What are your favourite porridge toppings?

[crazypenguinlady]

Just that really. What to do you like to put on your porridge?

[MissHavishamsleftdaffodil]

Honey or golden syrup, cream, bananas, raisins, cinnamon, cocoa.... mmm, it's nearly porridge season!

[chockwockydoda]

Chopped walnuts chopped cranberries maple syrup and full fat milk

[Goodasgoldilox]

chopped walnuts and maple syrup

lemon zest, blueberries and sugar

[crazypenguinlady]

Thanks for the ideas. Trying to lose baby weight and normally have toast with various jams/marmalade/peanut butter/honey etc (which I adore but perhaps not the best choice) I can't face stuff likes egg and avocado in the mornings so porridge is the best thing for me. I used to eat it every day but it turned me sick in pregnancy.

Definitely going to try some of these combinations!

[OliviaBonas]

Stewed plums, cinnamon and Greek yogurt

[churchilllounge]

Peanut butter or apple & cinnamon

[daisychicken]

Anyone done overnight oats in a slow cooker? I'd like to try it but my SC is a huge 6L one!!

[RaininSummer]

Carrot cake porridge is a wonderful thing (sadly I am low carbing so off my menu). Grate carrots, add to porridge with mixed spice, raisins and walnuts. Cook and enjoy.

[EnglishGirlApproximately]

Agree definitely not in the microwave, stir and heat slowly on the hob to make extremely creamy

[MamehaSan]

Gotta my preference is for 1/2 cup of oats to 1 cup of milk. Heat slowly in a pan whilst stirring, so that the oats go soft and creamy. Much nicer than doing in in the microwave imo, I find that the oats don't soften as much. Add toppings / extras to suit.

[glorious]

I sometimes mix in cocoa powder and add raisins
Tinned pumpkin and cinnamon and nutmeg
Banana and cinnamon
Frozen berries
Grated apple

[EnglishGirlApproximately]

gotta that's a controversial question I do oats then half milk half water, purists will tell you just water and salt then others will say all milk

[gottachangethename1]

I'm a porridge virgin in my 40s. I recently bought a bag of porridge oats. How do I prepare hot porridge?

[lynmilne65]

brown sugar and cream😄

[pastapestoparmesan]

I had golden syrup and creme fraiche this morning, it was delicious.

[JDScrubs]

Honey and frozen fruit cooked down.

[TonicAndTonic]

Generally I'm quite virtuous and stir frozen berries and mixed seeds into my porridge while I'm making it.

But my favourite would have to be a big spoonful of nutella

[TakeMe2Insanity]

Frozen raspberries
Banana
Almond butter
Blueberry powder

[QueenFuri]

Apple and sultanas
Banana
Golden syrup
I love thick creamy sweet porridge.

[everythingstaken123]

And even nicer topped with a banana...

[everythingstaken123]

Sparklefarts - It's really delicious (I think!). It's called Zoats in America (zuchini and oats - although I don't think they put chocolate milk in). It's hard to say how much courgette as they differ so much in size. Basically put it all in a pan and add the courgette then cook. Start off with a small amount and if you like it, add more in next time you make it. I have quite a bit nowadays because I love the fact that it bulks out my porridge and is at least 1 of my 5 (or is it 10) a day. If you are on SW, it counts as your Hex A and B.

[sparklefarts]

Oh everything I may try that!
Do you grate the courgette in as the porridge is cooking?
How much? Half of one ?

[everythingstaken123]

I'm on Slimming World so I grate courgette (quite a bit) into my oats (40g) and add Alpro Chocolate Soya drink (200ml). Weird as that is, I absolutely love it! The courgette doesn't really taste, just adds a bit of something and bulks it out and the chocolate milk is chocolatey without too many calories. I have it every day and feel a bit sad if I have to miss it!

[imnottoofussed]

Pineapple and cherries

[HerOtherHalf]

Cream or prunes, not together though.