Doing porridge, frugally

maddiemay

Basic everyday porridge for me is cooked in microwave with half milk and half water and a shake of salt. Served with a bit of sugar and a moat of milk around it to incorporate as I eat it, yummy.

Last week I added after it was cooked some chopped ready to eat apricots and pumpkin and sunflower seeds, but didn't need any sugar it was lovely.

System

A little bit of golden syrup and a tiny bit of salt, skimmed milk.

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YORKSHIRELASS wrote: »

To be honest I shovel my porridge in as I am standing at the kitchen worktop keeping one eye on the clock or at my desk while checking my e-mails so I am not sure I really taste it! This is probably not to be recommended.

I've had to train myself to leave it to cool, I kept scalding my mouth, and setting my teeth on edge.

bouicca21

Dark brown sugar ...

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FrugalAndFabulous wrote: »

Peanut butter is my favourite porridge topping

That sounds an intriguing mix, but I daren't try it, I eat industrial quantities already. PNB is the biggest source of fat in my entire diet, and by a large margin.

System

jack_pott wrote: »

I've had to train myself to leave it to cool, I kept scalding my mouth, and setting my teeth on edge.

15 minutes in my freezer and its cool enough to eat.:)

Hutchch0920

This week I've had frozen mixed berries from Aldi - which has grapes in it which I find a bit unusual. I've also had chopped pear.

Other toppings I have regularly:

Chopped pecans
Sunflower / Chia / Pumpkin seeds
Apple and cinnamon
Blueberries - fresh or frozen
Strawberries - fresh
Ginger
Whey powder - chocolate works really well

phizzimum

grated raw apple makes a nice change too, and is a good way of using up apples that are past their best

Pollycat

I buy the Quaker Oats microwave packets (but only when they're on offer).
I use semi-skimmed milk and then stir in a teaspoon of various jams or curds, depending what I fancy at the time.
Ginger jam, sour cherry conserve, lime or lemon curd.
I find honey or syrup too sweet

moneyistooshorttomention

It helps reduce costs now I've got some fruit growing in my garden - so I think I should always have "something or other" I can haul out of the garden (or stored in the freezer) to put onto my porridge. This saves on buying, for instance, packets of frozen berries. Has the added advantage of I'm sure it's organic (as I've not yet been able to source frozen organic fruit of any description here).

So, for instance, today's porridge was topped with stewed apple (from my garden), some pomegranite seeds and some chia seeds.

I know the fruit I've got sitting in my freezer is apples, blackberries, assorted berries, rhubarb, plums and there should be enough in there to last me months.