I always add a bit of vanilla mixed in with the water and milk - it gives amazing flavour. You can also top it off with cinnamon, flax seeds, pumpkin seeds, chia etc. - makes it extra tasty :)

I use bananas too but I mash mine up and mix it in so I have banana in every bite. I don't need to add any sweetener because the banana makes the whole thing sweet, and just a bit of cinnamon mixed in there too makes it wonderful!

I always add honey and bananas to my oats but what makes it even better is adding just a pinch of cinnamon and nutmeg. :)

I would love for more of these kind of easy and cheap resepies!

this ratio makes my life sooo much easier! thanks!!!!

This is my everyday breakfast! To add even more nutritious goodness I add chia seeds and ground flax... delicious!

When I cook my porridge I always put a teaspoon of (liquid) malt in it - it happened by accident once and I loved it so keep doing it! All week I have a simple porridge but one day a week I top it with (lots and lots of) chopped walnuts mixed with brown sugar and cinnamon (make a toasted, spiced walnut mix if you want to get a bit fancier and crunchier walnuts), slices of banana and a little bit of cream. Sounds really decadent, I know, but it's a treat you might like to try if you like those ingredients. Yes - sometimes a bit of maple syrup gets drizzled over the walnuts with the cream too.

I like to stir in cacao powder, dark chocolate and honey into my porridge when I take it off the heat. Really really good!

I'm eating one right now, but full milk, banana and peanut butter! Extra dried cranberries on top, that's the best breakfast ever :P

Try it with cinnamon and diced apples too. Add some maple syrup to get a sweeter taste. That's how I eat it and it's amazing.

This is sort of how I do my porridge, except I put a pinch of salt in after it starts to boil and simmer it for 2 or 3 minutes until you get bubbles that make puffing noises. The salt stops it from tasting like wallpaper paste in my opinion. You never put the salt in before the porridge boils as it toughens the grains. Yes, I am Scottish. : )

I started making alot of oatmeal after this video! At first I thought 3 tablespoons was little, but it turned out to be enough. ( Although sometimes I did double it, and I had to eat it in a longer time coz it was filling. ) My favourite combination so far is cocoa powder, cinnamon and honey. Also cooked it in 2 parts of milk instead.

Oats really helped me in my weightloss (lost 10 pounds in a month while juggling with a demanding full time job!). It fills me up and its nutritious! I eat them every morning but I'm always lost in finding ways to make them tastier or to give it variation. I usually put a teaspoon of cocoa and a teaspoon of agave. Seeing this makes me smack my forehead because BANANAS AND HONEY? WHY HAVEN'T I THINK OF THAT?? I'm making this right now!

lmaoo...that has been my breakfast since I started college😂😂..what I do is mash half of the banana with the porridge and cut the other half and mix it... that way its sweet enough and you don't need honey..also mix like a teaspoon of almond butter for extra flavor and protein😅😅

I do it in the microwave as it's one less pot with dried cement in it! Also use cinnamon because a tablespoon of it is 10% of your RDA of iron, and I have no issues using lots of cinnamon :p also a teaspoon of peanut butter perks it up

I make poridge with a nob of butter it adds a little richnes try it tasts sooo good

I do it with 1 to 3 oats to water ratio and add powdered milk to it, cook it at a medium high heat for about 5-10 minutes and mix in some sultanas. Then serve it up with light brown muscavado sugar and a bit of cinnamon with chopped banana

*Not a joke* I am literally in my kitchen rn about to attempt to do this. I will tweet you the result or Instagram it I'll see. Wish me luck! 😉

This recipe reminded me of a similar dish we eat in Mexico, and you can eat it hot or cold it's called “arroz con leche” it's basically milk and rice with sugar and a cinnamon. You fill a pan with milk then you add the sugar then the cinnamon stick, after a couple of minutes you add the rice and wait until it's cooked, the temperature must be low. You could either eat it hot, or leave it in the fridge overnight to eat it as a cold dessert in the morning. I'm sure you could level up this recipe!!! Loving the new season so far xx

Hi Guys Thank you love this I have porridge for brecky every morning, as its cheap & really good for you as you said, I make it with all water as I feel its lighter that way & stir my honey in put the bannanas on top, but will try it you way coz yours looked nicer!

