Instant Oatmeal

I still haven't found a solution to easily make one serving of oatmeal for my husband. He doesn't care for it leftover and I tried a few microwave recipes that I didn't care for.

For now, I've made up individual baggies with the dry ingrdients and will prepare it on the stove a few times a week for him. In the baggies I put:

• 3/4 cup rolled oats (I don't use quick oats - supposedly they break down faster in your body)
• 1 T brown sugar
• sprinkle some cinnamon over the top

In the morning I dump in the baggie of goodies, add 1 cup milk and 1/2 cup water. Bring to a boil and then simmer for a bit. The milk makes it creamy and adds a bit of protein.

He likes cut up apples or raisins in his oatmeal.

I do anything I can to make our mornings go more smoothly - my brain doesn't function at 6:15AM!

P.S. I'll be posting more after I get my garden planted. No wonder vegetables are so stinkin' expensive - this is back breaking work. I have 4 tomato plants in the ground and now it's supposed to by windy and rainy the rest of this week. Hopefully my wall o' water doesn't fall down and crush my tomato plant!