Porridge Basic Recipe – The 5 Best Tips

Organic porridge made from oatmeal – The best porridge recipes

Porridge is easy to prepare . Porridge is originally from Scotland, and the first porridge recipe consisted of only three ingredients: oatmeal, milk, and salt. However, you can also prepare porridge breakfast oatmeal with different variations and toppings such as fruits, seeds, and nuts. We at Verival are porridge experts and show you five tips on how to make organic Scottish porridge yourself.

Porridge is also called porridge, oatmeal, or oatmeal soup and is becoming increasingly popular. It not only tastes good but also provides many health benefits.

In this article, you will learn how to best prepare your own delicious porridge breakfast and how to refine it. The matching porridge recipes are easy to create.

Porridge Recipes: Make Your Own Oatmeal Porridge

Porridge basic recipe – sugar-free and vegan

The Scottish oatmeal is very easy and quick to prepare. You only need three ingredients for the basic recipe and can then supplement it with your favorite fruits and spices.

Preparation time 10 min.

Course: Breakfast

Servings: 1

Ingredients

• 180 ml milk or plant-based drink
• 3-4 tbsp oatmeal
• 1 pinch of salt

Preparation

• Bring the milk (or plant-based drink) to a boil in a saucepan.
• Add oatmeal and reduce the stove setting to low.
• Simmer the porridge for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly with a spoon so that the milk does not burn and the porridge achieves a nice creamy texture.
• Remove the pot from the heat and let the porridge steep until it reaches the desired consistency.
• Finally, add a pinch of salt. This enhances the flavor of the oatmeal, whether you want to enjoy your porridge with sweet or savory toppings.

Basic recipe: oatmeal

Here is the simple recipe for the popular oatmeal, which is indispensable for most breakfast tables.

Preparation time 2 min.

Let the porridge steep for 3 min.

Total time 5 min.

Calories: 320 kcal

Ingredients

• 250 ml milk or a plant-based alternative for vegans (oat milk, almond milk, soy milk,...)
• 50 g oatmeal (grams of oatmeal)
• 1 pinch of salt
• 2 tsp agave syrup optional
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon of your choice

Preparation

• Boil the oatmeal with the pinch of salt and the sweetener of your choice in the milk or plant drink (preferably while stirring constantly). Cooking the cereal flakes only with hot water is also a possible variant.
• Let the porridge steep for 3 minutes.
• Empty the porridge into a bowl and sprinkle it with cinnamon.
• Enjoy!

Nutritional values

Calories: 320 kcal

Porridge recipe:

A healthy porridge, you can easily prepare yourself, especially the porridge basic recipe is quick and easy. You only need three ingredients. You can find out how the porridge preparation works in our porridge basic recipe.

Total time 10 min.

Servings: 1

Ingredients

• 50 g oatmeal
• 250 ml milk (you can, of course, use a milk alternative or water instead of cow's milk)
• 1 pinch of salt

Preparation

• Briefly roast the oatmeal in a pan.
• Place the roasted oatmeal in a small pot together with the liquid.
• Cook on medium heat and let boil while stirring with a spoon until a pasty consistency is achieved.
• Season with a pinch of salt.
• Add any toppings such as fruits, dried fruits, nuts, seeds, spices,...

Tip

For a vegan porridge basic recipe, you can simply replace the milk with plant-based milk. The salt enhances the nutty aroma of the oatmeal and should not be missed in both sweet and savory porridge.

Basic recipe for porridge: the preparation

Preparing your own warm organic porridge is not difficult and takes about 5 minutes to cook. Of course, you can adjust the portion. In these five simple steps, we will explain how to cook and prepare your porridge – let's get started:

1. Briefly roast oatmeal

The first step is not absolutely necessary, but it makes your porridge even more aromatic. If you roast the tender oatmeal, coarser or gritty oatmeal – whichever you prefer – briefly in the pot or in the pan (without oil), it gives it a nutty aroma for your porridge.

2. Add the liquid of your choice

Then put the oatmeal together with the liquid of your choice such as water, cow's milk or plant-based alternative (e.g. almond milk, rice milk,...) in a pot . Use milk in the porridge , this guarantees a creamy porridge. If you want your porridge to be fruity, you can also add a grated apple, fruit, or berries when cooking. The low-calorie version is porridge with water . Read more about whether porridge with milk or water is healthier .

3. Slowly bring oatmeal to the boil and stir

Let the whole thing boil on medium and then comes the most important step in the porridge preparation: the stirring. In order for the porridge to achieve the right consistency, which is often referred to as "sloppy," you should constantly stir the ingredients in the pot well – this creates the wonderfully creamy porridge.

Traditionally, in Scotland, the country of origin of porridge, the so-called "spurtle" has been used to stir the oatmeal. Alternatively, you can of course simply use a wooden cooking spoon.

4. Refine porridge with a little salt

A pinch of salt should never be missed not only in savory dishes but also in sweet porridge dishes. Once you have removed your porridge from the stove, you can refine it with various spices such as cinnamon, cocoa, and vanilla.

5. Add toppings such as fruits and seeds

To round off your porridge dish in terms of taste, we also have the right toppings . You can therefore also add various seeds such as flaxseeds or chia seeds to your oatmeal , as well as healthy nuts (hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews...) for high concentration performance. You can also make your porridge a special treat with fresh fruit, applesauce, or a variety of berries (raspberries, strawberries, blueberries,...). And from time to time, it may also be a few chocolate sprinkles.

Why porridge is so healthy and what the health benefits of the hot porridge breakfast are, we will tell you here. You will also learn more tips on how to eat your porridge every day.

