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Did you know... that porridge can improve your sex life!

That's right... porridge oats can boost libido by helping to re-balance testosterone and oestrogen in the body. Testosterone drives sexual desire in both sexes. Men with low testosterone levels go off sex!!

Have you had your oats today?!

The Porridge Cleanser!

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Cleansing your face is a skincare 'must' to help achieve healthy, cleaner-looking skin - it helps remove dirt as well as deep cleansing the pores. But did you know that you can use porridge oats as a DIY cleanser?

Oats can help relieve itchiness, irritations and redness as well as absorbing the dirt and impurities, whilst exfoliating the skin without all the harmful chemicals that some beauty and skincare products have in them, making them the perfect cleansing product. 

This is an all-natural way to exfoliate and cleanse the face. If you want to give it a go then follow these easy steps:

1. Grab a plan full of porridge oats, we suggest using our Porridge with added Cane Sugar. The sugar will help exfoliate those tough dry patches. 

2. Clench your fingers together into a fist and run under lukewarm water for around 10 seconds. The water should seep through the gaps of your fingers and be partly soaked up by the oats. 

3. Open up your first and the oats should feel saturated and soft, if not add a couple of drops/splashes of water until they do. Spend around a minute massaging them into the face. This can be quite messy so make sure you are leaning over the basin at this point. 

4. Rinse face with lukewarm water, to help remove the remaining oats and sugar, then pat face dry. Finish off be applying a moisturiser of your choice.

Crunchy Granola!

What is it they say about the simple things in life being the best? In this case it's definitely true...

This happens to be the best granola you'll ever taste and the actual making is incredibly easy. You can have it with milk for breakfast; over yogurt; drizzled with honey late at night; or just grab a handful as you pass the jar for an on-the-go snack.

INGREDIENTS:
65g brazil nuts, crushed
35g whole almonds, crushed
25g macadamia nuts, crushed
25g hazelnuts, crushed
2 pots of Grasshopper Coconut & Date porridge
75g unrefined sugar
7 tbsp maple syrup
50g unsalted butter
6 tbsp hazelnut oil (from supermarkets)

METHOD:
1. Preheat oven to 160 C (fan - 140 C).
2. Crush each type of nut and roast on a baking tray separately until they turn golden. Do the same with the oats - bake until golden.
3. Turn the oven down to 120 C and mix the roasted ingredients in a bowl. Put the sugar, maple syrup, butter and hazelnut oil into a pan, melt and then add to the dry ingredients, mix well.
4. Place mixture back onto the backing tray and bake for 15-20 minutes.
5. All to cool, then break into large crunchy pieces.

And enjoy!

Pimp Your Porridge!!

Grasshopper Pots are available online in a standard and hopper pot.

Porridge, it's a perfect way to warm up on a cold winters morning!

Whether you prefer something plain and simple, or maybe something fruity, or even some spice... it's the perfect breakfast for the whole family!

Here at Hopper Heads HQ, we want to know how you 'Pimp Your Porridge'... what ingredients do you add to make you're breakfast special? Simply leave a comment or send us a tweet - don't forget to use the hashtag #PimpYourPorridge

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National Porridge Day!

It's national porridge day - hurray! 

Great timing as well as the weather has turned a lot cooler - it's time to start getting those wooly jumpers out and don't forget your pots of porridge! Warm up and eat up with these delicious oats. 

Check out our Porridge's over on our website, grasshopper-foods.com

Porridge Love

Have you seen the latest article on the Daily Mail?

We most certainly have and so should you - it's all about Porridge!

Why not go take a look at the article? It has some facts and figures about Porridge but also tells you all the health benefits that go along with eating a bowl (or pot) of delicious porridge for breakfast!

Fantastic Flapjacks

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What is it that they say about the simple things in life being the best? In this case it's definitely true... Here at Grasshopper we pride ourselves on being very quick and convenient to prepare, but if you have 5 minutes to spare, there are plenty of delicious goodness recipes that can be made using out porridge pots.

Did you know you can make classic, chewy and good for your soul flapjacks that are so easy to do... and hard to beat!

Ingredients:

4 pots of Grasshopper’s Cane Sugar Porridge
175 grams butter
100 grams soft brown sugar
1 tablespoon golden syrup

Method

1. Preheat oven to 150C. Lightly grease a 20cm baking tin.
2. In a large pan, melt together the butter, sugar & syrup, while stirring. When melted, remove from the heat and stir in the porridge oats.
3. Pour into tin and smooth the surface with a spoon. Bake for 35-40 mins or until the edges are brown and the surface has turned golden.
4. Place the tin on a wire rack. Cut into squares after 10 minutes, but leave to cool completely before removing from the tin.