Oat So Simple Multi Grain Fruit Muesli

Now the cold has finally kicked in I have the perfect excuse to buy even more warm cereals. Morrisons are selling 12 sachets of Quaker Oats microwavable Oat So Simple porridge for £1 (it has to be microwavable for me, it's nicer on the hob but God help me when I forget to soak the saucepan) and while picking myself up a box I spied Multi Grain Porridge -  Fruit Muesli oats, rye & barley. 

The method is the same as the Kellogg's porridge: empty the sachet into a bowl, fill the empty sachet with milk up to the line, microwave for 2 and a half minutes, stir and wait! 

Emptying the sachet didn't give me much hope, there were a lot of oats and not much else but that's the thing with this type of easy porridge, you can't change your mind once they're open so I stuck the milk in and waited. 

The good bits must have been hidden as it certainly wasn't plain porridge after a zap - it had a delicious fruity scent and I could see the raisins, sultanas, cranberry and apple pieces. 

There is added sugar. it comes quite low on the ingredients list so there isn't much but it tastes a lot sweeter than ordinary Oat So Simple. It doesn't taste artificial or sugary sweet but rather a sweetness from the fruits which has sort of soaked through without the flavour. 

I have one photo of the porridge post-microwave, obviously porridge isn't very appealing to look at but I did try - this comes out steaming and so I ended up with a gallery of not much else besides a misty lens!

The raisins were large, juicy, chewy and had survived the microwave well.The cranberry and apple pieces were small but intense, the cranberry being the stronger of the two, and had a sweet taste that really went well with the comforting porridge. There was also small crunchy and chewy pieces, which I'm guessing are the rye and barley, they didn't add much flavour but I appreciated the texture between that and the thick porridge. 

The Multi Grain Fruit Muesli is actually described as a delicious porridge bursting with great taste and texture, and I think they've nailed it. Overall it's sweet but it's a lovely natural sweetness, it doesn't taste artificial at all and somehow manages to taste both good and good for you. There aren't many products that can claim to do that, the general rule is (with processed products) the better it is for you, the worse it tastes!

Very nice, its got my favourite porridge at the moment (Kellogg's Crunchy Nut) beat on the fact its healthier - made with wholegrains, high in fibre and protein, reasonable on sugar and low in fats and salt - but it tastes just as good! 

8/10 

Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Porridge

I'm not a big breakfast eater, I have a job that means I'm leaving for work as most people are on their way home from a night out and I really can't face eating that early in the morning. But nobody said cereal has to be eaten in the morning! 

I used to eat normal porridge until I discovered overnight oats but I was tempted back by these Crunchy Nut Porridge sachets. 

Before

Waiting..

After 

Porridge is never going to look appetising let's be honest! 

The sachets are easy enough to make up, empty contents into a bowl, fill the sachet up with milk to the line indicated, add that to the bowl, microwave for two minutes, stir and wait two minutes. 

It took a bit of stirring and what felt like longer than two minutes but it might not have been but it thickened up nicely. 

The porridge itself was fine, similar to Ready Brek - sweeter than plain oats and pretty smooth. 

The added Crunchy Nut pieces were good, nice and crunchy and the texture cut through the smooth creamy porridge well. They didn't add too much in terms of flavour overall although my pieces seemed to have all sunk to the bottom and my final few mouthfuls did have more of a nutty flavour. 

I think these sachets will be ideal for someone like my husband. He likes the idea of porridge, a nice warm filling meal/snack that's easy and quick enough to make but he can't stand the consistency of anything porridge like - mash especially! He calls it all slop, but I reckon he'd eat these as the crunchy pieces stop it having such an unpleasant (to him) mouthfeel. 

Originally I rated it a 6/10 but the lack of washing up/ease at making and quickness upped it to a 7/10.