Thursday, March 24, 2011

Hearty Berry Oatmeal

I'm fortunate to have toddlers to feed, who have never gotten a taste for expensive, extruded boxed cereals.  Instead, we rotate between toast and peanut butter, eggs, our own version of green smoothies, and jazzed-up oatmeal.


This is our favorite variation: oatmeal with berries.


Our old-fashioned oats (soaked the night before if I remember) are both more nutritious and less expensive than instant oatmeal.  We add some frozen berries (not terribly frugal, but a little goes a long way) to the cooking pot, with a little bit of salt, and let it all boil together.  Then, when it reaches the desired consistency, we top it with a generous pat of butter.  The sweetness of the berries makes additional sweetening unnecessary (although I sometimes add honey to my own if it's been a particularly crazy morning....)

Yum!  Real Oatmeal with berries and butter beats expensive "berries and cream" concoctions from an envelope every time!

Posted at Pennywise Platter Thursday at The Nourishing Gourmet

7 comments:

  1. I love oatmeal! The instant ones seem silly to me... I mean Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats don't take all that long to cook. In the time it takes to cook it, I can get my mix-ins ready and get the table set.

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  2. If you're in Portland, OR - I've seen the straws at New Seasons (Raliegh Hills). Thanks for the Green Smoothie recipe. The last ones I made (going from the green smoothie girl) were not very tasty (pretty dang gross actually). I'm looking forward to giving it a try again.

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  3. Jackie, I so agree! Cheaper and healthier convinced me!

    Tracey, I'm not in the Portland area, but maybe I'll ask my sister in Corvallis to pick some up next time she is there. I wasn't wildly impressed by the flavor of my last green smoothie girl recipe either, but I love my own variation, and so do the kids! Thank you for stopping by!

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  4. This sounds awesome..I think that my kids will love your berry oatmeal!

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  5. Sandra, I hope it's a huge success!

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  6. Once a person has had real, home cooked oatmeal, I don't think those packages hold a candle to the real thing.

    I have really loved reading this new blog and am going to try out this berry-oatmeal combo! we like to sweeten ours with honey too....mmmmm

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  7. Mmm, sweetening with honey may be one of my favorite activities... enjoy!

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