Instant Oat Tutorial. How to Make Instant Oatmeal Breakfast is a great meal to incorporate those low cost basic foods..
Grains make a nutritious and filling meal. I am always looking to simplify my weekday breakfast routine in my home. I like to get breakfast done and over with quickly so we can move onto the important issues of the day. One food my children like me to have on hand is Instant Oatmeal. Today’s post will be on how to make your own instant oatmeal and a cost comparison of making your own to buying the little packets of Quaker Instant Oatmeal. Bulk Instant Oatmeal (the recipe can be found HERE ): Gather together your ingredients Take half the oats (10 cups) and run a few cups at a time through your food process or blender to make smaller Combine them with the other 10 cups of oats and add the powdered milk, cinnamon and salt Stir well and put in a gallon size jar To make a serving combine ½ cup of the mix with 1 cup boiling water When it is done, stir and it is ready to serve The cost was $3.42 Back to:
Making Your Own Homemade Oatmeal Packets: A Visual Guide and Cost Analysis. I love oatmeal.
I eat it for breakfast probably five days a week. It’s a very healthy fuel to get your motor running for the day, plus it can be very tasty if it’s made well. Whenever I find myself using something almost every day, I begin to wonder if I can’t reduce the cost of it somehow. This led me down the path of making my own instant oatmeal packets. Could I make them as well as (or even better than) the instant Quaker Oats packets for a cheaper price? The answer is … sort of. Here’s the plan. The Basic Recipe All you really need to make your own basic oatmeal packets at home are instant (ready to eat in one minute) oatmeal, salt, and sealable baggies to store them in – you might also want sugar or another sweetener if you wish to pre-sweeten the oatmeal.
The procedure is really easy. These will result in basic oatmeal packets very similar to the “regular” oatmeal packets sold by Quaker Oats. Flavoring It Up Of course, I like to flavor it up. Storing the packets is easy, too. Frugal Breakfast Mixes - Instant Oatmeal and Quick & Easy Pancake Mix. Some call me cheap others call me a penny pincher.
What ever name they throw on me, well that's OK. Because I am proud to be a cheap, frugal, penny pinching mama. Today I want to share two easy frugal breakfast mixes you can make at home. Sure you can buy them at the store, but they are so expensive. Why not just make them at home for next to nothing. The first breakfast mix you can make is Instant Oatmeal. So we can go through those instant packets rather quickly. It was really small print and I almost missed it, but I am glad i didn't. Well you can guess what I got up and did.............
I store the instant oatmeal in one of those big ice cream tubs you get at the grocery store. Homemade Instant Oatmeal Mix1 - 18oz container quick cooking oats1/3 - cup dry powdered milk1/2 - cup packed brown sugar1 - 2 tsp cinnamon1 - cup raisins or dried fruits Mix all of the ingredients together and store in a airtight container.
I had a container of the quick & easy pancake mix in the pantry.