instant porridge-make it yourself?

Seakay

Just had a look at that Westlothisnlass - I think that your discovery is the one to go for. Precooking the oats by toasting is going to make all the difference!

ariba10

We put the raw Porridge Oats in a blender and give them a good zap.

Then three mins in a microwave (Useing a wide top dish)

flea72

ljonski wrote: »

you can make ordinary porridge the night before and then microwave in the morning. I make 3 servings in one go with some whipped cream that i got from the market, even though i live alone.it saves time for the next 2 mornings. Hth

ariba10 wrote: »

We put the raw Porridge Oats in a blender and give them a good zap.

Then three mins in a microwave (Useing a wide top dish)

The OP doesnt have access to a microwave

BAGGY

I put oats and boiling water in a food flask. When you want to eat it mix in the powdered milk (sometimes the boiling water can make powdered milk go blobby), reseal it after a good stir and you're good to go.

TDMum

westlothianlass wrote: »

HI
I saw a recipe for this on the Mortgage free in three blog recently
http://mortgagefreeinthree.com/?s=porridge&searchsubmit hope the link works.
If not the recipe comes up in her search engine on the main page.
Seems really easy so hope it helps
WLL x

Ahhhh thank you so much! My hubby wants to take porridge to work but has a huge phobia about the shared microwave (factory full of grubby men with smelly foods :eek:) He can get boiling water from the vending machine so this could work for him!!

esmy

I make my own with Tesco Value oats - it makes a thicker porridge than the instant packs but I like it like that. Just mix the dry ingredients together and stir in boiling water. It thickens if you let it stand for a minute or two:
1/2 cup of oats
2 tbsp dried milk powder
1/2 tsp sugar (more if you like it sweet)

moneyballs2

I'm really in to eating porridge, and found that the £1.20 per pot fee to buy the instant Quaker and Scott's porridge pots (where you just add water.)

I decided to come up with my own recipe, pop it in a tupperware pot and added hot water at work.

Recipe:

40g Oats (I use Scott's)
2 tsbp Milk Powder
200ml boiling water.

1) Stir the dry ingredients before adding water.
2) Add the 200ml of hot water.
3) Stir well.
4) Put a lid on for about 2-3 minutes so that it thickens up.
5) Enjoy :j

The first time I made this, I did it at home and made sure to make a mark on the pot so I knew how much water 200ml should fill with the dry ingredients already added.

Now, I pre-measure the Oats and the Milk Powder in little plastic bags for the week, and off I go! Saving a small fortune!

Hopefully somebody finds some use from this, as I had little success finding an easy recipe for this on Google.

stafftopets

Brilliant, I am definitely going to try this as I like to use instant porridge pots at work if I don't get time to have breakfast or I am peckish later on.

This way I can control what is put into my food and also everything is in my store cupboard so it is a cheap meal option for me.:D

Thanks Moneyballs2

Seakay

more ideas on this thread as well:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4524781

WantToBeSE

Excellent idea, thanks OP