What do you put on your porridge? I want to cut the sugar.

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Started eating porridge but with a sprinkle of sugar like when I was a kid.

Delicious but am trying to lose weight.

Any alternative suggestions to make it tasty but healthier?

Honestly try it made with water ,add salt and a little milk .

I eat mine with protein powder, flaked almonds and frozen raspberries.

Chop an apple, sprinkle with cinnamon and microwave for a minute, then add to my porridge.

I put a couple of spoonfuls of frozen blueberries in the bottom of the bowl, microwave until they are thawed (so as not to make the porridge cold) then put the porridge on top.

Thanks, @UnaOfStormhold and @DreamingOfAGreenChristmas .

It’s another name for bircher muesli -yogurt and some oats and other things, so like a mushier muesli with yogurt rather than porridge

ah, @Luredbyapomegranate (love your name). I make Bircher müsli in the summer, i used to think it a faff, but in summer i eat (home made) yoghurt, fruit and a sprinkle of seeds/nuts every day, so just making it the night before is more efficient for me. I used to think "overnight oats" sounded like something yummy that i was missing out on. No longer!

Chopped eating apple softened in the microwave then added on top of porridge. Half milk half water to make the porridge.

Cinnamon.

Sliced banana and a spoonful of peanut butter stored through.

Grated carrot, raisins and cinnamon (carrot cake porridge!)

Chopped dates.

Frozen berries (defrosted).

Any tinned fruit (in juice, not syrup) lurking in the cupboard. I like to whizz tinned mango into puree and stir through a spoonful of that then sprinkle on some dessicated coconut (or even make with coconut milk if 8m feeling flash).

Cinammon is nice. Dried apricots too although they're pretty sugary just in another form. Probably healthier though.

I buy a bag of mixed summer/autumn berries frozen.
I either microwave them so they are warm and squishy or just defrost the night before

or banana & peanut butter - but only the sugar free peanut butter and a teaspoon

or frozen mango & desiccated coconut, the smoothly frozen fruit is nice mix but obviously not made into a smoothy

coco powder and blueberries ( don’t like frozen blueberries though, has to be fresh for me)

Cook your oats in Alpro chocolate milk. 😋 Low in cals and makes chocolate porridge!

I make it with water, then add a tablespoon of double cream at the end. Or some nut butter, or frozen cherries, or Greek yoghurt.

Big difference between sugar / honey and fruit like blueberries.

Blueberries have their sugar in the form of complex carbs, with a low GI. And come with fibre and vitamins. Will not cause sugar spikes and cravings later in the morning.

Exactly- if it makes the difference to you enjoying it it not, why worry about 20 calories.

Salt is added to foods to make them sweeter

I changed from sugar to nothing but semi- skimmed milk and porridge oats and I wouldn't go back.

I only have porridge about once a week in winter though. I have less spartan but less comforting breakfasts the rest of the time.

Like the Scot I am I cook it with water and salt, then add a splash of (now vegan) "milk" to the bowl.
Never had sweet porridge.

I weaned myself off gradually. First I added raisins and a tiny but of sugar, then just the raisins and then reduced the number of raisins (recognising that they're almost pure sugar)

I think the problem with swapping out the sugar is you then overcompensate later on in the day by wanting a biscuit because you’ve had a ‘healthy’ breakfast. Yes, I appreciate its not all about calories though.

Honey, nuts and fruit, raisins can add natural sweetness too.

I add Chia seeds, mixed nuts and a sprinkle of dried fruit or blueberries

Topped off with a drizzle of honey. All very healthy!

Date syrup. Much lower GI than sugar or honey yet still nicely sweet.

Berries and/or seeds.

Same here glad not just me. I do the same with weetabix.However I cannot do without sweetener in my tea and coffee.

I went on a sugar-free diet and used “Sugarly” as a substitute. It’s a sweetener, but tastes exactly like sugar.

If you don’t want to use Sugarly, you can use honey or a good quality maple syrup.

I also stir in a combination of chopped banana & a touch of cinnamon powder (after the porridge’s cooked) to add natural sweetness to my porridge.

Sliced bananas and a sprinkling of cinnamon.

Or sometimes just cinnamon.
Blueberries.