Liven up my porridge please!

[MadnessInMethod]

Now that I've mastered instant pot porridge on a delayed start - How do you eat yours? What do you have on/mixed into it.

I'm bored of banana and blueberries.

Nutella and (defrosted) frozen berries

Unsweetened almond milk. Raisins, chopped nuts, cinnamon and frozen chopped banana. Trust me on the banana!

Peel and chop bananas and stick in a freezer bag to use each day.

Also add fridge cold apple and am now going to try carrot. Can't believe I have never thought of that.

The above is also lovely popped mixed in the ridge the night before and eaten with a dollop if full fat Greek yogurt. It's so good, it's like having pudding. I do sometimes have this as pudding in the evening.

If you pop it in the fridge it's even more exciting.

Honey and cinnamon.
Mashed banana and cinnamon.
Peanut butter and a drizzle of honey
Chocolate powder (hot chocolate type) for chocolate porridge

Homemade apple sauce (with ginger) - I do big cook up and freeze in paper cups.
Blackberries - picked each year and frozen.
Toasted seeds/nuts mix. Pumpkin seeds are esp good in porridge.
Honey.
Rhubarb and ginger compote (frozen)
I have a few days a year when I do my ‘porridge fruit’ prep. Generally not organised Or a planner about food other than this.

Some of my DC favourites-
Soft diced pear,allspice and chopped hazelnuts
Banana,tahini and vanilla ,cinnamon or nutmeg
Strawberry,vanilla and flaked almonds
Blueberry vanilla and sunflower seeds
Grated carrot,grated apple,pinch mix spice ,chop date or fig and sunflower seeds/walnuts
Raspberry and coconut shards
Grated dark chocolate and raspberry.top chop almonds
Dry cranberry, almond and vanilla.top chopped cashews
Chopped peach,cinnamon or ginger and flaked almonds
Mango, pineapple and ginger.top with coconut shards and chopped Brazil nuts
Stewed plums with cinnamon(one like raisins in this,two don't)
Apple,blackberry and walnut
Cinnamon,raisin and drizzle maple syrup

I'm sure there are more combos as I've been"pimping porridge" for a loooong time🤣

More that came to mind...
Chery,dark choc chip and chop almonds
Dry or fresh apricots,ginger vanilla and coconut shards or hazelnuts
Date walnut and mix spice
Peach blueberry vanilla and almonds
Mix berries and spoonful thick vanilla yoghurt
Spoonful cashew butter,grated carrot and cinnamon

I seriously need to up my porridge game

Passion fruit is good, too.

My current favourite is making it with chocolate milk (almond or oat), and topped with some dried cranberries.

I've just had my first bowl of the winter. Made with chocolate almond milk, with dates, chopped hazelnuts and maple syrup.

Well, recently I had hot berries on mine and it was AMAZING!! Like a dessert.

I recreated it at home and put some frozen berries in a pot and let them cook for a few minutes while the porridge was cooking. Then I poured them over the top. It was savage.

I have tried to recreate other porridge at home with cocoa nibs etc and they are never the same. The berries though, were really great. I did add sugar to it though.

Mixed dried fruit and cinnamon then top with evaporated milk.
Going to try peanut butter tomorrow.

Wow loads to try, thanks everyone. I'm going shopping later to stock up!

Dark treacle /blackstrap molasses. About half a teaspoonful. I don't have much of a sweet tooth though.
I also like a few raspberries (fresh or frozen) mixed in, mashed up with it in the last few minutes of cooking to make it go all pink & jammy. I usually sprinkle a few cacao nibs on top if I have the raspberries. Yum.

The carrot cake flavour porridge sounds really good.

@MadnessInMethod how do you do the delayed start on the IP? I've never used that function!

I like cinnamon, sultanas, berries (fresh or frozen), chia seeds and salted almond butter in mine. Also toasted coconut is amazing, just dry fry it on saute for a few mins before you add everything for the porridge.

And mine aren't toppings. I cook it altogether so it all mixes in perfectly.

I go a bit mad with my morning porridge.
I add cacoa nibs, gogi berries, coconut flakes ☺️ that's for flavour.
To feel like I'm being healthy I add sunflower seeds and chia seeds.

It's a full meal! 😅

I’ve never tried making porridge in the Instant Pot - does it taste the same as when it’s made on the hob?

@Sammysquiz I think it's a bit creamier but that's because I've mixed my oats and milk/water the night before.

It's just handy doing it in the pot with the delayed start, I do a large bowl, it's cooking while were all waking up and getting showered and then we can all take out our own portion as and when we get downstairs.

Thanks, sounds great! Am going to try it tonight

A teaspoon of marmalade and crushed cardamom seeds.

Chopped apple and pear with cinnamon.
Raspberries and blackberries.
Peanut butter and strawberries.
Nutella or dark chocolate chips.
Stewed plums and a tiny amount of nutmeg.
Double cream and demerara sugar.
Banana, chopped dates and sunflower seeds.

Chopped pecans & dried figs mixed in, maple syrup drizzled on top.

Frozen blueberries, sliced banana, big splidge of almond/cashew butter.

Chocolate chips! Dd thinks Christmas has come early when we have this. You can get lovely dark ones with much less sugar in.

I prep porridge the night before, putting 1 cup rolled oats and 2 cups milk in a metal bowl. 2 cups water goes in the IP pot and then put bowl in on trivet. Set cooking time for 6 mins on HP and delay cooking until the next morning. (Usually around 7 hours delay). Works well for us.

For chocolate just some cocoa gives the impact.. use something like green n blacks dark organic
Cocoa nibs also give texture...plus some chopped nuts
Organic Live yoghurt with/without honey to serve -has got the kids back into porridge (non fruit eaters)