Porridge

Microwave porridge with rolled oats and milk The cheapest warm breakfast here. Ordinary porridge oats cook in the microwave in a few minutes: one well-known brand's packet gives 40g of oats to 275ml of milk or water for three and a half minutes on high, uncovered. Use a deep bowl, because it rises and can boil over. Oats are cheap and bring fibre, vitamins and minerals, and a sliced banana or chopped pear sweetens it in place of sugar or syrup. Plain oats from a big bag beat flavoured sachets such as golden syrup, which bring the sweetness you were trying to leave out.