Jamie Oliver- the main popularizer of home cooking and adherent of healthy eating. He taught the whole world to love food and proved that preparing healthy food is easy. He happily shares his culinary secrets on a television show and his own glossy magazine.
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We learned how to quickly and easily prepare the healthiest and most nutritious breakfast - oatmeal. It is this porridge that is recognized by nutritionists as the best start to the day - it is good for breakfast both before training and simply for good brain activity and energy throughout the day.
Somehow it turned out that many of us for some reason do not like the taste of oatmeal. Jamie Oliver will teach you how to cook porridge so that it has a delicate creamy texture (without adding cream and butter, which reduces its calorie content) and tastes good.
Follow 4 basic chef tips:
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Choose the right oatmeal. Those that are intended for long cooking are ideal - they are denser and as a result their taste will be more intense. The best oatmeal is organic and fairly solid. It is processed less than flakes, which just need to be poured with hot water, and therefore is considered healthier. In addition, dense flakes will yield porridge with the correct texture.
It is important to maintain proportions. One cup of oatmeal should yield four. Therefore, for proper preparation of porridge, you need to pour the flakes in a ratio of 1:3. That is, for a cup of cereal - 3 cups of water. Bring to a boil and then simmer for about 15 minutes. After 5 minutes, the flakes will become softer and you can try the consistency to your taste. However, it would be better to boil the porridge for 12-15 minutes.
Don't forget the salt. One very important nuance that is often forgotten when preparing oatmeal is the addition of salt. Even if you want to cook sweet porridge with fruit or any other topping, salt is required. It reveals all facets of the dish’s taste and emphasizes its sweetness and tenderness. Feel free to add a pinch when the porridge begins to boil and mix well.
The final touch is stirring. Oatmeal loves to be stirred. In Scotland there is even a special spoon for this, but any one will do. Don't stop stirring the porridge all the time until it thickens.
When choosing a topping for porridge, let your imagination run wild. You can add whatever you can get your hands on: fruits, berries, sweets, peanut butter, seeds, nuts or superfoods. Just use your own taste, or borrow a few ideas from Jamie.
An exceptional dish for lovers of sweets and connoisseurs of proper nutrition - chocolate oatmeal with banana and cocoa from the English chef Jamie Oliver! It's not often that you find a recipe where each ingredient brings not only taste, but also benefit: oatmeal with banana risks becoming your favorite breakfast for a long time!
For sweet porridge, buy non-instant oatmeal, take the one that needs to be cooked for 10-15 minutes. This variety (rather a processing method) is healthier, and the porridge will turn out much tastier. If desired, dilute the oatmeal with nuts, honey, dried fruits, chocolate chips, berries and so on. It is best to add additional ingredients after the final preparation of the dish, since fruits, berries or other ingredients can add excessive sweetness and ruin the taste of the “chocovy”.
What do you need:
- 0.5 tbsp. oatmeal
- 0.5 tbsp. (maybe poppy seed) or regular milk
- 0.5 tbsp. water
- 1 ripe banana
- nuts to taste
- 1 tbsp. l. cocoa powder
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract or to taste
Cooking diet oatmeal with banana and cocoa
In a small saucepan, combine water and milk, let the water boil, and then add the oatmeal. Cook according to the instructions on the package or as you usually prepare sweet porridge.
Meanwhile, mash half a banana along with cocoa powder and vanilla extract. In 1-2 minutes. Before the oatmeal is ready, when it boils and thickens, add banana and cocoa and mix thoroughly. The porridge should be a rich chocolate color.
The cocoa mixture with banana does not have to be boiled; you can mix all the ingredients and leave the finished porridge off the stove. This way there will be more benefits from fresh fruit. But the porridge will be less sweet.
All that remains is to decorate the chocolate porridge with banana slices, nuts, topping or jam to taste.
Bon appetit!
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© DepositphotosJamie Oliver- the main popularizer of home cooking and adept. He taught the whole world to love food and proved that preparing healthy food is easy. He happily shares his culinary secrets on a television show and his own glossy magazine.
We learned how to quickly and easily prepare the healthiest and most nutritious breakfast - oatmeal. It is this porridge that is recognized by nutritionists as the best start to the day - it is good for breakfast, both for breakfast and simply for good brain activity and energy throughout the day.
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Somehow it turned out that many of us for some reason do not like the taste of oatmeal. Jamie Oliver will teach you how to cook porridge so that it has a delicate creamy texture (without adding cream and butter, which reduces its calorie content) and tastes good.
Follow 4 basic chef tips:
- Choose the right oatmeal. Those that are intended for long cooking are ideal - they are denser and as a result their taste will be more intense. The best oatmeal is organic and fairly solid. It is processed less than flakes, which just need to be poured with hot water, and therefore is considered healthier. In addition, dense flakes will yield porridge with the correct texture.
- It is important to maintain proportions. One cup of oatmeal should yield four. Therefore, for proper preparation of porridge, you need to pour the flakes in a ratio of 1:3. That is, for a cup of cereal - 3 cups of water. Bring to a boil and then simmer for about 15 minutes. After 5 minutes, the flakes will become softer and you can try the consistency to your taste. However, it would be better to boil the porridge for 12-15 minutes.
- Don't forget the salt. One very important nuance that is often forgotten when preparing oatmeal is the addition of salt. Even if you want to cook sweet porridge with fruit or any other topping, salt is required. It reveals all facets of the dish’s taste and emphasizes its sweetness and tenderness. Feel free to add a pinch when the porridge begins to boil and mix well.
- The final touch is stirring. Oatmeal loves to be stirred. In Scotland there is even a special spoon for this, but any one will do. Don't stop stirring the porridge all the time until it thickens.
Jamie Oliver's Home Cooking Skills is a great series and collection of step-by-step recipes to improve your home cooking skills. The preparation of such simple dishes as scrambled eggs or morning toast with jam is described here step by step. We chose three recipes from Jamie - with blackberries and caramelized apples, banana, almonds and cinnamon, and a classic milk porridge.
Once you've made this basic oatmeal the way you like it, you'll be sure to remember the process and sequence. Having consolidated the result several times, you can move on to variations - adding honey, maple syrup and other sweeteners to the recipe. And a little later - experiment with fillings - seeds, nuts, fruits, berries and dried fruits.
for basic milk porridge:
200 g oat flakes
750 ml milk
salt
For the blackberry and apple filling:
2 apples
small piece of butter
1 tbsp. liquid honey
1 tsp oatmeal
2 handfuls fresh or frozen blackberries
For the banana cinnamon filling:
2 ripe bananas
2 tbsp. almond flakes or coconut flakes
½ tsp. cinnamon
2 tbsp. poppy seeds
2-4 tbsp. honey or maple syrup
Milk oatmeal
Step 1
Mix oatmeal and milk (can be replaced with water) in a saucepan, add a little salt and place over medium heat. Bring to a boil and cook for 5-6 minutes until the porridge reaches a “creamy” consistency.
Step 2
If you like your porridge thinner, just add a little more milk or water. Serve hot.
Oatmeal with blackberries and apples
Step 1
Cut the apples in half, remove the core and cut into cubes.
Step 2
Fry apples in a heated frying pan with butter. Pour in the honey, add the flakes and cook until the apples have a caramel color, up to 10 minutes.
Step 3
Add the berries to the prepared milk oatmeal and stir. Serve with caramelized apples on top.
