back home.

One of the {few...} perks of being back home is that I can go back to making my beloved stove-top oats...I used to be OBSESSED with them last year and now that I'm in college, I've been eating the store-bought instant kind {loaded with weird chemicals and artificial flavors} for too long!

Anyway, here are my favorite oatmeal recipes.

Chocolate Milk Oatmeal

in the mix:

1/3 cup oats

1 cup milk

1/2 banana

1 tbsp cocoa powder

1/2 tbsp vanilla extract

sweetener of choice

{for all the recipes, you pretty much dump everything into the stove - slice the banana first - and mix with the stove set on high until it begins to bubble. Then mix some more until you get a thicker consistency - however you like it}

toppings:

1-2 tbsp White Chocolate Wonderful peanut butter/Dark Chocolate Dreams peanut butter/Nutella {be careful not to add the Nutella when it's too hot...it will lose flavor}

1/2 banana

PB&J Oatmeal

in the mix:

1/3 cup oats

1 cup milk

1/2 banana

1/2 tbsp vanilla extract

sweetener of choice

toppings:

1-2 tbsp peanut butter of choice, preferably not flavored {Skippy Natural is my favorite}

1 tbsp jelly

1/2 banana

S'mores Oatmeal

in the mix:

1/3 cup oats

1 cup milk

1/2 banana

1/2 tbsp vanilla extract

sweetener of choice

toppings:

1-2 tbsp Dark Chocolate Dreams peanut butter {or Nutella}

t tbsp marshmallow creme of choice

2 crushed Graham crackers

1/2 banana

Cinnamon Roll Oatmeal

in the mix:

1/3 cup oats

1 cup milk

1/2 banana

1/2 tbsp vanilla extract

sweetener of choice

LOTS of cinnamon

toppings:

1-2 tbsp Cinnamon Raisin Swirl peanut butter

1/2 banana

raisins if you'd like {personally I don't}

as much glaze as you'd like

My favorite thing to do when you're running out of peanut butter: oats in a jar! Just dump whichever oatmeal you made into your nearly-empty peanut butter jar...yum...it's a nutty, delicious, melty, peanut-y taste with every bite.

Anyways...can't wait til break is over already...miss my independence/texting/friends/Mike plus I'm taking cool classes next semester {yeah yeah I'm a nerd} and I'm rushing!

Debs.