caimg
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Cool - I might try this! I usually just have oats from the packet but leaving them to stew in a thermos might be an interesting idea, cheers!
Anyone buy those instant oats / porridge pots?
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Cool - I might try this! I usually just have oats from the packet but leaving them to stew in a thermos might be an interesting idea, cheers!
Sittingduck
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I have the Oat so Simple sachets on a daily basis 
Golden Syrup / Apple & Blueberry / even Sweet cinnamon, once in a while. Cheap, convenient and not too bad for you... what's not to like?
BTW - I make mine with skimmed milk, not water. Fill up the empty sachet to just under the line (filling to the line will make it ever so slightly too runny, imho).
Top tip: slice 'n' sling a banana into the mix, for an added bit of punch!
Golden Syrup / Apple & Blueberry / even Sweet cinnamon, once in a while. Cheap, convenient and not too bad for you... what's not to like?BTW - I make mine with skimmed milk, not water. Fill up the empty sachet to just under the line (filling to the line will make it ever so slightly too runny, imho).
Top tip: slice 'n' sling a banana into the mix, for an added bit of punch!
Arch
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Probably a cheap way to have instant porridge with nothing more than a kettle to hand is to use the supermarket instant porridge stuff, which you're supposed to heat milk to mix with, but to mix a portion with a spoonful of dried milk powder, and bung in a jar or tupperware. Then add boiling water when required. (I assume that the instant packets to which you add just water are made in this sort of way - dried milk mixed in?)
Wobblers
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Next thing you'll be admitting to having a secret Pot Noodle habit...
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FTFY, Andrew!
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I have the Oat so Simple sachets on a daily basis
BTW - I make mine with skimmed milk, not water. Fill up the empty sachet to just under the line (filling to the line will make it ever so slightly too runny, imho).
Top tip: slice 'n' sling a banana into the mix, for an added bit of punch!
Mines a pint, Anthony - of your finest cognac please. 27gms per sachet. About 35-36 helpings plus all that waste paper etc to a Kg. 1Kg of Porridge = £1.59 exactly...(I know this) = Expensive.
Sittingduck
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Ah, well... I was basing it on a rough estimate of 25p per brekkie (not inc. any banana costs). Seems more than reasonable
Teef - I will buy you a pint at Whitstable... I hear sparkling water, with a dash of lime, is all the rage these days
Teef - I will buy you a pint at Whitstable... I hear sparkling water, with a dash of lime, is all the rage these days
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Yer - roight.Ah, well... I was basing it on a rough estimate of 25p per brekkie (not inc. any banana costs). Seems more than reasonable
Teef - I will buy you a pint at Whitstable... I hear sparkling water, with a dash of lime, is all the rage these days
I think a lorra lorra people would be 'all the rage' if you started proffering those 0% appeasements, my friend. You on a diet means your wallet is getting fat..."use it or lose it" as they say in rugby. AND. Stop buying bicycles, it's bad for my health!
Yep, saw this in Morrisons yesterday, bought a box (400g I think) for £1.49. Just add boiling water or milk and you're sorted.
Clydesider
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I've recently been trying a few of these things and I found the Oat burst and Stoats ones to be the best, both were 50p which was half the price of the Oat so simple MULTI-GRAIN one, which tasted disgusting.
Asda's own brand one wasnt much better and had a plasticky taste to it.
Seems like in general they contain 70% oats and 30% dried skimmed milk, with a little brown sugar to sweeten, I havent done the maths but I bet if you bought in bulk and made your own you could get the price down to something silly like 5p per pot!
Asda's own brand one wasnt much better and had a plasticky taste to it.
Seems like in general they contain 70% oats and 30% dried skimmed milk, with a little brown sugar to sweeten, I havent done the maths but I bet if you bought in bulk and made your own you could get the price down to something silly like 5p per pot!
Brandane
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Stoats BARS are good, too, and you can't get much more instant than that. Not the cheapest option, but at least they're edible, unlike some of the competition.
MontyVeda
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It's gotta me the marketing miracle of this century... "We've made porridge simple!" ...it'll be 'tap' flavoured bottled water next.
jefmcg
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Just as another option, oats (any sort) mixed with yoghurt soften to be quite palatable in about 10 minutes. I'm sure the same would work with milk or water, but wouldn't be as nice.
I much prefer this to cooked oats that often have the texture of glue.
I much prefer this to cooked oats that often have the texture of glue.
MontyVeda
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Pot Noodle is a miracle... how they manage to fit so much disappointment in such a small space is beyond me.
jefmcg
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It's like the microwave popcorn scam. Any popcorn will pop in microwave, just put it in a pyrex. And you don't get weird butter-flavour that contains no butter, just trans fat.
