Healthy Pumpkin Oatmeal (for One)

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 8 mins Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup quick-cooking oats
• 1/4 cup milk
• 3 tablespoons canned pumpkin
• 1 1/2 tablespoons margarine
• 1 teaspoon apricot fruit spread
• 2 teaspoons ground golden flax seeds
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin seeds (optional)
• 5 almonds (option)
• 3 tablespoons low-fat plain yogurt

Recipe

• 1 put quick-cooking oats into a microwave-safe bowl. add milk and microwave the oatmeal about one minute.
• 2 remove bowl from microwave; the oatmeal will be quite sticky and possibly a little dry on top. stir in the pumpkin and 1 tablespoon of the margarine.
• 3 return bowl to microwave and cook for about twenty seconds.
• 4 remove bowl from microwave. stir in the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of margarine and the apricot fruit spread, until the oatmeal starts to look creamier. then stir in the flaxseed.
• 5 return bowl to microwave and cook for another twenty to thirty seconds.
• 6 remove bowl from microwave, top with pumpkin seed kernels, almonds, and plain yogurt.