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?

Chia seeds, smushed banana, various berries, a swirl of honey, apple and cinnamon…
I don’t actually like porridge but my one year old son is obsessed so!

True Scot here! Just a wee touch of salt.

Nothing cos I don't eat it. BUT have you tried canderal sugarly? It looks and tastes just like normal sugar but has zero calories. It was a godsend when I was doing SlimmingWorld.

Coconut sugar is nice

I love peanut butter and frozen berries. I don’t use milk either, just water - the starch makes it creamy when stirred.

I also like to mix oats with coconut yogurt and raspberries and leave in the fridge overnight. In the morning sprinkle with cinnamon and a few more raspberries. It’s so good!

Peanut butter or stewed apple and cinnamon

Sweet freedom fruit syrup, or a bit of honey.

Nut butter is good stirred into porridge, almond butter in particular is my favourite. Or a sprinkle of raisins or fresh fruit eg berries.

the only way I have porridge as it is the ultimate and no need to look any further:

loads of frozen blueberries
same amount or less (eyeball it) of oats
boiling water (not loads)
cook - takes minutes
top with almond butter and a broken up square of 90% choc

I normally skip breakfast but when I don’t, this is it!

for some reason porridge with milk disagrees with me (weird as hot milk in drinks in fine)

I used to do mine by putting oats into a plastic food container. Put skyr natural yogurt over the top and mixed it through and then frozen mixed berries on top and then left it in the fridge over night and then just stirred it all through the following morning. It's the only way I can eat porridge.

The only way to eat it; with 4 squares of dark chocolate and a handful of raspberries 😍

Honestly it's nothing like cold porridge!! I can't stand warm porridge done with milk or water and cold porridge looks even more rancid. But I do occasionally enjoy overnight oats. I do use Skyr natural yogurt though as I find it makes it thicker and creamier than just normal natural yogurt.

Peanut butter (I eat one with no added sugar).

Frozen berries and milled nuts/seeds
Sometimes a bit of butter 😋

I make mine with half water / half almond milk
A mashed banana or blueberries
Chia and sunflower seeds
Squeeze of honey
Cinnamon and nutmeg

I put frozen raspberries. So delicious!

Protein powder (flavoured, artificially or naturally sweetened)

Just weigh and have your sugar if you are going to eat porridge anyway. A teaspoon of sugar is about 30 calories and absolutely fine as part of your calorie allowance.

half of the ‘healthy options’ (minus the suggested spices like cinnamon) are just going to increase calories and spike your blood sugar anyway. Stewed fruit and like is just mashed up fructose. Peanut butter is super tasty but I imagine you are following some form of calorie restriction?

you’re much better off intermittent fasting or having a couple of boiled eggs instead

Sugarly is Aspartame, which tastes horrible

err... cinnamon and raisins in it to cook, then dark brown sugar on top :D

for me hot, cooked raisins are The Devil's Work.

I cook mine with water then, as soon as it's cooked, stir round a raw egg - sounds weird but it cooks it and blends in within about 30 seconds and you can't taste it but it makes it really creamy. Then I add cinnamon and honey. Delish and filling!

Tinned mandarin oranges
mixes berries (bought frozen)
chopped nuts
peanut butter
raisins

Nutmeg or cinnamon, with a little sugar.

Alternatively, butter (or cream if using up the Christmas food)!

Skyr is a cheese technically and that’s why it’s thicker