Eggs in porridge

[Yourethebeerthief]

I came across a recipe online that stirred an egg into porridge. This sounded vile to me at first but the recipe insists you can't taste the egg. My toddler is quite a fussy eater but one thing he loves is porridge and will eat it with almost anything mixed in: mashed banana, grated carrot with raisins and cinnamon, grated apple and a spoonful of peanut butter, raspberries mashed through with honey, etc.

I can mix a lot of things in that he wouldn't eat if they were given to him otherwise. He'd never eat apple or carrots for example. I also mix chia seeds and flax seeds through. It's great bang for my buck given the rest of his meals can be tricky.

Has anyone ever mixed an egg into porridge before? Is it utterly vile? I hope it works as it's another easy way to get e and nutrients into him!

My husband smiles, bemused and says "just a pinch of salt in mine please", the psychopath

Well on the plus side if he ever pisses you off you now have a plan, up his life insurance, slip an egg in his porridge every day and he will be dead within a month and you can live happy off the proceeds...

Why am I a nasty peice of work for trying to improve other people's health by giving them a link to a reputable source with the most up to date nutricion info (evidence based).

Yet you haven’t been able to provide any said evidence. You are, however, skilled at avoiding those of us who have asked for actual research, not a .org link 😂

@Kalevala

No one cares what you think of eggs.

I need this on a T-shirt

@TheLittleRedDragon is definitely not the author of those 'studies' posted

They both have the same 'it's true because I said so' vibes

https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/eggs-recipes/breakfast-eggy-crumpets/

Maybe hold the chilli

Well this thread is wild! I’m a huge fan of savoury porridge and really like a fried egg on top, so I imagine it mixed in will be fine.

@dimllaishebiaith

😂

Would he maybe like savoury rice porridge (like congee), that you can put lots of interesting protein in?

I see Mumsnet has been removing @TheLittleRedDragon 's posts.

One says removed for being misleading to readers.

This thread is insane but in a very entertaining way 😂

LittleRedDragon, the only time eating an egg is remotely dangerous is if you haven’t removed all the bits of shell.

Dear OP, I hope you are successful feeding your toddler eggs in porridge. My DS survived on weetabix/eggs/pasta/fish fingers and sausages with occasional vegetables from the age of 2-5. He is now 18, very sporty and over six foot (he still loves ketchup)

Dear Thelittlereddragon. Thank you for your public service announcement on eggs. We heard you the first time. My own GP thinks up to 68 eggs a week is ok. I find that target tricky to achieve. Have you any opinions on meat eaters or vegan food that you'd like to share, just to vary your topic or is anti egg evangelism your life's work?

OP try stirring a couple of spoonfuls of apricot jam or compôte in your porridge. Game-changer. Not for your LO, natch.

If your toddler is fussy anyway, I wouldn't risk ruining something they eat.

Never thought I’d find myself clicking to watch a thread in parenting 😂(child free)

Thanks OP, I’m going to try an egg in my porridge. Already do an egg in mash so I have high hopes 👍Hope your little one approves.

Brilliant thread, educational and funny, need more like this.

Just read this thread and wow it took a turn. It's like two threads wound together. A gentle cookery show with a crack head rampaging in the background.

Might have woken my husband by snorting laughing at Vive le oeuf 😂😂😂

This thread has managed to put me completely off porridge, but interestingly, not eggs.

VIVE LA OUEF!

A come on now. What's life without a little risk.

I owe it to the people. I must report back tomorrow after breakfast.

Love to all 😴 💭 🥚

Shotgun the username 🤣🤣🤣

In the interest of balance, it should be highlighted there are a group of people, who believe its not the eggs, but the oats that are going to kill us...

As Eddie Abbew says: Wek the fack up! Processed shit! (He bloody loves eggs though)

🥚🥚🥚

Just remember that un oeuf est un oeuf.

Hi well I love porridge and eggs, we eat a lot of free range eggs buy big trays from a local farm and milk (we are vegetarians and like to know where the food came from). Will have to try both together sometime.

Btw your little one is doing so great eating all those foods , mine was extra fussy (ie still doesn’t eat some of your list and he’s 30….and yeah fussiness tends to go once they leave home and fend for themselves!!!)

Some other suggestions. Does your wee one like cheesy sauce say with pasta or cauliflower, or with anything really? My grandmother was an amazing cook (think big houses before she retired). When I was little I used to stay at hers and she’d make amazing cheese sauce with hardly any cheese but an egg also in it, makes it go really creamy. I’ve tried it once or twice years ago so that might be an option.

Howabout scrambled egg? I’ve never been much of a fan but recently making it so much better than before and I’ve got addicted!!! I’m making it in a very small frying pan with big chunk of butter in pan then once warmed up add the already mixed eggs, milk, salt and pepper. No idea what the difference really is but it’s to die for and I’m having it on seeded bread/toast with butter (your son eats that) plus fried mushrooms/fried tomatoes/cherry tomatoes or grapes etc.

If that fails howabout egg with soldiers but put some peanut butter on the soldiers as that might help. Or otherwise a cheesy egg omelette with veggies you can hid tons of grated veggies in that. If those also fail hoe about poached egg on the bread he likes with Hollandaise sauce (he should like that based upon what he already eats). Also egg fried rice, can’t taste the egg in that.

As for not eating potato 😳!! you need to also hide it in stuff. Try potato cakes/potato thins shop bought are fine. Eventually might eat them and an egg!!!

One way I got a fussy relation to eat potatoes was to cook a baked potato scoop it all out add lots of butter cheese and herbs and onion and put back in oven. They tucked into it that way and loved it so, just left the skins so that might work.

Oh and just remembered have you ever tried bread and milk? My grandmas recipes again. bread with butter hot milk and dried fruit on top. Delicious and you could potentially get an egg in that way too in the hot milk 🙂

This is true, but I think the 60 a day might have helped her along.

Oh god 🤢 this has made me queasy.