Ingredients
- 3 cup low-fat milk
- 3 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 cups uncooked oats, quick or old fashioned
- 3 medium ripe banana, mashed,+ slices for topping (optional)
- 1 1/2 cups nonfat plain yogurt, (optional)
- 2 tablespoons pecans, coarsely chopped and toasted,+ halves for topping (optional)
Directions
In a medium saucepan, bring milk, sugar, salt and spices to gentle boil (watch carefully).
Stir in oats. Return to boil; reduce heat to medium. Cook 1 minute for quick oats, 5 minutes for old fashioned oats or until most of the liquid is absorbed, stirring occasionally. Remove oatmeal from heat.
Stir in mashed bananas and pecans. Spoon oatmeal into six cereal bowls.
Top with yogurt, sliced bananas and pecan halves, (if using).
Serve and enjoy!
Recipe in Action
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6 servings
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Difficulty: Easy
Nutrition Tip 
Oatmeal is a great nutritious breakfast, especially when fruit and spices are added to give extra flavor. Oats are a natural whole grain adding fiber and vitamins to our diet.
The Midwestern states are big producers of oats.
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