To get a really creamy porridge without adding too much milk I'd say try adding in half a mashed banana and just put in less water and milk, I've been making my porridge like that for so long and it tastes soooooo good!! :D

There's so many different ways to make porridge. I grew up in Scotland, and ate porridge every morning throughout high school and university. Me, my mum, my aunt and my gran all make it different ways. I use about 1 cup of rolled oats to 2/3 cup of whole milk (ends up really thick), my mum uses steel cut pinhead oats, with two cups of soya milk and boils it for ages (ends up fairly watery, with gritty lumpy bits), my aunt makes it with 1 cup rolled oats and 2 cups skimmed milk (both more watery and creamy than mine), and gran makes hers with equal amounts oats and milk, with customary salt. My uncle leaves his overnight, and it almost gelatinises by morning - it's the only one I couldn't eat. I like porridge with salt, but prefer a sweet one.

most of us Canadians just use water and microwave it for about 1.5mins. some people add milk after but most people I know drown it in Maple syrup. so good

I like a small bit of butter in my porridge and then sugar and milk but banana and syrup sounds yum too

I am seriously loving all of season 3 so far!

wow, porrige in asia is made with rice and its savoury this is so cool

This trick makes it so easy, you guys rock!

Yes guys! Love your videos

so simple i cant believe it!

Yum. Just starting to get wintery and cold where I am so this was a timely reminder for me of the deliciousness of porridge! Think I'll have this for breakfast tomorrow. Thanks :)

i put chia seeds, almonds and dried cranberries in mine, then drizzle it with honey. 👌👌👌

I have actually never even tried porridge but this video has inspired me to try it,I think I'll go with the maple syrup though,keep up the great work lads

Personally I LOVE a sour note, like fresh berries, pomegranate, mango. It breaks the sweetness nicely

This is what the recipe I look for centuries!

i sometimes add only water, not that tasty, but honey makes it much better

I add a pinch of cinnamon to the dry oats and prefer roughly smashing the banana in the bottom of the bowl before pouring the cooked oats on top. Then a drizzle of honey and some crushed walnuts. The sweetness of the mashed banana mixes with the oats to cover the blandness without creating extra dishes! I love cooking but hate washing up :p

are we just ignoring the fact that ben's shorts and mike's shirt are matching? anyway, i'm definitely trying this

Banana, huh? I see you Barry-proofed this recipe :)

I just woke up and I am now going to make this for my family. It looks yummy and I actually have the ingredients! (Fresh, raw honey too 🐝 🍯)

Sorry guys, I've been a Sorted fan for years, never miss an upload (I even bought the cookbook a couple of years ago) but this "Honey Week" this is a little bit half-baked (wordplay!!!) if you don't mind me saying :/ With this, plus the grilled cheese, it's a lot of just ordinary recipes with a bit of honey drizzled over them. The ice cream worked quite well because the honey was implemented into it. The halloumi stack worked very well though, since aubergine on its own is pointless, so the honey adds something necessary to the dish. I don't want to be negative, just giving constructive criticism, because I think the idea of having the whole week centred around a theme is a fantastic idea.

Omg! This video is everything

i do oatmeal with PB and Banana.

Another winner there. I will be giving this one a try soon :)

making this in a few hours 😊

Right you guys must be reading my mind or something I was literally just thinking about having some porridge when I got home forget the gym and this pops up. That's strange 😀 thank you for the recipe 😀 now gonna go home and have some porridge instead of a biscuit 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

YEYYYYYYYY Mike at last!! :D Also, never tried porridge with honey...will have to try that later...minus the naner

i've tried it and it's AMAZING!

If you cook and mix the bananas into the oats and liquid from the beginning, it gets really fluffy and yummy.

Porridge is just another word for oatmeal? Learned something today! Actually, I like mine a bit drier, so a bit less liquid, and only stir it once, right at the beginning.

Thanks lads. Just bought some porridge oats the other day for the first time in years. Used a BBC recipe and it was shiiiiiiit but just tried yours this morning and it's perfect. On par with a fry up I'd say, if not better.

I don't understand but Ben is looking very dashing in this week's videos. I mean, he always is but this week, it's special. As if he's glowing 😂 Is it just me?

