Measure out 1/2 cup old fashioned oats. Add one cup of water, give or take depending on your preference. Add a pinch of salt. This all goes into a microwave safe bowl.
Microwave for 3 minutes.
Add 1/4 cup fruit. I prefer rasins because they are sweet. Here I used red and golden.
Add a sprinkle of cinnamon.
Tip: Oatmeal takes a few minutes to cool down, so I would recommend you put it in the microwave 5-10 minutes before eating. You can fix your lunch while waiting for it to cool.
Why not just buy instant oatmeal prepackaged? Here are the ingredients:
Ingredients
WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, RAISINS, SUGAR, SALT, CALCIUM CARBONATE, OAT FLOUR, GUAR GUM, SPICES, NIACINAMIDE*, REDUCED IRON, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE*, RIBOFLAVIN*, THIAMIN MONONITRATE*, FOLIC ACID*.*ONE OF THE B VITAMINS
The amount of sugar in one packet of the rasin spice oatmeal is 14 grams.
I bought name brand Quaker Oats and measured out at least 26 servings (should have measured before we'd used some of it). Even if you paid $4.00 per canister and you only got 26 servings, you'd be paying 15 cents per serving! Raisins are also cheap. You have a whole grain breakfast with a serving of fruit on the side without any ingredients you can't pronounce or don't recognize. I appreciate the instant oatmeal makers attempting to give me some extra vitamins but I believe I'll just get those in my fruits and veggies instead.
We also eat boxed cereals some days but only after reviewing the label. It has to be whole grain and it shouldn't have ingredients we can't pronounce.
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