Heart Healthy Steel Cut Oatmeal (with Choice Of Variations)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon light margarine
• 1 cup steel cut oats
• 3 cups boiling water
• 1 cup skim milk

Recipe

• 1 in a large pan, melt the margarine and add the oatmeal.
• 2 stir the oatmeal into the margarine and toast it until it's golden brown, about 2 minutes.
• 3 add the boiling water and reduce the heat to a simmer. cover with a tight-fittig lid.
• 4 simmer for 25 minutes. watch the mixture carefully and stir to prevent overflow and sticking to pan.
• 5 after 25 minutes, add the milk to the oatmeal.
• 6 stir gently and cook on low for an additional 10 minutes.
• 7 scoop into a serving bowl and top with sweetener and milk, if desired.
• 8 variations to be added at same time as milk.
• 9 (choose one):.
• 10 *1/2 can pure pumpkin and 1 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice.
• 11 *one chopped apple (with or without skins) and 1 teaspoons apple pie spice.
• 12 *2 ripe, smashed bananas and 1 teaspoons cinnamon.
• 13 *1 cup cranberries and 1 teaspoons cinnamon.