I had a great day at work. It was pretty busy. It was nice to have a regular break to eat! For breakfast I had overnight soaked chocolate rolled oats with strawberries. For lunch I enjoyed some leftover organic red rice pork congee with ham hocks. Tonight for dinner I baked some salmon and stirred it into a curry quinoa rice dish with salad greens wilted in plus some flaked almonds, sunflower seeds and fried shallots.
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Well it’s back to work after a good weekend. I knew I had quite a bit of work waiting for me in the office so that meant a nice early start. To make that happen I prepared breakfast on Sunday night by soaking some rolled oats in skim milk and added a teaspoon of cocoa powder plus a few strawberries. The strawberry chocolate flavoured porridge is just like eating pudding for breakfast. For lunch I had leftover red rice chicken congee which was magnificent. For dinner I baked some salmon and fried some quinoa rice with kale and added a dessert spoon of Buderim Ginger Factory ginger marmalade which made an incredible difference. I love the sweet freshness it imparts to the rice.
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Well the #ManFlu progresses. I ate some things I probably shouldn’t have but I’m sick so that’s my excuse.
Is this “What I ate today” thing going to continue? I don’t know. I haven’t made anything terribly exciting lately. I’m keen to use my slow cooker again this weekend. It’ll probably be congee again. I want to modify my recipe from last week.
So this morning I had some overnight soaked rolled oats. I used skim milk, some cocoa powder and instant coffee. It was pretty good. For lunch I had some tinned salmon and avocado (no photograph). Tonight for tea I went to the Westfield mall in Belconnen and tried Guzman Y Gomez for the first time. Miss14 loves it so I thought I’d try it. I went for the spicy grilled chicken nachos. It was a generous serving. I liked it.
So this low fat thing is going well. I’m learning more about food and enjoying the change in diet. I’ve always loved porridge (rolled oats) but I’ve never been a fan of cooking it on the stove in the morning. I also don’t like using the microwave oven that much but I’m happy to use it if it suits my purpose.
I’ve read in some blogs how some people will soak their rolled oats the night before in the refrigerator and eat them cold the next morning. I reckon this will be great in summer but I’m currently enduring a cold Canberra winter and warm breakfast is a good thing.
So where does the experiment come in to this post? Well for a long time I have cooked porridge with milk and then I learnt that cooking it with water can be almost as good. Not quite as creamy but no loss of flavour. I thought I would see how the overnight soaking would go if I used skim milk versus water.
The other part of my motivation for the overnight soaked technique is because I often have telephone meetings with colleagues in the US, Canada and the UK at 6 am my time. Cooking breakfast earlier enough is a pain in the arse. It would be great to just have something ready to go and which I could take to work and eat after the meeting. This will help me save money too, it will help me to resist the temptation to buy my breakfast from a café at 7.30 am.
In a microwave cup the night before at the rolled oats, the liquid of your choice, the cocoa powder and sugar source.
Add in some berries
Put the lid on the cup and put into the refrigerator overnight
The next morning remove the lid and stir and inhale the lovely chocolate aroma
Microwave for a minute
Remove from the oven and stir
If necessary put back into the microwave oven and select a time that will ensure the rolled oats are warmed through. The time may vary with volume and whether you use water or milk.
Eat out of the cup or pour into a bowl
Shoot a photograph
Eat the porridge
At a later date write the recipe
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So what I discovered is that soaking in skim milk gives and thicker, creamier more pleasant experience than using water. While skim milk has more fat that water, I’m happy to use skim milk for the pleasure.
I’m also going to try using a little coffee and cocoa and see how it tastes.
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