Instant Oatmeal Packets

(from kintyre’s recipe box)

Source: Andrea Ellis

Categories: breakfast, nondairy, not tried

Ingredients

  • 3 cups quick-cooking oats
  • Salt
  • Small zip baggies

Directions

  1. Put 1/2 cup oats in a blender and blend on high until powdery.

  2. Seat aside in a small bowl. And repeat procedure with an additional 1/2 cup oats.

  3. If you’re using a food processor, you can do 1 cup of oats in one batch.

  4. Put the following ingredients into each zip baggie: 1/4 cup unpowdered oats, 2 tablespoons powdered oats, and 1/8 teaspoon salt.

  5. Store in an airtight container.

  6. To serve: Empty packet into a bowl.

  7. Add 3/4 cup boiling water.

  8. Stir and let stand for 2 minutes.

  9. For thicker oatmeal, use less water – for thinner oatmeal, use more water.

  10. Variations:

  11. Apple-Cinnamon Oatmeal – To each packet add 1 tablespoon sugar, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, and 2 tablespoons chopped, dried apples.

  12. Sweetened Oatmeal – To each packet add 1 tablespoon sugar or 1 packet artificial sweetener.

  13. Brown Sugar/Cinnamon Oatmeal – To each packet add 1 tablespoon brown sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon.

  14. Oatmeal with Raisins and Brown Sugar – To each packet add 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar and 1 tablespoon raisins

  15. Health nut Oatmeal – To each packet add 2 tablespoons any kind of wheat germ.

  16. Fruit and Cream Oatmeal – To each packet add 1 tablespoon non-dairy coffee creamer and 2 tablespoons dried fruit

  17. Fun Fruit Oatmeal – To each packet, add 6 or 7 pieces of fruit snack type dehydrated fruit.

  18. Confetti Oatmeal – To each packet, and 1 teaspoon decorative cake/cookie sprinkles.

  19. S’more Oatmeal – add 6 miniature marshmallows and 1 tablespoon milk chocolate chips to each packet.

  20. Cookies ’n Cream Oatmeal – add 1 crushed Oreo cookie and 1 tablespoon non-dairy coffee creamer to each packet.

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