Weekly Recipe: Fancy-Schmancy Oatmeal

Fancy-Schmancy Oatmeal
Serves 1
3 Points value

1/2 cup regular oats (not instant)
3 Tbsp canned pure pumpkin
1 Tbsp sugar-free maple syrup
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1 no-calorie sweetener packet
Dash of salt

Bring 1 cup of water to a boil in a small pot (use less water for thicker oatmeal, and more water for thinner oatmeal). Add oats and reduce heat to medium. Stirring occasionally, cook for 5 minutes.

Add pumpkin, maple syrup, cinnamon, sweetener, and salt to the pot and stir. Spoon into a bowl and enjoy.

Per serving (entire recipe): 183 calories, 2.5g fat, 5.5g fiber, 187mg sodium

Recipe courtesy of Hungry Girl

Note: if you don't have time to cook in the morning, take my advice. Make up 5 servings of this at once. Store the cooked oatmeal in your fridge in single serving sizes (think Gladware containers). It will reheat just fine, but might be thick. I like my oatmeal super thick, so that's cool, but you can always add a little water before you reheat it to thin it out.