Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and this has long been no secret to anyone. The benefits of breakfast are recognized by both doctors and nutritionists. They came to the conclusion that in the morning, a person should receive the most healthy food, rich in healthy vitamins, in order to function effectively during the day. Oatmeal with raisins is recognized as one of the best breakfast options. It charges you with energy, keeps you full throughout the day, and most importantly, it can be prepared in many ways that will prevent breakfast from being monotonous and boring. After all, what could be better than a quick, tasty, satisfying breakfast in the morning when you have a long and eventful day ahead of you? The main thing is to choose the right breakfast so that it brings as much benefit to the body as possible.
What are the benefits of oatmeal?
So, let's figure out what the benefits of oatmeal are:
- Oatmeal helps lower blood sugar levels, which is especially important for diabetics.
- Removes excess fluid from the body.
- Useful for eliminating gastrointestinal problems.
- Prevents constipation.
- Due to its carbohydrate content, it is an excellent source of energy.
- Helps remove toxins from the body.
- Eating oatmeal at least twice a week helps in the fight against gastritis and stomach ulcers
- Helps improve memory.
- Useful for preventing diseases of the cardiovascular system due to the fact that it lowers cholesterol in the blood.
- Useful for people suffering from frequent mood swings.
Methods for preparing oatmeal
We have decided on the benefits of oatmeal. It should also be noted that, undoubtedly, an important property of oatmeal is the variety of ways to prepare it. You can cook oatmeal in milk or water. You can add honey, jam, jam, berries, both frozen, fresh and dried, to it.
A particularly tasty option is oatmeal with raisins. Let's look at ways to prepare it.
There are two ways to prepare such porridge, let's look at them.
For both methods you will need:
- Cereals
- Water (or milk)
- Sugar or salt as desired
The first method is most convenient for those who do not have time to cook porridge in the morning. For this recipe it must be prepared the night before.
So, first you need to rinse the oatmeal and raisins. Next you need to pour the ingredients into a plate and pour boiling water over it. In order to get a thick porridge, the water should only slightly cover the porridge; in order to get a porridge with a thinner consistency, you need to add more water. Add salt or sugar to taste and stir. You need to cover the plate with something on top and leave it overnight. In the morning, the porridge will be needed; if desired, you will only need to warm it up.
The second method is somewhat longer and requires preparing the porridge in the morning, not in the evening.
To begin with, oatmeal, like raisins, must be washed in order to wash off excess husks and dust. Next, you need to pour both components into a saucepan and add water, focusing on the proportion? It needs to be changed depending on the desired consistency of the porridge. The less water, the thicker the porridge will be. Add salt or sugar to taste, stir. The next thing to do is place the saucepan on the gas stove and cook over low heat for seven to fifteen minutes.
That's all, a delicious and nutritious breakfast is ready.
It is recommended to eat oatmeal with raisins for many reasons, which were written about at the beginning of the article. But, perhaps, the main arguments in favor of such a breakfast will be its taste and satiety. The taste of oatmeal can be changed depending on your preferences in many ways by combining different elements, and the satiety from the porridge will allow you not to think about food until lunchtime. This breakfast is full of vitamins and will definitely have a beneficial effect on your health.
If you are already tired of regular oatmeal in the morning or your children do not want to eat such instant porridge, then try adding various ingredients when creating it to get the same dish, but with a completely different taste. Even kids will eat oatmeal with poppy seeds and raisins, especially if you flavor it with butter and granulated sugar. Before preparing oatmeal, be sure to read the instructions on the package, as some cereals are instant-cooking (3 minutes), while others are only meant to be cooked for 5-7 minutes.
Ingredients
- 70-80 g instant oat flakes
- 1.5 tbsp. l. poppy
- 1.5 tbsp. l. raisins
- 1 tbsp. l. butter
- 100-120 ml boiling water
- 1 tsp. granulated sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
Preparation
1. Pour instant oatmeal into a deep plate or container. If you only have oatmeal that needs to be cooked, first prepare it according to the instructions on the package, and then place it in a container. We’ll also add poppy seeds and raisins, which can be replaced with other dried fruits or berries if desired.
