I am passionate about porridge. I eat it every day and it is the king of breakfasts.

It is also a malleable breakfast. It's convenient. If your office or home has a microwave you are only five minutes away from a delicious hot meal that will sustain you until lunch and beyond.

I am a porridge samurai. I've been cooking porridge in a microwave practically every working day for the past three years. During this time I have sharpened my sword. Today I would like to share with you my techniques.

Managing Editor of Lifehacker, Mark Serrels, has probably put more oats into his body than should be physically possible. He swears by the stuff. I always thought that the preparation time was just a little too much for me. However, after reading this guide, I am beginning to consider oats as great breakfast option.

Depending on how the oats you use were processed, your oatmeal can come out either too chewy or too mushy. For the perfect texture, combine rolled and steel cut oats together.

Porridge. In January 2013 I ate porridge every morning for breakfast. It started as a holiday thing. I loved it so much that I decided to eat it for breakfast forever. In 2013 I estimate that, out of 365 days of the year, I didn’t eat porridge roughly 20 days. That’s a fairly good innings.

I learned some things along the way.

Some offices that have snacks around have packets of microwave oats. They're easy snacks and breakfasts, and you just need a bowl and some water, but they're a little boring. The fix is easy: Grab a banana. Bring one from home, or maybe there's one in that same pantry.

Homemade granola may be vastly superior to the boxed stuff, but the hour of work required by most recipes means you've got to plan ahead. If you're not so good at forethought, don't worry! Food 52 has you covered: their granola can be made in less than half the time, using your stove top rather than oven.

Steel-cut oats make for a delicious and nutritious breakfast but they're not something you can whip up in a hurry. Preparing in advance is key and there are a few tricks you can employ to make sure you end up with a tasty bowl of creamy oats.