When I called this oatmeal, Porridge today, the kids got a kick out of it. In TJ’s best English accent he said, “Please sir, I want some more porridge.” (Oliver Twist).
But in fact porridge is exactly what it is! According to Wikipedia, porridge is oats cooked in water or other liquid. Just curious if anyone still calls it that? Anyone? Anyone?
So, we turned ours pink for a holiday Valentines post. The great thing about the color pink, is no artificial colors necessary! In fact, the entire pot was turned pink by raspberries alone.
Our Recipe:
| Pinkalicious Porridge |
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Recipe type: Breakfast
Author:
Prep time: 2 mins
Cook time: 3 mins
Total time: 5 mins
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 2 cups quick oats
- 3 cups water
- 1 cup raspberries
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 TBL flax meal
Instructions
- Put all ingredients in a saucepan. Stir until begins to boil Keep stirring for 2-3 minutes, and remove from heat.
What a perfect start to a great holiday! Hopefully the fiber in this meal will offset the sugar rush they’ll certainly encounter later in the day!
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love this! just pinned it and bookmarked it as a perfect Valentine’s Day breakfast…or any day, really!
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That’s funny, I remember calling it porridge as a kid – and I’m not that old! Or English. Or any other reason I can think of for calling it that. I think it’s just always what my gramma called it, and then my mom. It brings back yummy memories calling it that though, haha. Love the raspberries in yours :D
The pink is cute! But why have I never thought to put flax in with our oatmeal? Great idea!
I’m in Australia and we all call it porridge over here :)
Yep, in Australia, we call it porridge, not oatmeal :)
Though we generally don’t cook it with sugar, usually with water&milk…then add a sprinkling of sugar/honey, and/or fruit, yoghurt, etc :)
Shouldn’t actually be a sugar rush because rolled oats are low GI and will give you a sustained level of lower blood sugar level?
I meant the sugar rush from the Valentines Candy! lol
We actually ate this for breakfast this morning, except it was purple(from some blueberries and a few strawberries). I usually use frozen fruit, and cook it in a tad bit of water, just until it starts to break down, then add the remaining water and oats.
This is delicious, and one of our favorite ways to eat oatmeal(although we do not usually call it porridge!)
I didn’t have any flax seed so I did without. I used frozen organic raspberries and sprinkled it with a little sugar in the raw. It was tasty!
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