2. Add granulated sugar and salt. Be sure to add salt - it emphasizes the sweetness of the prepared dish.
3. Pour boiling water into the container and mix everything carefully, cover the container with a plate, saucer or lid. Let it sit for 3-5 minutes, according to the instructions on the package. During this time, the flakes will absorb the liquid and you will have oatmeal on your plate. The raisins will also absorb the boiling water and swell a little and become soft in taste. If desired, boiling water can be replaced with hot milk of any fat content.
4. After the specified time, remove the plate or lid and add butter to the porridge, which can be replaced with homemade cream. Mix carefully, cool slightly and serve. If you like to add honey to your porridge instead of granulated sugar, then you need to do this at this stage after the porridge has cooled slightly so that all the useful ingredients remain in it.
One of our children's favorite porridges. I “compound” it with pumpkin in very small quantities, because... When a noticeable pumpkin taste appears, children boycott any dish. Therefore, I cut the pumpkin very finely and add a little bit at a time, but often. The porridge turns out to be nutritious, with bright inclusions.
The hardest thing for me is to indicate the exact proportions, since everything is very individual. In addition, after cooking, the porridge remains on the stove for different times and thickens differently. And everyone likes a different thickness. It’s the same with sugar – it’s different for everyone.
The only thing I advise you not to exclude is just a little salt; this technique very well balances the taste of any sweet dish.
And vanilla, if you have it, be sure to add a little bit. Preferably, of course, natural. My “vanilla” (vanilla pod ground in a coffee grinder along with sugar) has run out, and the taste of vanillin after a natural vanilla stick is no longer perceived.
To prepare oatmeal with milk, pumpkin and raisins, prepare the following products.
Pour the milk into a thick-bottomed saucepan. Bring to a boil.
Pumpkin must be cut into small cubes. Wash the raisins and pour boiling water over them.
Add salt, sugar, pumpkin, oatmeal, vanilla, and raisins to boiling milk.
Bring everything together to a boil, stirring the porridge occasionally. As soon as the porridge boils, turn off the heat and leave it to simmer on the hot stove. The porridge should stand for about 15 minutes. Based on the thickness of the oatmeal, you can determine how much the viscosity suits you, and add or subtract the oatmeal the next time you cook.
If you use store-bought milk rather than homemade milk, then you need to add a little butter to the porridge.
Serve oatmeal warm or hot. Just preheat the plates.
Add nuts if desired.
Oatmeal is a popular and very healthy cereal, widely used in cooking. It makes very tasty and satisfying breakfasts that charge you with energy for the whole next day. In today's publication we will analyze in detail several quick recipes for oatmeal porridge with raisins.
If desired, add cinnamon, cream, bananas, dried apricots, nuts, apples or any berries to the finished dish. And instead of sugar, porridge can be sweetened with natural, non-crystallized honey.
With milk
This dish will certainly attract the attention of young mothers who don’t know what to feed their babies in the morning. It turns out so tasty and sweet that even the most picky guys won’t refuse it. To prepare such a healthy and nutritious breakfast, you will need:
- 250 g oatmeal.
- 900 ml pasteurized milk.
- 20 g cane sugar.
- 70 g raisins.
- Salt.
Preparing with raisins in milk is quite simple. First you need to tackle the liquid foundation. The salted and sweetened milk is placed on the stove and brought to a boil. When the first bubbles appear on its surface, add oatmeal and leave for about five minutes on low heat. Immediately after this, pour the washed raisins into a common pan. All this is covered with a lid, removed from the burner and left for a short time at room temperature.
On the water
The calorie content of oatmeal with raisins, made using the technology discussed below, is much less than that containing milk. Therefore, it can be safely offered to those who adhere to a special diet. To prepare it you will need:
- A handful of raisins.
- ½ cup oatmeal.
- 2 glasses of filtered water.
- 2 tbsp. l. sesame
- 1 tbsp. l. peeled seeds.
- 1 tbsp. l. frozen blueberries.
You need to start preparing oatmeal porridge with raisins in water by processing the dried fruits. They are washed under the tap and immersed in a pan of boiling water. After about five minutes, add oatmeal, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds and blueberries. All this is carefully mixed, covered with a lid, removed from the heat and left for a short time at room temperature.
