There's no better way to start your day than an oatmeal breakfast. This dish will fill you with energy for the whole day, has a good effect on digestion, contains a large amount of vitamins and microelements. Oatmeal cooked in water is an indispensable item on the menu for dieters. Many have heard about the benefits of oatmeal, but not everyone likes its taste. However, if cooked properly, oatmeal can become a favorite meal for the whole family.
It is necessary
- For 2 servings of porridge
- • oatmeal - 150 g;
- • salt - ¼ spoons;
- • sugar - optional;
- • water - 450 ml.
- For supplements you may need:
- • butter - 40 g;
- • pitted prunes - 100 g;
- • bananas - 2 pcs;
- • honey - 3 teaspoons;
- • strawberries optional;
- • potatoes - 2 medium tubers;
- • condensed milk - 4 tablespoons;
- • chicken fillet - 100 gr.;
- • wheat bran - 1 tbsp;
Instructions
Step 1
The first way to prepare oatmeal is traditional. Boil water, pour oatmeal into it, salt and cook over high heat, stirring continuously for 2-3 minutes. Then reduce the heat, remove the foam and darken the porridge for another 7-20 minutes.
Step 2
The second method allows cereals to retain all their useful elements and vitamins, but at the same time oatmeal will become less useful for digestion. The recipe is simple: pour boiling water over the flakes, salt and leave to infuse overnight. In the morning, an almost ready-made breakfast will be waiting for you, the oatmeal will only have to be warmed up.
Step 3
Eating the same dish every day will surely get bored, even if this dish is as healthy as oatmeal. The flavor of oatmeal can be varied with a variety of additives and fillings. Try one of the following.
Step 4
Oatmeal with bananas. Add 40 g of butter to the cooked oatmeal. Cut the bananas into slices and place half of them on the bottom of the plate. Put oatmeal on top of them. Garnish the dish with the remaining bananas. You can pre-fry the bananas in butter until crisp and sprinkle with ground cinnamon.
Step 5
Oatmeal on the water with prunes. Chop the prunes finely. Cook the porridge over high heat for 4 minutes, then add the prunes. Reduce heat and simmer oatmeal until tender. Before serving, the dish can be seasoned with vegetable oil.
Step 6
Porridge with strawberries. Add sugar to taste and chopped strawberries to the finished oatmeal. You can add butter, mint leaves, cinnamon to such a dish.
Step 7
Oatmeal with honey will help sweet lovers who do not want to get better. It is tasty and healthy, at the same time it has a low calorie content. Oatmeal with honey can replace candy or chocolate. It is simple to prepare it: add honey and, if desired, a piece of butter to the finished porridge. The dish will fill you with energy for the whole working day.
Step 8
Oatmeal with berries. You can add more than just strawberries to oatmeal. Any berries will successfully complement the taste of porridge.
Step 9
Porridge with condensed milk. Adding condensed milk to your pre-cooked porridge to taste is an easy way to make a delicious, sweet and healthy breakfast dish.
Step 10
On the basis of oatmeal in water, you can cook not only sweet, but also hearty dishes. Oatmeal with offal, meat, chicken will be an excellent choice for a wholesome healthy dinner. If sugary supplements saturated with carbohydrates are a good choice for breakfast when you need to get an energy boost for the whole day, then nutritionists recommend eating meat dishes in the evening.
Step 11
Oatmeal in water with offal. You will need 300 g of oatmeal, 100 g of kidneys, 100 g of heart, 100 g of liver, 1 onion. Rinse the kidneys and heart by adding a little salt to the water. After cooling, cut them into small pieces. Melt butter in a skillet, brown onion. Then add finely chopped liver, heart and kidneys there. Fry for 10 minutes. Mix the finished offal with oatmeal. Serve hot.
Step 12
Oatmeal with mashed potatoes. Prepare mashed potatoes with 2 medium tubers. Stir it with porridge, salt and pepper to taste.
Step 13
Oatmeal with chicken. To prepare such a dish, finely chop the chicken fillet (100 grams) and cook in salted water until ready. Then add the oatmeal and bring the chicken and oatmeal mixture to a boil, not forgetting to stir. Cover the finished porridge and let it brew. Serve such a dish hot, not forgetting to salt it first. Chicken can be fried and then simply added to the finished oatmeal, but this dish will be less useful.
Step 14
Oatmeal with bran. This healthy dish is a little more difficult to prepare, but well worth the effort. First you need to prepare the bran: sift it, pour it into boiling water and cook over low heat for 10 minutes. Then add oatmeal, butter to the bran and leave the dish to simmer for 1-1.5 hours. Ready-made oatmeal with bran may seem bland. It can be sweetened with honey, jam, dried fruits.
Step 15
For those who want to try a new way of cooking the usual oatmeal, we offer a recipe for oatmeal in the oven. To do this, you need special baking pots. Pour the oatmeal into such pots, add sugar to them, and salt to taste. Place in the oven for 20 minutes. Then add butter, stir the mixture and let it brew for 5-10 minutes. Additional ingredients can be any, if desired, you can use chicken, meat, offal.
Step 16
Choose from any of the recipes and make oatmeal a permanent dish on your menu. Its usefulness can hardly be overestimated. Oatmeal on water contains vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, PP, E, K. In addition, it is rich in trace elements: magnesium, potassium, calcium, iron, etc. Regular consumption of oatmeal reduces the risk of developing gastritis and stomach ulcers. The fiber contained in porridge improves metabolism. Porridge cooked in water, not milk, has a minimum calorie content.
