Porridge

A great start to the day, porridge is really easy to prepare, the only deciding factor is the attention you give it.

40g porridge oats
1/2 pint milk or water
pinch of salt
toppings

Step 1
Warm the milk/water in a saucepan before adding the porridge oats, then stir coninuously with a wooden spoon to avoid the oats sticking to the bottom of the saucepan. After 2 minutes remove the heat and stir in the salt, taste and add smore salt if needed. Add more milk/water if the porridge becomes too thick, or heat for longer if the porridge is not thick enough.

Step 2
Add the toppings and eat.



With porridge it is such a simple dish that so many things can go wrong if you don't pay attention. The best thing to do is to make sure you can attend to the porridge without interruption, as if the porridge burns on the bottom of the saucepan it will impair the taste. However, because porridge is such a simple dish you can enhance it in so many different ways. my most recent favourite has been adding half a teaspoon of vanilla extract to really change the taste, as it makes a much more flavoursome dish. Another way i used was to core and chop an apple and slowly cook it with some sugar and a tablespoon or two of water to make a sweet apple topping. Then, of course, there's always the sugar topping, of which i think brown goes best. Finally, if you want sweet porridge without adding the sugar topping you could always add a tablespoon of golden syrup to it while cooking.

A half teaspoon of this will make the porridge taste even nicer