Basic Pursuits

Orzo is a pasta that looks somewhat like large grains of rice. You
can cook it like rice and that gives it an advantage over other
pastas. If your flavor the water you cook it in with broth. The pasta
absorbs the flavor of the broth like rice. You can add enough flavor that you
don't have to put a sauce on it, saving you time and calories.

There is another advantage. You can add lots of nutrition. For
example you can throw in a bag of frozen peas and a pound of frozen
spinach.

Furthermore, you can brown up some protein like chicken breast and
add it.

According to Wikipedia, "Porridge is a simple dish made by boiling oats (normally crushed oats, occasionally oatmeal) or another cereal in water, milk or both."

Porridge for those who enjoy it is a top-of-the-list source of high-nutrition, low-calorie eating. You have lots of control over the nutrition that it delivers and how it tastes. It's a great way to start the day, getting you going with a high energy macro-nutrient balanced meal that will stick to most people until lunch. It provides a powerful profile of micro-nutrients as well as lots of fiber. Viva el porridge!