How to Make Perfect Oatmeal: Tips That Will Change Your Mornings

In the popular mind, oatmeal is food for children, the sick, and those who want to lose weight. But this is not true.

Oatmeal contains a lot of useful substances. Minerals (potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, iron), B vitamins and a natural antioxidant – vitamin E.

All this is simply necessary for everyone, regardless of age and weight.

But for a healthy person, oatmeal will only help not to lose their treasure - health, and even increase it (of course, provided that other rules of a healthy lifestyle are followed).

Main types of oatmeal

There are three types of grain, informs the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, cook, fourth-class baker Yulia Arkhipova.

Whole grain is the healthiest. It is this type of grain that contains the maximum concentration of all vitamins and minerals.

But it has one drawback - too long cooking time (30 - 40 minutes). Given the modern pace of life, this is somewhat inconvenient.

The next option is instant porridge, which just needs to be poured with boiling water or hot milk to become ready to eat.

There is a drawback here too. This type is considered the poorest in usefulness that remains after special grain processing.

Luckily, we have another type that can be called the "golden mean"! These are whole grain oat flakes. The grains are pressed and this makes them less tough, preserving all the useful substances.

Recipe for the perfect porridge

Let's cook it in the classic way, but with a little trick. How do you usually cook oatmeal?

Pour in cold water/milk, bring to a boil and simmer for 10-15 minutes, depending on the quality of the product being offered.

Or they throw the flakes into boiling water and also bring them to readiness. But we will do it a little differently.

So. Bring milk or water to a boil. Add cereal (there should be two to two and a half times less of it than liquid).

Stirring, cook on low heat for 3-5 minutes. Turn off and wrap in a kitchen towel. That's it! Wait 10 minutes - and you can open it.

Add whatever your heart desires to your taste and enjoy delicious, tender, moderately thick porridge!

You will say, what kind of trick is this - the same 15 minutes to cook. And the fact that the porridge turns out not so much boiled as steamed - this is healthier.

And those 10 minutes that you didn’t have to stand at the stove are just a gift – after all, the morning can be so short when you’re in a hurry...