Porridge/Hot Cereal Recipes?

This thread reminded me of how lovely it is to have a hot carby breakfast in winter. Does anyone have any recipes for porridge/oatmeal/etc. that they'd like to share?

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My favorite pre-ride, or just any day, breakfast:

1/3 cup oats (just plain old rolled oats - not the quick kind)
1 T ground flax meal
2 T wheat germ
2 T (or a little more) chopped walnuts
a handful of raisins, dried or frozen berries or some other sort of fruit
2/3 cup soy milk

If I'm extra hungry, I'll do 1/2 cup oats and 1 cup soy milk.

Mix it all up and microwave for about 3 minutes.

Yum!!

This thread has a link to the 13th annual Golden Spurtle World Porridge Making Championship. (Who knew there was such a competition!!) There are lots of recipes there and some interesting info about pooridge/oatmeal.

I just follow the recipe for steel cut oats (regular oatmeal pales in comparison); put it in a bowl, thaw some mixed berries a whole bunch so that they fall off the bowl when you put them on top. Add just a touch of 1/2 and 1/2 (don't need much cause it tastes so yummy!) The only problem is the oatmeal turns a little pink from the berries but the taste makes up for that!

Of course, if you live somewhere where you have fresh berries in the fall or winter, you can use them too (they're better) but the frozen ones do just fine when you don't.

AG, great minds and all that jazz :p . . . . off to work on a spreadsheet.

I think there is something terribly wrong with me. I am the only person I knwo who cannot stand hot cereal/oatmeal/porridge. :o

We use cut and rolled multi-grain cereals from Butte Creek Mill, an 1872 water-powered grist mill in Oregon. Their cereals are a great mix of grains and nuts, and are incredibly fresh and cheap. I never remember because Bubba, the spurtle owner, is the main cereal maker in our household. Essentially, a 2:1 ratio of water to cereal and nuke for 3-10 minutes depending on the amount and type of cereal (rolled takes less time). Top with nuts, dried fruit, brown sugar, butter, stir and inhale.

I can ride huge distances on such a breakfast. Now, if I could only leap tall buildings also.

I probably should not let my secret out. Every time I do, I go back to the store and secret item is gone....but for you guys...

A few summers ago, DH and I spent three weeks in Scotland hiking. I am not much a one for blood sausage for breakfast, so I started eating the porridge.
Well let me tell you, I thought that I had eaten oatmeal. No way...this was a totally different beastie.
Everywhere we stayed, I grilled little old scottish women in aprons. From Edinburgh to Portree, and I could not fine to secret to this magical stuff.

Upon my return home, I tried every type of oat to try to recapture the magic, but no luck. Three years and hundreds of failed attempts later, I stumble across Bob's Redmill Scottish Oats.

Nirvana....I have found it. It is the real deal. The best porridge west of The Isle Of Skye.....

I eat it with some home cooked apple sauce and milk....

Incredible stuff.

Shhh....you can't tell anybody

Ruth

We took a vacation in northern Georgia and got hooked on Nora Mill's Pioneer porridge (http://www.noramill.com/store/produc...c6f697a5606cd). I enjoy almost any cooked cereal, but this is, by far, my favorite. Just cook it up 4:1 with water...so tasty you can eat it without sugar or milk.

Also, my DP (the cook in this relationship) has a variation of Kesari, and Indian dish, that he makes. He modified it to use less sugar. It can be found at http://www.penta.com/~dbm/recipes/kesari.html (yes, he gives out the so much, he put it on his web site :-) Unlike the first suggestion this one if for the days when you can justify sugar and milk, of course.

I've started adding cinnamon, ginger and a bit of nutmeg to my oatmeal when I cook it. Deliciously fragrant and warming in the winter!

A little off thread, but your picture intrigues me - first off, are you in a staircase? The picture was taken at a funny angle and it looks like you are going down a staircase - but the most intriguing thing is, is that a cat carrier on your back?

the spoke

I make my oatmeal according to package directions, but throw in raisins, chopped nuts (almonnds, pecans or walnut), cinnamon and maple syrup. Sometimes I'll stir in a spoon full of cottage cheese or a splash of milk.

7-grain cereal from the bulk aisle (prepared as directed)
barley malt to sweeten
a little soy milk
fresh blueberries

Mmmm.