Make Your Own Instant Oatmeal - Copycat, Clone, Substitute

"It is so much cheaper to make this than to buy those little packets of oatmeal. You can make this to your own taste and try it different ways every morning. My kids love this and even my little one eats it (with her hands, yuck!). Serving amounts is a guess."
 
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Ready In:
6mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
10
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ingredients

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directions

  • Mix together in a large air-tight container, oatmeal, brown sugar and cinnamon.
  • Stir in nuts and raisins, if desired.
  • Store until ready to use.
  • To serve, pour desired amount into microwavable bowl.
  • Add milk to desired consistency.
  • Microwave for 30 seconds, stir and microwave again for 30 seconds.
  • Stir in apples and maple syrup, if desired.

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  1. I always used to buy the oatmeal packets, but being that I eat oatmeal pretty much every morning for breakfast, I run out quickly and those little packets are expensive (not to mention more sugary than I'd like). So, I loved the idea of making my own oatmeal packets!! I usually mix the quick-cooking oats with soy milk, then add different mix-ins, depending on what I feel like! I've mixed in: apple butter, honey, cinnamon, peanut butter, granola, dried blueberries or other misc. fruit, banana, apple, chocolate chips...it's so fun to experiment and much more versatile than the same flavored packet every morning! Thanks!
     
  2. Here, I can't get Quaker, just plain oatmeal so I have been making it the same way. Sometimes I add a banana.
     
  3. Our oatmeal lover/pickest eater ever says that this is "Great!" We didn't add the nuts or raisins this time, but may next time. I also used a little 7-grain oatmeal mixed in with the quick cooking oatmeal for additonal nutrition. May also trying adding powdered dry milk to the mix for more protein. Thank you for saving me money with this recipe!
     
  4. So healthy and easy, I would have done this ages ago if I had known I could. I added some flax seed meal to boost the nutritional value and used the Splenda Brown Sugar Blend to cut down the sugar.
     
  5. Fantastic! I made a batch of this for my 2-year old DD. She won't eat anything other than oatmeal for breakfast, and actually gets mad at you if you try to give her something else. I poured just slightly over 1/2 cup in each of 11 ziploc bags, and put a heaping teaspoon of dried blueberries in 6 of the bags, and a heaping tablespoon of raisins in the other 5 bags. This isn't really much cheaper to make when you use the dried blueberries, but the freshness of the ingredients and lack of chemicals and control you have over the product, far outweigh the cost. I am happy to give this to my daughter for breakfast, and she just loves it! This will be what I use from now on, instead of the prepackaged variety. Sorry, Quaker man. :)
     
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Hi! My husband, four children and I live in NY. I think my love of cooking and eating?is in my blood. My Grandma (who was 100% Norweigan) was a wonderful cook and my mom & sisters are as well. I really enjoy baking the most. If I had some time off I would bake and look for more new recipes to try!
 
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