Does anyone use the microwaveable porridge packets....

[TellerTuesday]

..... and can tell me what the hell I am doing wrong?

Yet again I have had to clean up the carnage created in the office microwave!

I don't understand why they do it, I put in the correct amount of milk, mix well, put the microwave cover on and it's like it just explodes in there.

This morning I even put a sheet of kitchen roll on top of the bowl and under the cover to limit the damage but now it's all down the sides of the bowl 😩

I do, personally, though we have free breakfast at work and they provide both oats, and Oatssosimple. Plus about ten other cereals. So it's not me.

But they exist, people can buy them.

I just use a normal cereal bowl, definitely don't cover and you need to keep watch. I never leave it on full 2 mins either, stop after 1 min stir and take out about 1.50.

This is absolutely the magic formula, I do exactly the same and although it gets close to the top it never overflows 🙌🏻

Watching this thread with interest as I have exactly the same problem!

You need a tall bowl like a noodle bowl

Morrisons do porridge pots which you make just with boiling water. Golden syrup / apple and cinnamon / plain flavours. About 45p each, 220kcals, 7g protein and really, really delicious.

Use 50% power

I can't believe I didn't know this and it is so much more delicious!

Slow cooked micro porridge

Fair enough, though I question what you're paying for in that case; oat so simple costs about 5x as much per portion as buying a big bag of oats!

I use the oats so simple packet and don’t fill it to the top line in the packet as that’s too much milk

This is exactly what I do, if I can't see through the door it's usually the last minute I will keep opening the door to stir, you have to let it go back down before putting back in.