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Lotta-Fruit Oatmeal Breakfast

This makes a hearty bowl for 1-2 people, depending on your appetite. Vary the fruit and the yogurt flavor to your taste.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup old-fashioned oatmeal

1 tsp oat bran (optional, for more fiber)

1 cup water

pinch salt

sprinkle cinnamon-and-sugar mix (optional)

1/4 cup raisins

1 banana, sliced

1 pear, peeled and cut into chunks

1 cup yogurt, like low-fat vanilla

Directions:

1. Put oatmeal, oat bran (if used), water, salt, cinnamon/sugar, and raisins in a pan and heat slowly over med-low heat, until bubbly and thick, about 5-7 minutes. Stir occasionally.

2. Put pear chunks into oatmeal and turn off heat. Stir. Slice in the banana. Mix lightly and dump into a cereal bowl. Make a well in the top (like for gravy on potatoes) and spoon on the yogurt. Enjoy.

Notes:

I keep cinnamon and sugar mixed in a shaker in the cupboard. You can also add a sprinkle of nutmeg, or a pinch of brown sugar. You can use more heavily flavored yogurt for a "sweeter" taste - or use plain yogurt for a tart flavor and less sugar. If I use an apple, I let it cook with the oatmeal, to soften it up a bit for easier eating. Try peaches, nectarines, cherries, fresh pineapple chunks, mangos. The basic recipe gives you 4 servings of fruit if you eat the whole thing yourself. You can also use steel-cut oatmeal, but it takes much longer. Some families cook a week's worth of steel-cut in advance and re-heat it all week.