Ingredients

• 3 cups quick-cooking oats
• 1 teaspoon salt (1/8 tsp per bag)
• sugar (optional)
• cinnamon (optional)
• brown sugar (optional)
• raisins (optional)
• wheat germ (optional)
• dried fruit (optional)

Instructions

1. Put 1/2 cup oats in a blender and blend on high until powdery.

2. Set aside in a small bowl, and repeat procedure with an additional 1/2 cup oats.

3. If you're using a food processor, you can do the 1 cup of oats in one batch.

4. Put the following ingredients into each small-size zip baggie: 1/4 cup un-powdered oats, 2 tablespoons powdered oats, and 1/8 teaspoons salt.

5. *Optional:add to each packet additional flavors.

6. Store in an airtight container.

7. To serve: Empty packet into a bowl.

8. Add 3/4 cup boiling water.

9. Stir and let stand for 2 minutes.

10. For thicker oatmeal, use less water – for thinner oatmeal, use more water.

11. *optionalflavors:.

12. Apple-Cinnamon Oatmeal-.

13. 1 tablespoons sugar.

14. 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon, and 2 tablespoons chopped dried apples.

15. Sweetened Oatmeal-.

16. 1 tablespoons sugar or 1 packet'Equal' artificial.

17. sweetener.

18. Brown Sugar/Cinnamon Oatmeal-.

19. 1 tablespoons brown sugar 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon.

20. Oatmeal w/Raisins& Brown Sugar-.

21. 1 tablespoons packed brown sugar 1 tablespoons raisins.

22. Health Nut Oatmeal-.

23. 2 tablespoons any kind of wheat germ.

24. Fruit& Cream Oatmeal.

25. 1 tablespoons non-dairy coffee creamer 2 tablespoons dried fruit.