Recipes

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…