Ready brek would like to know, what do you add to your porridge? You could win £250 NOW CLOSED

[AngelieMumsnet]

We've been asked by Ready brek to find out about MNers' best porridge based recipes and healthy breakfast creations

Ready brek says "Coinciding with the launch of Ready brek's 'easy sachets' collection, we'd love to hear about how MNers customise their porridge. In tasty Original and delicious Chocolate and Gingerbread flavours, and made only from finely milled oats, vitamins and minerals, this hot oat cereal delivers all the benefits of an adult porridge, but without the lumps. Easy to make in the microwave or with hot milk this kids' porridge gives your children a tasty warming start to the day. But the Ready brek oats can be used for so much more than just porridge. One look at the Ready brek and Weetabix website shows just how versatile these oats can be. From Ready brek breakfast muffins, to 'ginger-brek men', there's hundreds of ways you can make your cereal go further."

So, how do you customise your porridge or Ready brek? Maybe you add some bananas? Or do you prefer to add blueberries or raspberries? Perhaps honey is your usual addition? Whatever you add to your porridge, Ready brek would love to hear about how you keep breakfast time fun and healthy.

If you don't usually have porridge for breakfast, do you have any porridge based recipes? Perhaps you like to add porridge oats when you're baking cookies? Or maybe you'd rather use your porridge oats for flapjacks? Let Ready brek know what your favourite porridge based recipes are.

Every MNer who posts on this thread will go into a prize draw to win £250 from Ready brek and Weetabix.

Thanks,
MNHQ

PS - You can find more product information on the Ready brek and Weetabix website here to help inspire you

I am pretty boring and like either salt or brown sugar (depending on whether I fancy sweet or savoury.) Whichever way it has to have a skin, that is the best bit by far. I have a great recipe for raspberry oat bars which uses porridge oats and a tin of raspberries, I may need to make some now you have reminded me.

I wish my BIL was on mumsnet to share his porridge recipes. Since he isn't I will share for him.... Porridge with sticky toffee pudding in or porridge with guinness cake in or porridge with peanut butter in or porridge with chocolate fudge cake in....... at breakfast time too!! He makes a point of baking every weekend so he has cake to put in his porridge. He is so skinny too it is just wrong!

Sugar and milk

Or

Honey and raisins

Rasperries, cherries (yum!)

I can spell, sorry for typo. I am ashamed (and tired!)

Always made with milk and toppings sway between brown sugar (always brown, never white), honey, or, if feeling particularly treat-worthy, syrup. Also use oats for an endless supply of homemade flapjacks and also in crumble. Yum!

Stewed apple and apricots from tupperware in fridge - sweetens the porridge and cools it down at the same time - saves me time before work.

"Easy sachets"? I don't understand what's so hard about 'proper' porridge. Proper oats, zapped in the microwave for 3 mins with a stir in the middle, is hardly a great hardship.

But anyway. Raisins, fruit, or honey on top.

Prunes, coconut, almonds, apricot, apple and banana with honey. Not all at once

Banana, chopped dried apricots or other dried fruit. Sometime strawberries or raspberries.

Always make it with soya milk.

Yum.

Jam. A big blob in the middle. My boys love it and won't add anything else!

I use the big flappy organic oats, cook in the same volume of water. A pinch of salt.

Once all cooked and creamy [you have to stir whilst cooking to get the creamy texture] I add a dollop of cream and one of [my home grown, home made] red quince jelly.

I'm wobbling just thinking about it.

I am currently cooking membrillo from this year's quinces and might just have to make some porridge and add some of that instead whilst it cooks down. The smell is so heady and perfumy it's orgasmic.

Microwave porridge

Twice the same volume of water!

I add porridge oats to crumble topping. I learnt this trick in Yr 7 cookery lessons. It gives a better texture, I find.

I do like porridge for breakfast. Making it for 30 people on guide camp is a skill it's taken a while to perfect!

DH & DS love porridge. Sometimes with golden syrup, or flaked almonds. Always with dedicated coconut.

DH has lemon curd.I infuse the milk with star anise...want some now!

Dried apricots, chopped nuts and sliced apple. Occasionally cinnamon, if I'm feeling seasonal.

Dc's love blueberries and a dash of honey

Ooh I love porridge but Ready Brek is a firm favourite. I live it with sugar and a pinch of cinnamon. DH has raisins with his and DD just has it plain!

Cinnamon and apple . and walnuts if there are any.
I hate raisins.

Milk and cinnamon and then added fresh fruit. Yum.

Very bad I know but it just has to be golden syrup.

Oh and I can't see ginger-brek men recipe on their website, can we have a direct link please as they sound great!

Personally I think porridge is the devil's work and much prefer muesli, granola or flapjack to get my oats! My boys, on the other hand lurve ready brek and porridge. Porridge in our house is one mug oats, 2 mugs water, and a good glug of double cream. This is topped with syrup and cold milk. The boys would also like to stir in hot chocolate powder after seeing their uncle do this but that's a treat for high days and holidays only.

Ds likes his made with rice milk, and fresh fruit. His current favourite is doughnut peach and plum added to the pan at the beginning so they start to cook and go soft.
Chocolate milkshake mix and banana always goes down a storm too.

Lots of yummy ideas here! We add raisins, honey and banana