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Vegetarian Slimming & Vegetarian Health

Porridge Oats

  • 360g/12oz porridge oats
  • 850ml-1l/1½-¾pts water or half water, half soya milk
  • For an even quicker breakfast, you can
    • Soak oats in the water the night before or
    • Cook the porridge while dinner is being prepared. Allow it to cool, place in fridge and just heat through the following morning
    • Buy quick oats such as Quaker or your supermarket’s own brand, which takes 5-10 minutes
  1. Cover oats with water and bring to boil. Simmer gently (a heat diffuser is helpful.)
  2. Cook for 10 minutes or longer (depending on whether you pre-soaked or not.)
  3. Serve with soya milk and add date syrup or a little brown sugar to taste. You can also add extra goodies. See below for ideas.
    • Pumpkin or sunflower seeds (sunflower seeds contain Omega 6)
    • 1 tsp ground linseeds in your porridge or other cereal will supply you with your daily requirement of Omega 3
    • Bananas or apple, chopped up
    • Dried apricots, dates, figs, raisins…
 
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