Despite being a NT fan for the past six months or so, I hadn't gotten into the habit of making porridge for our family until I borrowed "the Ultimate Rice Cooker Cookbook" by Beth Hensperger from our local library. She had a complete chapter on porridges, although she didn't seem to soak her's overnight (I do, the same recipe works wonderfully). Our rice cooker is a fancy fuzzy logic variety that's programmable and can make just about anything up to and including cakes. It was pretty expensive up front, but I think it's more than made up for it over the years with all the nutritious grains, beans, and lentils we've made in it.

A suggestion inspired by the rice cooker book: save your leftover rice or porridge throughout the week and use it to make a crockpot or rice cooker "rice" (or whatever's on hand) pudding for a special Sunday breakfast. A suggestion inspired by NT: If you do any sprouting, sprout some barley and toss the sprouts into your porridge for a natural malt sweetener.