Recipe: Homemade Instant Oatmeal

The Girl loves oatmeal for breakfast.  But, we've gone terribly wrong somewhere along the way.  She doesn't like honest-to-goodness cooked on the stove, old fashioned oatmeal.  No matter how much maple and brown sugar I put in it.  Nope.

She only likes instant oatmeal.

And that gets expensive.

So, I decided to see how homemade instant oatmeal works out.

Please ignore the directions on here - use a 1:1 ratio instead.

Homemade Instant Oatmeal (Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Variation)

3 1/2 c quick cooking oats
1/2 c brown sugar
1/2 c beveri flax seed milled with berries
1 Tbsp cinnamon
1/2 c dry milk

In a food processor or a blender, pulverize 1/2 c of the oats.  Stir in the remaining ingredients.  Store in an air tight container.  For each bowl of oatmeal, add 1/4 c of the mixture to a bowl.  Pour 1/4 c -1/3 c boiling water over it (depending on how thick you like your oatmeal), stir, and let sit for about 2 minutes. 

The variations are endless - Stir in what you like, make it to your own desired sweetness, add peanut butter for a really interesting treat!

The recipe as written, per 1/4 cup mix =

Nutrition Facts
20 Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories		86.4
Total Fat		1.8 g
	Saturated Fat	0.3 g
	Polyunsaturated Fat	1.0 g
	Monounsaturated Fat	0.5 g
Cholesterol		0.0 mg
Sodium		146.5 mg
Potassium		89.3 mg
Total Carbohydrate		17.4 g
	Dietary Fiber	2.3 g
	Sugars	7.6 g
Protein		3.0 g

Vitamin A	15.2 %
Vitamin B-12	0.0 %
Vitamin B-6	18.3 %
Vitamin C	0.1 %
Vitamin D	0.6 %
Vitamin E	0.5 %
Calcium	9.8 %
Copper	3.1 %
Folate	12.1 %
Iron	18.7 %
Magnesium	5.6 %
Manganese	26.6 %
Niacin	13.5 %
Pantothenic Acid	1.8 %
Phosphorus	6.8 %
Riboflavin	8.3 %
Selenium	10.3 %
Thiamin	17.5 %
Zinc	2.9 %