billwill
Friday 4th November 2011 1:39pm [Edited]
North London
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Easy Cooking:
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Porridge, Billwill style
Porridge can be pretty boring stuff, but is good for reducing cholesterol, so here is my recipe for making it more enticing.
Ingredients:
{a} porridge oats
(b) peanuts. (it can be a little difficult to find unsalted peanuts suitable for human consumption as most seems to be sold as bird food. I find mine in the Asian section of Tescos)
(c) skimmed milk
(d) tangerine or clementine orange
(e) maple syrup (or golden syrup flavoured with maple).
Into a microwaveable bowl, measure out about 3/4 of a cup of oats. add about quarter cup of peanuts.
Measure fairly precisely two lots of water or skimmed milk with the cup filled to the same level as the oats were. Add to the oats in the bowl. {actually between one and a half to twice as much liquid as oats}
Swirl the bowl to mix the three ingredients evenly.
Put in the microwave (For a grade E oven the time required is four and a half minutes to five minutes).
Meanwhile peel the orange and separate the segments.
When the microwave pings, lift out the (HOT) bowl. Add the orange segments. Decorate the top by squeezing a little bit of maple syrup over it and then a thin layer of more milk.
Eat while still hot.
{you can use your spoon to make canals in the porridge which will let the liquid milk flow to the bit you are going to eat next}.