You can talk endlessly about the benefits of oatmeal. This product and the gastrointestinal tract stabilizes, and saturates the body with vitamins and minerals. 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 to eat for breakfast. It is useful to saturate your body right in the morning and give it strength to accomplish a new day. But there is not always a mood or a desire to stand for a long time at the stove and spend precious time cooking porridge. In this case, a microwave comes to the aid of the housewives. It is the microwave that will allow you to make a hearty and healthy breakfast of oatmeal in a matter of minutes.
On the water
There are two basic cooking recipes. The first is oatmeal in a microwave on 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 the microwave should be cooked in a special container, designed for use in such a kitchen technique. You can also take a glass deep bowl if there is no suitable microwave ovenware. Pour the right amount of cereal there and pour boiling water.
An important point. If you are going to make cereal porridge, you can immediately pour them into cooking utensils. If oatmeal porridge in the microwave is prepared from cereal oats (cereals), then it is recommended to rinse it under running water before cooking (as we do before cooking rice).
Add sugar, butter and a pinch of salt. Put cereal in the microwave for 12-15 minutes, cereal for 5 minutes. Power is maximum. If you cook on the water, then you do not need to observe the process. Water is not milk; it will not run away. Put the porridge in the microwave and went to take a shower, brush your teeth, etc.
With milk
The second option is oatmeal in the microwave in milk. For this recipe you will need:
- 4-6 tablespoons of oatmeal.
- A glass of hot milk.
- 20 g butter.
- A teaspoon of honey or three tablespoons of granulated sugar.
- A little salt to taste.
The cooking method is very similar to the first. First, pour the milk into a special bowl, then pour the flakes. It is important that the liquid covers them almost completely. Some housewives advise pouring milk even one centimeter higher. A dish is prepared in five to six minutes at the highest power.
After the oatmeal porridge in the microwave is ready, add the right amount of sweets (honey or sugar) to it, add some salt and put a piece of butter. If desired, the dish can be decorated with dried fruits (raisins, dried apricots, prunes) or nuts.
With pumpkin
A more wholesome and hearty breakfast will be obtained if you cook oatmeal with pumpkin. She is known to be very rich in keratin and vitamin T, which is a rarity. In addition, pumpkin, unlike dried fruits and nuts, is a low-calorie product. And this is another plus for a healthy breakfast.
The following products are required for cooking:
- One hundred grams of pumpkin.
- 4-5 tablespoons of oatmeal.
- A bit of salt.
- Water - 1 cup.
- Two tea spoons of sugar.
- Butter is a piece weighing about twenty grams.
The cooking process is as follows. First, you need to prepare a pumpkin by cutting it into small pieces 2 * 2cm in size. The smaller the vegetable, the better it will be prepared.
We put the chopped pumpkin in a microwave oven, pour oatmeal there and add the right amount of liquid. As for water, here the opinions of the housewives differ. Someone like a thicker porridge, so they are advised to pour a glass of hot water. And others prefer thinner oatmeal, so they recommend using as much water as they see fit, without specifying exact restrictions in the recipe.
You can immediately put sugar, or you can add all the accompanying ingredients after cooking. Cooking 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 removing the porridge from the microwave, mix it thoroughly and put the butter on top. You can add sugar or honey (if you did not do this at the initial stage of cooking). Or use raisins, which go well with pumpkin and oatmeal.
With fruits
Among lovers of porridge in the morning there are those who prefer to add fresh fruits to oatmeal. But when is this right to do: at the beginning or at the final stage of cooking? Experienced chefs advise adding the accompanying products to the porridge at the end of cooking. Banana, kiwi, orange, mango, apple, pear - we add any fruit right before serving. They must first be cut into small pieces.
Microwave oatmeal porridge also harmonizes with fresh mint and berries, with ground cinnamon and vanilla.