Ideas to make porridge less horrible

For the sake of my health, I'm trying to get into porridge. Not modern porridge that's loaded with sugar and milk, but proper porridge made with Scots porridge oats, water, and optionally a pinch of salt.

It's horrible though. Anyone who says otherwise is lying, probably to themselves as much as anyone else.

Any ideas to make it nice, without sacrificing the healthiness of it? I mean, I could make it nice by loading it with milk and sugar but then it wouldn't be very healthy.

I'm open to the idea of savoury as well as sweet options.

 

I like the porridge I make. I use steel cut oats. But have used English style too. Its triple water to the oats. So like one cup oats and three cups water. bring to boil, simmer for 10 mins. As its cooking I had some salt and butter. Serve it with and one of the next items: stewed sweetened apples, orange marmalade, brown sugar, cream, maple syrup, strawberry jam, honey and cream.

 

Stir a few sheets of Sushi Nori into some hot water, stir in the oats till it's stiff enough to make patties, then shallow fry or dry fry, sprinkle some sea salt to taste.

Your mouth will love you and you'll have to fight the mrs and the cluelets off em

 

Like the sound of that @Zigs

 

Ground ginger/cinnamon, honey, mixed fruit and nut bags (goji, blueberries, cranberries, sunflower seeds and pumpkin, think it was from Assda) the berries soak and swell up. Mmmm.

 

My version of Laver Bread Pam

 

I like to use Flahavons Irish Jumbo Porridge oats when I have porridge oats as I find that the jumbo sized oats help to keep me fuller for longer so keeping my Glucose levels stable.

I will often cook them with either a little water or semi skimmmed milk with no salt added but after they are cooked I will slice either fresh strawberries,raspberries,grapes and whole blueberries and a sprinkling of chopped peanuts (unsalted)Almonds,Brazil nuts,and some flax seed and I find I don't need to add anything else to the mix as this little lot adds the sweetness for me.

As I have a different combination of the above fruit each day then I don't get bored with it but salt for me is a big no no

 

Crispy Oat Crusted Fish recipe - All recipes UK

 

I just use basic porridge oats in a dish add milk (cold) give it a stir add some suger or honey on top (as i like sugar) then pop in microwave for 2 minutes take out and eat

Clueless it may be the scots oats that makes it not taste, try just rolled oats
I couldn't eat scots but can eat the basic oats, we now buy it in 25kg bags

 

Did you catch that on rag or lug Scrunge?

 

Fresh Herrings caught feathering are my favourite fish to fry rolled in porridge oats, nothing fancy, just Tesco value.

 

Fish and oats seems like weird combination.. I mean really weird. I've got to try it someday.

 

I have a free pass when it comes to salt. My blood pressure is perfectly normal on a good day, dropping worryingly low on a bad day.