Cranberry Orange Oatmeal

Submitted by HokiesMom

"A very nice change to the standard cinnamon oatmeal. The original recipe called for walnuts but I enjoy almonds instead. Ready in 15 minutes!"

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 cups water
• 4 tablespoons orange juice concentrate
• 1 1⁄4 cups quick-cooking oats
• 1⁄4 cup dried cranberries
• 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 cup almonds, chopped

directions

1. In a large saucepan, bring the water and orange juice concentrate to a boil.
2. Stir in the oats and cranberries, return to a low-boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes.
3. Remove from heat and add mandarin oranges, brown sugar, cinnamon and nuts.

Reviews

[Chef Buggsy Mate]

Made this today for lunch....only I used steel cut oats as that is what we prefer. I also used 2 fresh mandarin oranges in place of the caned. I love the flavor of the cut up oranges and cranberries added to the oats. However; I found that the orange juice made the oats a bit slimy. This could be do to the fact that steel cut oats have to cook much longer. I think the next time I make this recipe I will omit the orange juice and use fresh grated orange zest instead. Thanks for sharing this recipe Hokie. Made and reviewed for the Feb.-Mar./Special Event 2010 Potluck Tag Game.

 

[LARavenscroft]

Very delicious oatmeal. What a nice change for my morning breakfast! Scaled this down to one serving and made it in the microwave. I loved the combination of flavors and will definitely make this again. Thanks for posting this Mel! Made for WTTM Tag.

 

[Studentchef]

Can you call this comfort breakfast food for a rainy. cold morning? So delicious! I stuck to the recipe and found that if you even out the manderin oranges, and use a tsp of its syrup in each bowl it is very good. My father really like almonds so we just used a little extra for him, but everyone else had equal portions.

 

[Maito]

This is a good oatmeal. I used fresh squeezed orange juice and one fresh mandarin orange (ie. tangerine) per person. I followed another reviewer and used 1/3 of the sugar, and the sweetest was just right. Next time I would halve the cinnamon and mix-ins. Thanks!

 

[Boomette]

I cheated a little bit. Instead of using mandarin oranges, I used peaches I had in the fridge. And I cooked it in the microwave. I used toasted almonds. Thanks Melissa. Made for I recommend tag.