Here’s a quick and healthy way to start a cold winter morning: For a single serving, put half a cup of rolled oats with a cup of water in a microwavable bowl. Microwave for 3 minutes. Make sure you use a bowl that is big enough to allow for a bit of boiling to occur in the microwave, or else it might boil over. After you remove from the microwave, stir in a little brown sugar and milk, or whatever toppings you like. You could add fruit, maple syrup . . . be creative! We eat this regularly in our house, plus I use rolled oats often in bread that I bake in my bread maker, so we go through a lot of rolled oats. I buy them in bulk at the natural food store, and to be extra-environmentally conscious (think less waste and less factory packaging results in less energy usage) I take in a plastic pantry bin with me and have the store measure it before I fill it. Then they subtract the “original” weight from the weight after I fill it with oats and just charge me for that.
