Porridge non-dairy

MichaelW

I am trying to reduce the amount of dairy in my diet on the advice of my doc. I bought a few packs instant porridge, the ones on special offer, and tried brewing it up with non dairy milk substitute. The almond-based milk seems to work very well.

Does anyone else do this. Is there a good value source of powedered, non-dairy milk substitute?

The instant porridge is probably a gateway drug to the proper stuff. How do you make it?

joenobody

I'm pretty much completely non-dairy these days (apart from the odd cheese sandwich and cup of tea). I have oat milk (Oatly, although there are others) in my daily porridge, which I make with porridge oats (takes a few minutes in a sauce pan). I don't really see the point of instant, unless it's somehow easier to do without a pan to cook it in and, for some reason, you need to prepare it away from the kitchen (a friend once told me about trying to prepare porridge in a hotel kettle ahead of a marathon).

Phil_D

Don't scottish people make it with just water?

daviesee

Phil_D wrote:

Don't scottish people make it with just water?

Yes. With a touch of salt too.

Although some wimps add milk after cooking. And possibly some sugar or syrup. :oops:

ToeKnee

I use Jordans Organic Porridge Oats and add water (2 parts water for 1 part oats ... using a small cup) and, after serving, add seeds and berries to taste. No salt. No milk. IMHO Instant porridge is rank! So, however much of a rush I am in, I always cook my porridge on the hob.

the playing mantis

water and maple syrup.

bucklb

add 1/2 cup porridge & 1 cup water to bowl
place bowl in microwave & zap at medium power for 3.5 minutes

remove from microwave, add golden syrup &/or fruit of choice and scoff.

Put bowl in dishwasher. Leave for work. Sorted

metronome

1 cup of Flahavan's Organic Jumbo Oats or Whites Organic Jumbo Oats. 1 cup of water, half a cup of skimmed milk. Flax and mixed seeds, walnuts and dried fruit - normally Sultanas, sometimes dates. Made in the pan.

Following the recent Golden Spurtle, it was interesting to read some of the contestant recipes.

Big Geordie

I like porridge made with soya milk. At first I was skeptical as it sounded awful but it actually tastes quite creamy and I got to like it in no time. Same thing with my latte (Italian for "you are paying too much for your coffee") which I now prefer with soya to bovine milk- although Starbucks have the cheek to charge an extra 35p for soya.

Great thing about porridge is you can make it a bit differently every time so you never get bored- blueberries are one of my favorite toppings, sometimes a bit of cinnamon, bit of honey for a treat.

simon_e

By instant oats do you mean Ready Brek? A poor substitute IMHO. Those Quaker sachets are a ripoff too, twice the cost of a normal box and tiny portions. Why can't people measure their own?

We use soya milk at home in an attempt to reduce the kids' dairy intake. I prefer rice milk or dairy if making it for myself. About 3/4 of a glass (tumbler) oats, same of milk and of water then 3-4 minutes in the micro at work, a bit longer on the hob at home.

pinno

Don't give up on dairy produce. Dairy produce is full of cholesterol. If you eat less cholesterol your heart will have nothing to do and it will grow weak and then you'll die.

@daviesee - One wee cup of porage to one cup of water and 1 cup of milk. Pinch of salt....and then serve it with Golden Syrup or Bagpipe lubricant (Black Treacle) you tight 4rsed mealy mouthed Fyffer.

ballysmate

Phil_D wrote:

Don't scottish people make it with just water?

Or Tennants!

daviesee

pinarello001 wrote:

Don't give up on dairy produce. Dairy produce is full of cholesterol. If you eat less cholesterol your heart will have nothing to do and it will grow weak and then you'll die.

@daviesee - One wee cup of porage to one cup of water and 1 cup of milk. Pinch of salt....and then serve it with Golden Syrup or Bagpipe lubricant (Black Treacle) you tight 4rsed mealy mouthed Fyffer.

Porridge made with water, a pinch of salt and a liberal dose of syrup. Milk added just before serving.
So pretty much as described anyway.
Making assumptions about my origins isn't a good idea.
I wll have to try making it squidgy all in one. :P

pinno

daviesee wrote:

pinarello001 wrote:

Don't give...

@daviesee - One wee cup...

Making assumptions about my origins isn't a good idea.

:P

Oooh. :shock:

Are you a sheep shagger? Or a Weegie boy? Or a posh Edinburgh suitor?

daviesee

Mining town, but no Fife.
Nae sheep, nae buckfast and nae money.

pinno

daviesee wrote:

Mining town, but no Fife.
Nae sheep, nae buckfast and nae money.

There's always Concorde and Mad Dog 20/20.

Ayr?
Leadhills?

arran77

Ballysmate wrote:

Phil_D wrote:

Don't scottish people make it with just water?

Or Tennants!

Nah, buckfast

daviesee

pinarello001 wrote:

daviesee wrote:

Mining town, but no Fife.
Nae sheep, nae buckfast and nae money.

