1/4 cup oats, firmly packed
2/3 cup water
Microwave 2 minutes in large soup bowl.
I use traditional old fashioned oats (NOT quick cooking).
Cinnamon roll oatmeal:
Add in a few shakes of cinnamon and tablespoon of brown sugar (loosely scooped, NOT firmly packed). Gently stir so the oatmeal doesn’t get mushy. Drizzle with cream.
Apple Pie ala mode Oatmeal:
Add in a few shakes of cinnamon, tablespoon of brown sugar (loosely scooped, NOT firmly packed) and some chopped granny smith apples. Gently stir so the oatmeal doesn’t get mushy. Drizzle with cream.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Oatmeal:
Add in a few shakes of cinnamon and tablespoon of brown sugar (loosely scooped, NOT firmly packed). Gently stir so the oatmeal doesn’t get mushy. Add a tablespoon of plump raisins and chopped pecans.
Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal:
Add in a few shakes of pumpkin pie spice (cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice), tablespoon of brown sugar (loosely scooped, NOT firmly packed) and about one tablespoon of canned pumpkin puree (NOT canned pumpkin pie puree). Gently stir so the oatmeal doesn’t get mushy. Drizzle with cream.
Blueberry Muffin Oatmeal:
Add in a few shakes of cinnamon and tablespoon of white sugar. Gently stir so the oatmeal doesn’t get mushy. Add a handful of blueberries then drizzle with cream.
Power Packed Maple Oatmeal:
Add in a few shakes of cinnamon and tablespoon of maple syrup (real, not the artificial pancake stuff). Gently stir so the oatmeal doesn’t get mushy. Add a tablespoon of plump raisins, chopped pecans and coconut. Sprinkle with wheat germ.
Cherry Pie Oatmeal:
Add in a few shakes of cinnamon and tablespoon of white sugar. Gently stir so the oatmeal doesn’t get mushy. Add a handful of chopped cherries then drizzle with cream.
To make the stir ins even easier, I freeze them ahead of time. Open a can of pumpkin puree and freeze it in ice cube trays, sprayed with pam. When they’re frozen, I pop them out of the trays and put in Ziploc baggies. About two trays fit comfortably in a quart bag. If you don’t have ice cube trays, just use a regular soup/tablespoon and drop them on a cookie sheet (just like cookies) then freeze them. For the fruits, I puree/chop them and freeze just the same.
Happy Breakfast!
Submitted By: Amy DeWidt
