Instant Hot Oat Cereal

Frequent

AKA, the Aldi or Lidl version of Ready Brek!

Today I made falafel for lunch and either I don't like falafel or I made bad falafel. So I needed a quick standby and had a bowl of this stuff with skimmed milk. As many of you know, I am trying to lose weight.

I want your advice on whether or not to eat it.

Ingredients:

Rolled oats, Oat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Pantothenic Acid, Vitamin B6, Riboflavin, Thiamin, Folic Acid, Vitamin B12.

Nutritional values per 40g serving:

144 calories
Protein 4.7g
Carbs 23.4g, of which sugars 0.7g
Fat 3.5g, of which saturates 0.5g
Fibre 3.2g
Sodium Trace

This looks great to me. It has a lot less calories than the muesli which I often eat. I wouldn't plan to replace porridge with it, but it would be great for me to have a very quick and delicious meal every now and again when I need a standby. Eating it with milk should lower the GI, right?

I'd like the opinions of the food facists.

because_I_can

first of all - good luck with your loss weight loss - i read your diary. a bit of a harsh title on yourself. remember everyone is their own worse critic so you're probalbly a lot closer to your goal than you know.

best of luck either way.

my personal rule of thumb is if its anyway processed at all i try to avoid it.
i would not eat this.
Plus its fairly empty carbs.

The only time i eat carbs like this are first thing in the morning and its that bunalun organic oats. other than that as little empty carbs as possible. I'd have some fruit an hour before workout and my post workout shake is 2:1 carbs:protein but i need this
my carbs come from fruit (very little starchy stuffs), fresh veggies

by empty carbs i mean breads, pasta etc

my diet would be very much high protein, high good fats, low carbs and the occasional feed up day of carbs depending on training schedule/ matches etc

you really dont need high carbs (by high i mean 30% or more) unless you're a marathon runner, team sports player in high season.

I go with 50protein:30fats:20carbs mostly and its fine as long as i time it correctly.

you'd be surprised how much broccoli etc you can eat and still keep to this ratio and lose weight
i found when i started eating clean that i couldnt eat enough food a day to get to 3000kcals that i need for maintenance not to mind the 4kcals that id need to bulk.

SystemError

Oh no I love Ready Brek ! Its so much easier to make than porridge oats and smoooth. Is it really that bad ?
Thanks "because_I_can" for ruining my life

brianthebard

Sorry but why is ready brek easier than porridge? Porridge meets milk/water in a bowl. Is introduced to microwave where it is happily nuked for about three minutes. Steaming hot bowl of carbs exits microwave to be reunited with milk/water and some honey.

Thats fairly quick eating in fairness and its dead cheap, less than two quid for a two kilo bag of organic flavahans in dunnes!!!

I mean if you are worried about overly processed food I think the above is a handy alternative

(not meant as an insult just don't get why people think porridge is more timeconsuming/complex than ready brek )

davyjose

I'm eating porridge right now - runny, lots of water, no milk, bit of salt - magic!

walt0r

I don't like to microwave my porridge. It's nearly as fast to stick it in the pot and cook it and tastes way better. Letting it soak overnight is the biz but normally I'm too lazy to do it before bed. Porridge is the ****. You need to have half milk in it though because it's mank with only water.

Frequent

Ok, I am with you all on the merits of porridge. I eat it several mornings a week.

Ready brek is quite obviously much quicker than porridge. You put it in the bowl, you add milk, you eat it. It is also easier to eat, in my opinion.

because_I_can, I appreciate your input. Would that be the general consensus? I thought there for a moment I had found a food that didn't require effort and that I actually like the taste of. I have to say I do not enjoy porridge.

cormac30

O.K.
Basic question but is it better to have milk with water rather than with milk. I usually use slimline milk to cut out the fat. But apart from that is there any negative in having milk in your porridge??
also any suggestions on how to make porridge really yummy?
Cormac

walt0r

I try to use as little milk as possible for my own personal reasons (I tend to break out in acne from dairy products, go figure). But I love milk. It's a pity I can't add more as it really makes the porridge better. The only concern you should have is the high caloric content of milk, but if you are just having milk with your porridge in the morning it's not going to be an extra 1000 calories in your daily diet. Just enjoy your breakfast, but if you're really worried then use low-fat milk (not as nice).

Frequent

Argh! My thread has been hijacked into a porrige debate! Let's stick to the topic of generic brand Ready Brek. Evil or not?

rubadub

Frequent wrote:

Nutritional values per 40g serving:

144 calories
Protein 4.7g
Carbs 23.4g, of which sugars 0.7g
Fat 3.5g, of which saturates 0.5g
Fibre 3.2g
Sodium Trace

This looks great to me. It has a lot less calories than the muesli which I often eat.

Thats 360kcal per 100g, thats about the same calories as the museli I eat (expensive ones have more honey, sugar and nuts and so more calories). I think my porridge is about 220kcal per 100g

Is that "serving" including the milk?
Be careful when calculating calorie sizes on packets, a "portion" is usually half what a normal adult would eat. You really have to weigh stuff to be sure.

Kinetic^

You want porridge.........I'll give you porridge!!!

Fill half a mug with porridge oats. 1 tea spoon of cocao(sp) powder. Mix.

Then fill to the top with low fat milk. Mix again.

Pour into a deep bowl as you don't want the expanding oats spilling onto your microwave dish.........there'll be plenty of dirty dishes to wash after this, so I doubt your missus will want to wash the microwave out as well

Heat for 2 minutes 20 seconds.

Then add approximately 2 scoops of EAS chocolate to it and stir.

Yummy for your tummy!!!