With cream
This hearty oatmeal with raisins has a delicious cinnamon flavor. And the presence of apples makes it not only tasty, but also healthy. To feed your family this breakfast, you will need:
- 2 cups oatmeal.
- 3 cups pasteurized milk.
- 100 ml 10% cream.
- 2 tbsp. l. Sahara.
- 3 tbsp. l. drinking water.
- ½ tsp. powdered cinnamon.
- 1 tbsp. l. raisins
- 2 medium sweet apples.
Pour oatmeal into boiling milk in a thin stream and boil for about fifteen minutes. Then they add steamed raisins, cinnamon and peeled apple pieces. Mix everything carefully and leave for a short time under the lid. Before serving, each serving of porridge is topped with a sauce consisting of cream and caramel made from water and sugar.
With banana
This thick and satisfying oatmeal porridge with raisins will not go unnoticed by lovers of overseas fruits and cinnamon. It cooks very quickly, so it retains most of the nutrients. To make this dish for your morning meal, you will need:
- A glass of pasteurized milk.
- A cup of oatmeal.
- A glass of filtered water.
- A handful of raisins.
- Ripe banana.
- 1 tsp. white sugar.
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon.
Sweetened milk is diluted with the required amount of filtered water and placed on the stove. When the liquid begins to boil, add oatmeal to it and cook for about five minutes. At the end of the designated time, add cinnamon, steamed raisins and chopped banana to the pan. Everything is carefully mixed and removed from the burner almost immediately. Cover the almost finished porridge with a lid and leave for a short time at room temperature. As a rule, seven minutes is enough for it to thicken and become saturated with the aromas of spices and fruits. The energy value of 100 g of this dish is only 150.5 kcal.
With walnuts and honey
This flavorful and satisfying oatmeal with raisins does not contain a single gram of sugar. In this case, honey plays the role of a natural sweetener, which makes it not only tasty, but also very healthy. To prepare this dish you will need:
- 3 tbsp. l. oatmeal.
- 1.5 cups pasteurized milk.
- 1 tbsp. l. raisins
- 1 tbsp. l. shelled walnuts.
- ½ tsp. soft butter (butter).
- Honey and cinnamon (to taste).
The milk is poured into a suitable saucepan and placed on the switched on stove. When it starts to boil, pour pre-washed oatmeal into it and cook everything together for no longer than five minutes. Then the almost finished porridge is supplemented with steamed raisins and cinnamon, covered with a lid and infused at room temperature. Once it has cooled a little, it is sweetened with honey, seasoned with butter, sprinkled with walnuts and served for breakfast.
With dried apricots
Using the method discussed below, a very nutritious and healthy oatmeal porridge with raisins is obtained. It is ideal for children's breakfast or afternoon snack. Therefore, her recipe will arouse serious interest in every young mother. To feed your kids such a tasty and satisfying dish, you will need:
- 500 ml whole cow's milk.
- 100 g white sugar.
- 120 g oatmeal.
- 30 g raisins.
- 30 g dried apricots.
- 20 g unsalted butter (butter).
The milk is poured into any suitable saucepan, sweetened and sent to the stove. When it boils, pour oatmeal into it and leave it to simmer for a short time on the lowest heat. As soon as the porridge is completely ready, it is supplemented with washed pieces of dried apricots and steamed raisins, covered with a lid and left at room temperature. Before serving, season the dish with butter.
Interestingly, am I the only one who, having said the word “oatmeal”, wants to add - sir!? "Oatmeal, sir!" - The immortal phrase of the kind and honest butler John Barrymore, which became a catchphrase, was written into the script of the feature film, and, as far as I know, it was not heard in the original work by Arthur Conan Doyle. Moreover, she was not even mentioned there.
Despite this, oatmeal - oatmeal - is firmly associated with the “English” breakfast. Typically, the traditional breakfast in Great Britain is fried eggs with bacon or ham - Hamendags, sometimes with tomatoes and mushrooms, toasted bread and pudding. Oatmeal, however, is considered a traditional Scottish dish, almost the main dish of Scotland - the hallmark of cooking, but here it is.
Firstly, oatmeal is very simple and affordable. Secondly, it is very useful. And thirdly, oatmeal can be very diverse.
