Ginger Peach Oatmeal

justcallmetoni's Note:

As one of those people who eat oatmeal 3 or 4 times a week, I am always looking for was to make my daily bowl more interesting. This recent invention was quite wonderful and sophisticated in flavor. Not a kid dish as the ginger adds a bit of spice, use more or less if you are inclined.

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 8 mins
• Cook Time: 7 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 1 cup oats
• 2 cups water
• 2 tablespoons crystallized ginger or 2 tablespoons candied ginger , fine diced
• 1 cup canned peaches in juice
• sugar (optional) or sugar substitute , to taste (optional)
• milk (optional) or yogurt (optional) or cream , to taste (optional)

Directions:

1. Bring water to boil in a small saucepan; add oatmeal and cook 1 minute (if you want you can use the peach juice as part of your 2 cups of liquid).
2. Add finely chopped ginger to the pot (be sure to cut small as it swells quite a bit); continue to cook another 2-3 minutes.
3. Add peaches and cook oatmeal until desired doneness, about 2-4 minutes depending on your grain and eating preferences.
4. Serve topped with sweetener, milk, yogurt or cream, again according to your tastes.

Reviews

[yogiclarebear]

oh. my. gawsh. used regular smooshed ginger, frozen (thawed) peaches.

[FLKeysJen]

Wonderful and sophisticated is the perfect description! The ginger flavor is quite strong, which I loved, but I imagine most people would want to use less. I cut the peach segments in thirds so they would be bite-sized. I cooked the oatmeal in the juice and that made it sweet enough without adding sugar. Thanks to Toni for sharing your creation!

[Maito]

Yes, this is a nice way to spice up your usual oatmeal! I used about a tsp of the crystallized ginger, and it still permeated the dish fully. I also used a couple of fresh nectarines on top. Nuts would probably go really well with this too. Thanks, Toni!