Old Fashioned Oatmeal With Bananas and Raisins

Submitted by COOKGIRl

"Comfort food at its best! A nutritious way to start your day. Make sure your oatmeal is fresh and good quality! My favorite restaurant to eat breakfast in town serves their oatmeal just like this."

 

• Ready In: 13mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 1

ingredients

• 315.37 ml water
• 1.23 ml salt (optional)
• 157.80 ml old-fashioned oatmeal
• 1 banana, peeled and sliced
• 29.58 ml raisins or 29.58 ml dried cranberries
• 14.79 ml brown sugar
• milk (soymilk, half and half, rice milk)

directions

1. In small pot bring the water and salt to boil.
2. Slowly stir in the *oatmeal, using a fork to break up any lumps. Once boiling has subsided, cover pan and cook on medium-low for 10-12 minutes.
3. Remove pan from heating element and let sit, covered, for an additional 2-3 minutes.
4. Transfer oatmeal to serving bowl and top with the sliced bananas, raisins and brown sugar. Serve with milk or milk substitute on the side if you wish.
5. *NOTE: for creamier consistency, add the oatmeal {{before}} bringing water to the boil.
6. Yield: 1 large serving or 2 small servings.

Reviews

[HeathersCookin]

The cooking time is way too long - I don't like my oatmeal that mushy. Also, I never understood oatmeal recipes that use water... I always use milk - it's much creamier! Lastly, the milk, bananas, and raisins alone make a bowl of oatmeal plenty sweet - you really don't need the added sugar.

 

[Sam 3]

I screwed up and used quick oats so had to drain some excess water, but it still tasted great! I used cinnamon, raisins and brown sugar.

 

[UmmBinat]

Tasty oatmeal breakfast. With significantly less cooking time and the same toppings, I used organic quick cooking oats, dark raisins and dark brown sugar, using the creamier consistency option. I had no milk but would serve it with rice milk another time. I would like to try this again with old-fashioned oats.

 

[PaulaG]

This produces a very creamy bowl of oats. I used the dried cranberries and made 1 1/2 servings for DH and I which was perfect. My oats were sticking a little at the end of 8 minutes. So I turned them off and allowed them to stand the 3 minutes. This has many possabilities like adding nuts, cinnamon, etc. I will use this cooking method again. Thanks.

 

[Shellbelle]

Great oatmeal recipe with wonderful flavor! No substitutions required for me. The cooking instructions were clear and easy to follow. Thanks for sharing this recipe CG!