Oatmeal porridge in the microwave. Fast and healthy breakfast

You can talk endlessly about the benefits of oatmeal porridge. This product and the gastrointestinal tract stabilizes, and the body saturates with vitamins and trace elements. In addition, oatmeal favorably affects the walls of the stomach, freeing it from various unnecessary and even harmful accumulations, that is, it works as a kind of "brush" for the body.

Quick Breakfast

As you know, oatmeal is recommended for breakfast. It is useful right in the morning to satiate your body and give it strength for the accomplishments of a new day. But not always there is a mood or a desire to stand for a long time at the stove and spend precious time preparing the porridge. In this case, a microwave oven comes to help the housewives. It is the microwave that will make in a few minutes a dense and healthy breakfast of oatmeal.

On the water

There are two main cooking recipes. The first is oatmeal porridge in a microwave on the water. This will require:

• 150-200 grams of oatmeal (oatmeal).
• A pinch of salt.
• Three teaspoons of sugar.
• A piece of butter and honey.
• 350 ml of hot water.

Oatmeal porridge in a microwave oven should be prepared in a special container designed for use in this kitchen technique. You can also take a glass deep bowl, if there is no suitable microwave dishes. We fall asleep to the right amount of flakes and pour boiling water.

An important point. If you cook porridge from cereal, then they can immediately pour into the cooking bowl. If the oatmeal porridge in the microwave is prepared from cereal oats (cereals), then before cooking it is recommended to rinse it under running water (as we do before preparing rice).

Add sugar, butter and a pinch of salt. We put in the microwave oven for 12-15 minutes of cereals, for 5 minutes - flakes. Power - maximum. If you cook on the water, then you do not need to watch the process. Water is not milk, it will not escape anywhere. They put the porridge in the microwave and went to take a shower, brush their teeth, etc.

With milk

The second option is oatmeal porridge in a microwave on milk. This recipe will require:

• 4-6 tablespoons oatmeal.
• A glass of hot milk.
• 20 g of butter.
• A teaspoon of honey or three tablespoons of sugar.
• A little salt to taste.

The method of preparation is very similar to the first. First, pour the milk into a special bowl, then cover the flakes. It is important that the liquid covers them almost completely. Some landladies advise to pour milk even one centimeter higher. Preparing the dish for five to six minutes at the highest capacity.

After the oatmeal porridge in the microwave is ready, add to it the right amount of sweetness (honey or sugar), sprinkle a little and put a piece of butter. If desired, the dish can be decorated with dried fruits (raisins, dried apricots, prunes) or nuts.

With Pumpkin

More useful and hearty breakfast will be obtained if you cook porridge with pumpkin. It is known to be very rich in keratin and vitamin T, which is a rarity. In addition, pumpkin, in contrast to dried fruits and nuts, is a low-calorie product. And this is another plus to a healthy breakfast.

The following products are required for cooking:

• One hundred grams of pumpkin.
• 4-5 tablespoons oatmeal flakes.
• A little salt.
• Water - 1 glass.
• Two tea spoons of sugar.
• Butter is a piece of about twenty grams.

The cooking process is as follows. First, you need to prepare a pumpkin, cutting it into small pieces 2 * 2cm in size. The smaller the vegetable is cut, the better it will be cooked.

We put the cut pumpkin in the microwave dishes, pour oat flakes there and add the necessary amount of liquid. As for water, then the opinions of the housewives differ. Some people like more thick porridge, so they advise to pour a glass of hot water. And others prefer a more liquid oatmeal, so it is recommended to use as much water as it seems necessary without specifying exact restrictions in the recipe.

You can immediately put sugar, and you can add all the accompanying ingredients after cooking. Preparing oatmeal in the microwave (recipe with pumpkin) for about three minutes at a power of 800 watts. If after a while the pumpkin is still hard, you can add another minute.

After taking out the porridge from the microwave, mix it thoroughly and put butter on top. You can add sugar or honey (if you did not do this at the initial stage of cooking). Or use raisins that perfectly match both pumpkin and oatmeal.

With fruits

Among the lovers of porridge in the morning there are those who prefer to add fresh fruit to oatmeal. But when is it right to do it: first or at the final stage of cooking? Experienced cooks are advised to add the accompanying products in porridge at the end of cooking. Banana, kiwi, orange, mango, apple, pear - we add any fruits right before serving. Beforehand, they must be cut into small pieces.

Also, oatmeal porridge in the microwave harmonizes with fresh greens of mint and berries, with ground cinnamon and vanillin.