22 June, 2021

9 Health Benefits of Eating Oats and Oatmeal

 https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/9-benefits-oats-oatmeal#TOC_TITLE_HDR_6

Yummy, I was brought up with porridge as a child in Scotland, we take salt in our porridge. I expect that makes many people cringe reading that, lol.

I don’t eat breakfast cereals as they are processed foods and empty nutrition. I prefer good old porridge because it is good for the body. 

One thing in the article that made me shudder is cooking it with milk, eew. I cook with water and salt only. If I use a sweetener it is a spoon of honey, after I dish it up. Children usually like milk added to cool the porridge and a sprinkle of sugar. I know people that add brown sugar or maple syrup, eew; that’s just festy 🤣🤣🤣


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