The miracle of Porridge

Recently I've discovered how amazing porridge is, i have mine with water to lessen the cals...plus i don't really taste that much of a difference.

BUT i wondered what you all put with it? 

i've been having honey and cinamon...but i think this is causing me to crave sweet thing later on...any other ideas as to what I should have with my lovely bowl of porridge that's relatively cheap to buy?

You can pretty much put anything into your porridge (as you've probably seen by the other posts)

I use a wide array of fruits, such as oranges, apples, and even added prunes at times

I also add some brown sugar or maple syrup ontop along with skim milk

I love adding almond slices - adds to the heart healthness

I make mine with milk in the microwave for creamyness and to add to the nutritional aspect - need the Calcium for my bones as osteo runs in my family.

I am a fan of the thick cut - non of that instant powdery stuff - I like visible flakes.

other than that, since I liek mine just a touch sweet and I am cutting out natural sugar, I add a packet of Splenda. I've tried Stevia, but it is not to my taste. If using natural sugar, I'd prefer the dark brown sugar forthe added flavor or molasses.

I am new to oatmeal/porridge myself and tried this this morning, but it wasn't that great. What did I do wrong?

1/4 c Oats

1/8 c pumpkin

1 tsp pumpkin spice blend (cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, clove)

1 packet splenda

I don't want to add many more calories to this, but why did this not taste like pumpkin pie? lol

Well, in my pumpkin oats, I usually use 1/2 cup pumpkin to 1/3 cup 5-grain hot cereal or 1/4 cup oatbran. I am on a gaining diet, but honestly - canned pumpkin is 40 calories to half a cup. Even if you used a quarter cup, its only 20 calories and would be more proportionate to the amount of oats you are using. Also, a lot of people find that artificial sweetener tends to taste a bit off in pumpkin. A teaspoon of brown sugar, or some sugar-free maple syrup would probably give you a better flavor without many more calories. Especially considering a packet of splenda actually contains 4 calories - your talking only 7 or 8 more for the brown sugar, less for the sugar-free syrup.

Check this out. :] I especially love the mock banana split, YUM. And crumbling bars or muffins into porridge also seems like a very nice idea.

I prepare my porridge the evening before containing 40 grams of Oats, 1 dried fig, water, cinnamon, a pinch of vanilla and ... SAFFRAN! Yummy! Very filling and it only contains about 150 cals! Super!

I love Chinese rice porridge.  Rice congee or tong sui.  Yum!!

Love my oats! Here are some things I love with mine (in various combos):

• bananas
• walnuts
• almonds
• apple slices microwaved with cinnamon
• CINNAMON!
• brown sugar
• flavoured soy milk
• raisins
• craisins
• figs
• nutmeg
• grapes
• tangerine and orange (serious!)
• peanut butter
• nutella
• java chips
• made with yoghurt instead of milk
• tiny carmel candies melted in
• crumbling a Quaker granola bar in

I could go on and on, I kid you not :o)