How can I efficiently make single-serve porridge?
I usually eat and cook porridge when I have other people around to eat it, but when I am alone, I feel like it is wasted time and just eat something simple like bread. I still like porridge with fruits but I do not want waste time on it. I have wondered whether I could save time with ideas such as:
Cook porridge in the evening and warming it up in the microwave in the morning;
Leave it with a lot of water on the warming iron at the lowest temperature;
Buy some sort of automatic porridge cooker with a timer (probably a water-cooker so there is less worry about burning it)
If some automatic cooker exists, could I at the same time cook eggs, porridge and bacon with some sort of automatic timer?
Best Answer
I make steel cut oats in a slow cooker, stick them in the fridge and then slice off a chunk to eat each day.
In a slow cooker add
2 cups steel cut oats
8 cups water
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Cook on low for 8 hours. When complete, let cool some and transfer to another container and refrigerate.
The next morning, scoop out a hunk into a bowl, splash a little milk on it and heat it up in the microwave. Add fruits and toppings as desired.
For safety, the cooked porridge should be discarded after 5 days.
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Answer 2
You can cook a single serve of porridge in the microwave very easily
Place oats and water or milk (or water and milk powder) into a microwave safe serving bowl, and cook on high for about 3 minutes. Stir and let stand for a couple of minutes, and it should be just like "mums"
Answer 3
I usually just boil water in a kettle and pour it into a bowl of rolled oatmeal. Technically it's not porridge because it's not cooked, but it tastes OK and provides some carbohydrates for the first part of the day. Sometimes I add fruit, jam, condensed milk, honey when it cools down a bit.
Answer 4
You can make a cold porridge by placing oats in yoghurt and leaving it in the fridge overnight.
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