes down well - and fast, and means I can put fresh supplies in the biscuit tin with a clear conscience.

And finally, I add a handful of porridge oats to crumble mix. Makes for a slightly different texture and taste.

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Just buy plain oats, the sachets are eyewateringly expensive and much less versatile. i know what you mean about porridge being a bit unpredictable at time but that's half the fun and it does take a few attempts to work out your favourite "recipe" - how much milk:water etc