Pease Porridge Hot (not cold)
I think I may have mentioned I have a food fetish. I love food and I love cooking but I also love being slender. I grew up hearing " a woman can never be too thin or too rich". But bitter fact that you can't eat rich food and be thin. Even if you work out multiple times a week. I thank gods that somehow with this mantra being piped into my bedroom growing up, I have not created an eating disorder or been divorced 3 times from sugardaddies as of this point. Thus I have a idiosyncratic and schizophrenic approach to food. I probably need help. My friends have named this syndrome "food nazi".
Part of the Path of the FN is daily porridge. I love porridge; I rediscovered it when moving to the UK. Instant maple and cinnamon Quaker oatmeal doesn't begin to compare with the quality of the ingredients here, and also taking the 5 more minutes of time to make it properly as opposed to ubiquitous US Microwave version.
Porridge is a FN staple because it is low GI, high fibre, absent of wheat and tastes good. It is great for the intestines. Repeating myself, I heart porridge.
The Path of the Porridge, or Recipe: boil water in sauce pan (non-stick), when boiling pour a combo of jumbo and porridge oats into pan, begin to stir with wooden spoon and turn down heat all the way. Add a spice (all spice, or cinnamon), add a nut if not allergic ( I like almonds because of digestive properties, walnuts because of the good fat, or pecans (pronounced pu' KAHN) when I am homesick) add some dried fruit (I only eat a few fruit so this is limited for me, but usually it is dried cranberries or blueberries, and if they are dried the anti-oxidants in them are actually more concentrated). Add crushed linseed if on hand. Stir here and there for 5 minutes. Let cool and eat. I don't add dairy. I don't add salt because I can't discern a taste or texture difference and I get enough sodium in my diet notwithstanding, and I don't add a sugar source because the point is, it is low GI. But take this one thing I have learned as advice, which is that unlike Pizza, it does not taste good cold.
Part of the Path of the FN is daily porridge. I love porridge; I rediscovered it when moving to the UK. Instant maple and cinnamon Quaker oatmeal doesn't begin to compare with the quality of the ingredients here, and also taking the 5 more minutes of time to make it properly as opposed to ubiquitous US Microwave version.
Porridge is a FN staple because it is low GI, high fibre, absent of wheat and tastes good. It is great for the intestines. Repeating myself, I heart porridge.
The Path of the Porridge, or Recipe: boil water in sauce pan (non-stick), when boiling pour a combo of jumbo and porridge oats into pan, begin to stir with wooden spoon and turn down heat all the way. Add a spice (all spice, or cinnamon), add a nut if not allergic ( I like almonds because of digestive properties, walnuts because of the good fat, or pecans (pronounced pu' KAHN) when I am homesick) add some dried fruit (I only eat a few fruit so this is limited for me, but usually it is dried cranberries or blueberries, and if they are dried the anti-oxidants in them are actually more concentrated). Add crushed linseed if on hand. Stir here and there for 5 minutes. Let cool and eat. I don't add dairy. I don't add salt because I can't discern a taste or texture difference and I get enough sodium in my diet notwithstanding, and I don't add a sugar source because the point is, it is low GI. But take this one thing I have learned as advice, which is that unlike Pizza, it does not taste good cold.
posted by miss goLondon at 10:22 AM
4 Comments:
Instead of waiting for my porridge to cool down, I add some frozen blueberries at the end and stir. This has the added effect of turning breakfast a fetching shade of lilac.
Of all the things I could have commented on, I chose this. Sigh.
lilac...a bit too laura ashley for me first thing in the morning. however,that is the oddest comment i have ever received.
I've never liked porridge or nobody ever gave me porridge that I liked.
What's so good about being thin anyway?
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