Protein porridge

[halojedha]

A while back when I was travelling overnight for work, I bought a box of chocolate flavour "Fuel" porridge sachets and had one for breakfast. It was good! I still have the rest of the box for the next time I'm travelling, but I figured if I wanted to have some while I was at home I might as well make it myself - less packaging that way, a lot less sugar, and a fraction of the price. We have a bunch of matching plastic cereal tubs with lids which live on a shelf, so I made myself up a mix of mostly oats, plus a bit of soya protein powder, chia seeds and cacao, and gave it a good shake. It's been really nice to have an easy breakfast in the mornings which is a bit more substantial than just oats without the extra protein, and the tub I mixed is nearly finished.

I have found that even though the oats are naturally sweet, the protein powder and the cacao make it a bit bitter without added sugar (which the packaged version has in excess) so I've been adding honey to my bowl, but next time I might consider adding some coconut sugar or something to the mix. I've also noticed that the chia seeds swell up and then get stuck in my braces, which is annoying, so I've been meaning to try a different seed next time I mix it.

This morning E was having cinnamon and raison bagel for breakfast and I quite fancied something similar, so I mixed up a bowl of oats, protein powder, cinnamon, raisins, flax seeds and a tsp of coconut sugar. It was yum! I think that might be my next batch in the big tub once I've finished the chocolate one. The flax seeds are a win (none stuck in my teeth!) but I'm not sure how digestible they are in their intact form - they're so small they tend to get swallowed without being chewed - so next time I'll try grinding them into meal in the spice grinder and see how that affects the texture. They'll probably be more nutritionally available that way, but they might make the porridge more gluey, so I'll do another experiment before I commit to a big batch.

Comments

[pauraque]

That's such a good idea! I like oatmeal but I usually have it with something else because I need more protein than that in the morning. It hadn't occurred to me that I could just mix some protein in.

[halojedha]

Let me know how you get on with it!

[rebeccmeister]

When I read the beginning of this post, I thought to myself, "flax meal!" Then I read your new mixture description and was pleased. I do hope the texture works out!

[halojedha]

Aha, yes! The mighty flax plant, useful for so many things!