One thing I know for sure is that if I don’t eat breakfast I will either a) be a raging bitch all morning, or b) vomit. Another thing I know for sure is that eating the same breakfast all the time is boring. I know people (ahem, grandma) who eat the same cereal every day and have done for years. I get tired of the same cereal by the time the box is three-quarters empty.
The last couple of days I’ve been delving into the world of porridge (aka oatmeal). I have a love-hate relationship with this grainy mush. If it’s too thick I won’t touch it, if it’s too runny I may as well drink an oat smoothie. Also, it’s capacity to sustain a person has seemed pathetic at best. I don’t want to eat at 7am and find myself hungry by 8:30. I know this sounds like a Rag on Porridge post, but it’s not, I assure you.
I’ve always found that if porridge is made with some fruit and spices it will sustain me for longer. Those quick-cook oats and instant porridge packets tend to use ground or small flaked (rolled) oats but I prefer to use wholegrain, large rolled oats because they’re more substantial (to me, anyway).
Here’s what I do!
Ingredients
2/3 cup wholegrain rolled oats
pinch of salt
cinnamon to taste (1/4 tsp for me)
6 peach slices, canned in juice
2-3 Tbsp peach juice
1/3 cup (79ml) of boiling water
1/3 + 1/6 cup (120ml) milk
Method
1. Put the oats, salt, cinnamon, peach slices and peach juice in a saucepan then add the water and milk.
2. Bring to a boil over med-high heat then simmer on a low-med heat, stirring occasionally, until porridge is the desired thickness. For me, it’s about 5-7 minutes.
3. Let porridge cool a bit before eating. Trust me.
Simmering porridge.
And we’re done! For variation you can use any kind of fruits you like, and your favourite spices. I used to use banana quite a bit with cinnamon, and grated apple with cinnamon too. Danielle uses blueberries in her baked oatmeal! I’ve also heard of people using fruit juice as the main liquid rather than milk and/or water.
Peach + cinnamon porridge with coffee.
What did you have for breakfast today?
Nice!
I think I must be very strange, because if I had to eat, or even contemplate eating, food early in the morning as soon as I got up, I think I might die.
I eat breakfast, but never first thing. I’m NOT a morning person, and I cannot contemplate food until I’ve been up for awhile.
Is that odd? LOL!
BTW, I like your bowl and mug.
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Not odd at all, I know loads of people who are similar. My mum has a banana most mornings and that’s ages after she gets up, lol. Usually I just wake up really hungry, haha.
Thank you! They are from Kmart.