Pumpkin Oatmeal for Breakfast!

Submitted by That Napa Chicken R

"A very healthy yet yummy way to get your oats!"

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 cups quick oats
• 3 cups nonfat milk
• 1⁄2 cup canned pumpkin
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1⁄8 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon raisins
• brown sugar

directions

1. Bring milk to a boil in a medium saucepan.
2. Stir in oats and cook on a medium heat for about 5 minutes.
3. Add pumpkin and spices and stir until heated through.
4. Stir in raisins just before serving.

Reviews

[internetnut]

I gave this recipe 2 stars. I made this for my breakfast. I made this as directed. There just wasn't a sweet taste and that's how I like my oatmeal. I added 2 tbl Splenda to sweeten the oatmeal. I also wasn't crazy over the fact that the raisins didn't plump. Overall this was ok. Thanks Christine (internetnut)

 

[carlamoose]

Mmm pumpkin pie, oatmeal style! I made this in the microwave rather than the stove. You cook the oats and milk for 3 minutes. Then stir in everything else. I felt that there was too much milk, so maybe cut back by 1/4 cup.

 

[puppitypup]

Yum! With a tweak or two, this was a very good breakfast! I added 1/2 t kosher salt with the oats, and a pinch of ginger and nutmeg along with a tiny pinch of cloves with the pumpkin. I also added about 1/4 c brown sugar at the very end. The pumpkin flavor is subtle, not overpowering. Yum!

 

[PaulaG]

I saw the photo of this recipe and thought what a wonderful concept. I made some significant changes to the recipe so therefore will not rate it. I decreased the amount of oats, used water to cook them and added dry milk powder at the end of cooking. I also increased the pumpkin pie spice and omitted the cinnamon. In place of the raisins, I used dried cranberries and sprinkled the top with some chopped pecan pieces. It was like eating a slice of pumpkin pie in a bowl.

 

[Ms B.]

As written, this was very blah for our tastes. I like the concept, though. I used old fashioned oats, rather than the quick and in the future would adjust the spices. I would try omitting the pumpkin pie spice and instead use cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger (as in my favorite pumpkin pie recipe). I also felt that the recipe needed a bit of salt to bring out the flavor of the pumpkin. As I said, this is a good idea that needs some tweeking to suit our tastes. Also, downsized to just 2 servings, this recipe still made a lot of oatmeal. In the future, 1 serving would easily serve 2 people.