Throwing together a batch of instant oatmeal mix doesn't take much time at all. It's healthier than the store-bought stuff (what exactly is in those artificially flavored strawberry bits?), it's way less expensive, and it helps you rotate your basic food storage items.
The basic recipe is as follows:
8 cups quick oats
1 cup dry milk
1 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons instant vanilla pudding mix, optional
Whirl
6 of the 8 cups of oats in a blender to make them a little finer. In a
large bowl, combine the oats, dry milk, sugar, and pudding mix.
For flavored options, choose one of the following:
Blueberry
Stir in 2 1/2 cups of freeze-dried blueberries
Strawberry, Banana, or Peach
Whirl 2 1/2 cups of your choice of fruit in the blender a little bit to get smaller pieces, then stir into the oatmeal mix.
Apples and Cinnamon
Whirl
2 1/2 cups of dehydrated or freeze-dried apples in a blender to chop
them up a bit. Substitute brown sugar for the granulated sugar. Stir
in 2 tablespoons cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon cloves, and 1/4 teaspoon
allspice.
Store in an airtight container. Or package into snack-size baggies if your children have difficulty with portion control.
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All About Dry Milk
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Oats
30 november 2018
13 march 2021
ONE cup of sugar ??
ReplyDeletethat would be 1/2 cup per Cup of cereal
I'm not anti sugar and I'm not a good cook like you are, but that seems like too much sugar.
I've eaten a lot of the "store bought" instant oatmeal (2 pkgs at a time), and it's hard to believe there's a 1/2 cup of sugar in there.
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I'm not quite sure how you're doing your calculations. Per this recipe, if you have half a cup of sugar in your cereal bowl, you also have 4 cups of oats, plus the other ingredients, plus all the water to prepare it. That's a hackuva lot of oatmeal for breakfast. Most of us get 8 servings out of that batch, so 1 cup of oats, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1/4 cup of fruit, and 3/4 teaspoon of vanilla pudding. Yes, it's more sugar than we really need, but it's not 1/2 cup for sure.
DeleteThe "strawberry" bits in many of these types of things are strawberry flavored dehydrated apple bits.
ReplyDeleteWhy not leave the sugar out all together and then add what you want once the oatmeal is cooked? Problem solved to me.Thanks for the recipe
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