There's always Concorde and Mad Dog 20/20.

Ayr?
Leadhills?

I think I will follow Banksys lead on this one.
An air of mystery never goes amiss.

pinno

daviesee wrote:

pinarello001 wrote:

daviesee wrote:

Mining town, but no Fife.
Nae sheep, nae buckfast and nae money.

There's always Concorde and Mad Dog 20/20.

Ayr?
Leadhills?

I think I will follow Banksys lead on this one.
An air of mystery never goes amiss.

You mean a whiff of coal shaft seepage.

ballysmate

Daviesee, International Man of Mystery eh?

daviesee

Ballysmate wrote:

Daviesee, International Man of Mystery eh?

Overkill.
But I like it! :P

@ Pina... Brut. Class.

dilemna

Porridge 79p a kilo. Huge bowl of porridge as it is as cheap as chips. Lots of hot semi-skimmed milk, porridge oats, sultanas, All-Bran and lashings of brown sugar. Milk is a very important source of calcium and also protein. I'm not tight enough to make it with only water and salt (yuk!) plus it sounds a totally miserable eating experience. Proper milk made porridge is yummy essential if you burn a lot of calories riding a long way every day in cold weather. Porridge keeps you warm and gives you a long slow release of energy.

pinno

Lidl do a Norwegian variety of Porage - 'Nordwaltaler'. Very very good and cheaper than chips.

team47b

dilemna wrote:

Milk is a very important source of protein.

4 times more protein in the porridge than in the milk, soya milk has the same amount of complete protein as cow's milk, taste like sh!t though

you need 1 gram of calcium per day, don't over do it.

pinno

SOYA ?!?! F*cking Soya.

Don't mention Soya.

You'll have me jumping up and down and throwing a wobbly with Soya.

Some facts about Soya:
Used in China as a contraceptive until quite recently. Fermented Soya is fine like when used in Soya sauce. New research has put a large proportion of infertility in Western Countries down to the consumption of Soya.
In Brazil, the Americans funded the building of a very large port south of Sao Paulo which is currently running at one fifth its capacity in anticipation of future demand.
Soya is made into Hydrogenated vegetable oil rich in lovely trans fatty acids.
Rainforest is being chopped and burned to make way for Soya - as feed for cattle (North American beef demand) and hydrogenated vegetable oils which is in just about everything you can imagine from chocolate to pastry to bread.

I like vegetarians who eat the stuff thinking they are saving the planet and that eating meat is cruel.

F*cking Soya. You're right T47 - tastes sh1t and the aftertaste knowing the environmental destruction for the whole industry supporting the production of Soya is an insidious, acrid one.

Monday morning rant over... Lets get back to some pure bollox.

simon_e

pinarello001 wrote:

SOYA ?!?! F*cking Soya.

[snip, snip, snip...]

Monday morning rant over... Lets get back to some pure bollox.

I think you are doing that well enough with your own, misguided and fact-free rant piece ;-)

Here's something to cheer you up.



I couldn't find a picture of soya milk that had a big pair of t*ts in as well but will this do instead?
http://yoy50.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/s ... obs-yikes/

pinno

@ Simon E.

"Fact free". Go on then, have your say but before you do, have a look at these links:

Just for you

More

Maybe it is you that's talking bollox.

Go to http://www.mercola.com and type in Soya in the search box.

daviesee

Oh, dont be spoiling the hippie veggie ideal dream world.

47p2

Phil_D wrote:

Don't scottish people make it with just water?

I do

team47b

pinarello001 wrote:

F*cking Soya. You're right T47 - tastes sh1t and the aftertaste knowing the environmental destruction for the whole industry supporting the production of Soya is an insidious, acrid one.

...unless you grow your own

Nitogen fixing, soil conditioning, complete protein, easy to grow, It was really easy to make milk from the beans and knowing it was organic and home grown meant it was not damaging the environment, I planted mine on the veggie moral high ground, and I was also reducing demand on those commercial don't care barstewards and it would not taste like that sh!t they sell in cartons...

...it was worse

Walk away from the soya.

pinno

team47b wrote:

pinarello001 wrote:

F*cking Soya. You're right T47 - tastes sh1t and the aftertaste knowing the environmental destruction for the whole industry supporting the production of Soya is an insidious, acrid one.

...unless you grow your own

Nitogen fixing, soil conditioning, complete protein, easy to grow, It was really easy to make milk from the beans and knowing it was organic and home grown meant it was not damaging the environment, I planted mine on the veggie moral high ground, and I was also reducing demand on those commercial don't care barstewards and it would not taste like that sh!t they sell in cartons...

...it was worse

Walk away from the soya.

Big gold star for you T47. Can't compete with that.

Erm... not exactly on a commercial scale though.

Now where tf is Simon E when you want a good ding-dong? I will be in the car park at the back of The YMCA till 6pm bolloxchops. If you don't turn up, I get to shag your sister/mum/granny/aunt.