Porridge preparation when time is short

If you prefer to have breakfast in the office during the week or sometimes you just don't have time to prepare your oatmeal yourself, you can try our delicious Verival variants.

They can be prepared in just 3 minutes with the help of a kettle or microwave. Our organic porridges contain only the highest quality ingredients, and a serving of Verival porridge ensures all the good feelings in your stomach.

Here is a helpful video on porridge preparation:

What is porridge?

What exactly is porridge? For those who have only heard of porridge so far, we would like to briefly explain what this dish is. Porridge is simply a warm oatmeal, in which the two ingredients, oatmeal and milk (cow's milk, plant milk as a milk alternative (such as oat milk, rice milk, or almond milk) or water, are boiled together until a mushy consistency is formed.

This hot porridge breakfast is particularly popular right now because it's so healthy. But why is it so healthy? Porridge keeps you full for a long time, and the oat flakes it contains are a real superfood. Porridge is an excellent source of fiber. One serving of porridge provides nearly one-third of the recommended daily intake of fiber . The German Nutrition Society (DGE) recommends that adults consume 30 g of fiber per day. You can find out more about the health benefits of a hot porridge breakfast in this article.

Porridge without oats – is that possible?

Even if the classic is prepared with oatmeal for breakfast, it does not always have to consist of oatmeal flakes. You can also mix it with rice, spelt, quinoa, amaranth, millet, or buckwheat, for example.

Buckwheat, for example, is a pseudocereal that is gluten-free and also contains numerous vitamins and minerals. Simply soak 50 grams of buckwheat in water overnight.

The next day you should rinse the buckwheat well. You can then simmer the soaked buckwheat in a pot with a liquid of your choice, such as water, cow's milk, or plant milk until the desired consistency has been achieved.

If you feel like a change of pace, try our new gluten-free coconut orange rice porridge (calories: 361 kcal per 100 g).

We can highly recommend our new apricot-strawberry spelt porridge to all spelt fans. The apricot-strawberry spelt porridge from Verival has calories: 334 kcal per 100 g. So you can see that it does not always have to be oats.

Toppings that give your oatmeal an extra edge

In another post, we have already introduced you to the 8 best toppings for your oatmeal , with which you can elevate your breakfast.

Here's a quick recap of the different toppings you can use to quickly and easily transform your warm porridge into a delightful meal:

1. Apples
2. Berries
3. Nuts
4. Honey, cinnamon, and cocoa
5. Kiwi, mango, and passion fruit
6. Ribs and pomegranate
7. Chia seeds, flax seeds, and hemp seeds
8. Pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds

Verival organic porridge – another delicious recipe

Organic porridge from Tyrol – At Verival you will find a wide variety of variants and recipes that you can easily make at home.

Here, you will find a low-calorie and healthy breakfast porridge recipe that also tastes great. And you don't always have to use just milk for porridge.

Breakfast Recipe: Low-Calorie Weight Loss Porridge (Sugar-Free)

Simple, classic porridge recipe for weight loss. Garnish your porridge with the right toppings, and you have a dreamy, healthy porridge that will help you lose weight.

Preparation time 3 min.

Let the porridge steep for 3 min.

Total time 6 min.

Servings: 1 serving

Calories: 200 kcal

Ingredients

• 50 g oatmeal
• 1 pinch of salt
• 130 ml water
• To taste: Healthy toppings such as berries (e.g., blueberries), chia seeds, flax seeds, healthy oils, fresh fruits, or dried fruits (e.g., apricots or plums). Attention: dried fruits contain many calories.

Preparation

• Heat the water (for example, in a kettle).
• Put the oatmeal in a bowl with the pinch of salt.
• Pour the boiling water into the bowl.
• Stir the porridge well until it reaches a creamy consistency.
• Decorate it with your toppings.

Nutritional values

Calories: 200 kcal

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3 different porridge variations

Cold breakfast porridge as overnight oats

If you don't feel like a warm oatmeal, you can also prepare overnight oats .

Overnight oats are simply oatmeal soaked overnight, mixed together with milk (cow's milk, plant milk) or water, and stored overnight in the refrigerator.

Learn more about how to prepare overnight oats and the benefits of overnight oats and porridge. Which variant do you like best?

The winter version with cinnamon, apples, and nuts

In winter and the cold season, you can enhance your oatmeal porridge with various delicious spices such as cinnamon, cloves, or vanilla powder. Additionally, you can use various nuts and apples for topping, preparing your own roasted apple porridge that tastes great. Agave syrup or maple syrup is also very suitable for rounding off. How about a glass of milk or a milk alternative?

Summer porridge with fresh fruit and coconut

You can also easily turn your oatmeal into a summer version. One option would be the apricot crumble with coconut apricot porridge and vanilla ice cream. The apricot coconut porridge from Verival has calories: 398 kcal per 100g. Additionally, berries are also in season in summer and are perfect as a topping for your porridge.

As you can see, with a small shopping list and a little love, it is not difficult to prepare your oatmeal yourself. You only need two ingredients for the basic recipe, and the preparation does not take longer than 10 minutes. Would you like to learn more about hot breakfasts in general and their positive effects on our bodies? Then read more about the hot breakfast after TCM here in our article.

Verival breakfast oatmeal

In our Verival blog, you will also find many porridge recipes and inspirations for your power breakfast. You can also try our porridge variations for preparation. Tell us which recipe or recipes you liked best.

In addition to healthy nutrition, our product developments also focus on flavor diversity – many breakfast ideas are waiting to be discovered by you. You can buy the different porridge in the online shop.