Many people believe that oatmeal is useful for dieting because it is low in calories. Not at all, the calorie content of oatmeal is slightly less than that of pork. But this porridge very gradually releases calories to the body, the longer it allows you to feel full.
Oatmeal is prepared from cereals or flakes. Frankly, I don’t even know what oatmeal is. Oatmeal is the most common product for making oatmeal, the traditional base. Flattened and steamed grains of high-quality oats are very thin, so they cook quite quickly. Sometimes it is enough to pour oatmeal into a cup and pour boiling water over it while the oatmeal cooks for up to an hour.
Oatmeal is cooked in water or milk. Quite often, sugar or honey, butter, fresh and dried fruits, nuts, as well as various spices: vanillin, cinnamon, etc. are added to oatmeal.
Surely many remember the Hercules oatmeal, in a cardboard package with the image of a cheeky boy with a spoon. I remember, I remember very well! They constantly told me - if you eat oatmeal, you will become a rolled oatmeal. But, I couldn’t stand oatmeal!
Oatmeal is not just flattened grains. The trade name “muesli” is a mixture of oatmeal with dried pieces of fruit, raisins, nuts and peeled seeds. Or “granola” - the same oatmeal with nuts and honey, baked to a crust.
But oatmeal is still porridge. Boiled or steamed grains in water or milk with tasty and healthy additives.
Oatmeal. Step by step recipe
Ingredients (2 servings)
- Oatmeal 1.5-2 cups
- Milk 0.8-1 l
- Natural honey, butter, raisins, candied fruits, nuts, vanillin, cinnamon taste
- When starting to cook oatmeal, you need to understand that oatmeal cooks very quickly, and there is no time to think about “what else should I add?” it simply won't happen. Prepare in advance everything you are going to add to the porridge.
- Oatmeal is cooked in water or milk, most often. Not being a big fan of oatmeal, I haven’t developed a relationship with it since childhood, I don’t see a noticeable taste difference between porridge cooked with water or milk. However, it is very likely that good milk has long been a fantasy. To prepare high-quality and tasty oatmeal, the milk must be natural and fresh, ideally fresh. If you doubt the quality of milk, oatmeal with water is prepared in the same way and is very tasty.
The best porridge is made with rolled oatmeal
- Since childhood, I remember that the best porridge is made with rolled oatmeal. I was surprised that the trade name “Hercules” was on sale. Buy the best cereal. To make porridge for breakfast, one glass of oatmeal is enough. By the way, an ordinary faceted glass holds 80-85 grams of oatmeal, and the calorie content of this amount is about 280 kcal.
- So, prepare a glass of cereal, boiled milk (or fresh milk, if you are sure that it is fresh), honey and tasty additives: nuts, raisins, candied fruits.
Tasty additives: nuts, raisins, candied fruits
- If you read the instructions on the package of oatmeal, and they are always there, you might think that you just need to pour boiling water over dry oatmeal and you will get oatmeal. Frankly, I have always been offended by the “just add water” technology. The porridge must be boiled; this is the only way to achieve the consistency of porridge, and not flakes swollen in water.
- Boil milk in a small saucepan. As soon as the milk starts to “run away,” reduce the heat and add 1 tbsp. l. butter and, if desired, vanilla and cinnamon.
Boil milk in a small saucepan
- Add oatmeal to milk. Stir thoroughly so that the porridge cooks uniformly. Oatmeal is cooked over the lowest heat, at which the faint formation of steam bubbles on its surface is barely noticeable.
Add oatmeal to milk
- Wash the prepared raisins and candied fruits and add them to the saucepan in which the oatmeal is cooked.
Wash the prepared raisins and candied fruits and add them to the saucepan
- At the lowest boil, the oatmeal is cooked for 5-6 minutes.
- If you like your porridge thinner, use more milk. The amount of dry cereal is enough for breakfast, taking into account that in addition to oatmeal there will be something else: toasted bread, maybe coffee or...
- After the allotted time, remove the saucepan from the heat and add 1-2 tbsp to the porridge. l. natural bee honey. The porridge can be sweeter, so use the amount of honey to taste. Stir and let the oatmeal sit for 1-2 minutes.
Add 1 tbsp to the porridge. l. natural bee honey