I've always hated milk in porridge but turns out I was doing it wrong. It's perfect thank you Sorted food for leveling up my breakfast

looks nice x

peanut butter instead of honey add some brown sugar and cinnamon you got the greatest creation ever

Yum!

To me, porridge seems like the most boring breakfasts to eat yet these guys make it look so tasty and nice xD

Such a yummy breakfast! Though I must admit, I don't bother with water, I just cook it all in milk!

Easy , healthy and delicious 👍.. Thanks : )

Its a very traditional danish breakfast, and i did not know what it was called in english before now. So thx for that i guess :b

I actually don't think I've ever had porridge. I might just try this.

can you guys make a video taking food related internet quizzes? that would be a fun video for sure!

i sometimes like to mix in unsweetened cocoa powder and/or cinnamon into my porridge

Always do mine in the microwave, 1 cup porridge oats and 1 cup of milk for 2 minutes, absolutely perfect. It hasn't got the consistency as the one in the vido, but I like mine more solid ;)

Is there a real difference between porridge oats and normal oats? I'm living in germany and I don't think I've ever seen porridge specific oats :)

Any plans for a vegetable break down video? Sometimes I would like to add different vegetable's to dishes but I don't really know how to prepare or when its ready to use?

I know it's not necessarily laborious but sticking it in a microwave means you haven't got a saucepan to wash later in the evening - dried, stuck on porridge is as stubborn to shift as dried, stuck on scrambled egg!

could you please teach quinoa salad?? or how to cook quinoa??

can you do a traditional filipino porridge?

could you cook it also with buttermilk or does it just work with milk?

I was aware of the double liquid to oat ratio when I made oatmeal a couple weeks ago. Except I accidentally inverted it, twice as much oats as liquid. You could say I was less than enthusiastic about my breakfast that morning.

i was waiting for the sprig of mint :(

i make mine with oat milk, maple syrup and cocoa :)

wait, you're SUPPOSED to add water? I just make mine with milk

Some cinnamon on the banana works also.

Can you try some salty porridges like cheesy?

I like to add all milk and stir in a egg.

how much proteins does it have?

what about overnight porridge? is that healthy and fine to

I just love how Mike is only in this video to look pretty, observe and taste the porrige at the end xD

Really nice video. Love the simplicity of the new series and co-operation... ^_~ Personally, I don't like porridge - I'd rather eat the oats in cold milk than heat them to that warm mush (I just can't stand the consistency they get), but I know lots of people love it.

Oh yes, and Porage Belle Hélène - cook a chopped pear in the oats and add a couple of squares of good chocolate before you eat it.

I'm kind of obsessed with the way Ben says honey. Kinda sexy, kinda nerdy, definitely worth rewatching for...

I add half a banana when the oats are almost cooked... It turns out into a sweet gooey goodness

Mike could cook a fruit loop and I'd watch it.

i like steel cut oats

We don't have to go to now cook. It We've got you.

No sprig of mint?? You've changed, Ben. You've changed.

Abbie Dabbs : D So was I!

Hello, I'm Ben and I use bottled water when making porrige

Something's happened to mike's mic. It sounds echoey compared to ben's. Good recipe nice and easy. I would add some raisins at the start to make another great taste

Any chance we could get a new series where James and Ben really show off? Teach us how to do the really complicated posh stuff.

With all this Now Cook It stuff, can we expect a new line of Sorted cookware to emerge in the Co-op?

Are porridge oats what we call "quick oats" in the US? Bc we have old fashioned oats that take forever on the stove, and quick oats that are cut a little finer and you can make in the microwave if you want. Which one are these?

What would you reccomend as a substitue for milk?

Do you happen to know what the North American equivalent to Porridge Oats are? with how fast you are doing them would they be what's sold here as "instant oats" or just normal "rolled oats?"

All mike did in this video was say "yea" and "ok" lol Ben did everything

sometimes i feel like anyone working with Ben is just standing there like a spare part wondering what on earth is happening with their lives

smash a banana and use it instead of milk. Add cinnamon, walnuts and dark chocolate and believe you will love it

Will it be as good if I use soy "milk" instead of regular milk ?

Cream?