1 week Ago By Alex Evans
It’s a classic breakfast choice that’s been immensely popular for centuries for its hearty nutrition and filling slow release carbohydrates - but there’s no reason porridge has to be boring. In fact, there are myriad ways to put a tasty and exciting spin on this otherwise plain breakfast choice - and one of the quickest, easiest and healthiest ways to make your porridge a bit more interesting involves cocoa powder or hot chocolate. It couldn’t be simpler really - all you need is your regular porridge oats and a chocolatey powder of your choice.
In fact, it’s cheaper and healthier than any pre-made flavoured porridge sachets. So you can save your wallet as well as your waistline by opting for this DIY chocolate porridge recipe . According to The Family Food Kitchen, chocolate porridge works well because it’s full of various health benefits but the powder adds no refined sugar.
They said: “When it comes to fast and yummy breakfasts this chocolate porridge is unbeatable. It's ideal on cold mornings and really does heat you from the inside out. “Porridge is also great for gut health.
Plus it's full of fibre and protein so keeps you fuller for longer. “Yes, it may be chocolate flavored - but this homemade porridge still contains a lot less sugar and salt than lots of ready mixed porridge you can buy in the store.” Whether you use quick oats, Scottish oats or a cheap porridge oat bag, you will end up with similar results.
Simply stir in porridge oats with milk in a saucepan, and add three tablespoons of cocoa powder. Be sure to keep stirring the pan as you make it, so you don’t end up with burnt porridge stuck to the pan. As a rule, you want roughly double the amount of milk as you have porridge, in a 2:1 ratio.
If you really want to cut the calories, you can swap milk for water and cocoa powder for zero-sugar hot chocolate (like Options hot chocolate). The same ingredient ratios apply: double the amount of water as you have oats, and add three tablespoons of hot chocolate. This way, you have no added sugar or fat and no calories in the water, for a super skinny tasty porridge that still has all the goodness of the oats, but with a much more lively taste.
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