We don't eat a lot of oatmeal in this house. For me, it's mostly that it doesn't really sound like a good meal for breakfast....though sadly i will consider cereal as it because it's easy to put together and well i'm lazy sometimes. Anyways, since we hardly eat it, we got rid of our last batch because it was so old and just had so many boxes of different ones. Not long after getting rid of what we had, oatmeal started to sound good. With the weather hopefully finally cooling down warm food like oatmeal would probably be good to have.
Well, as you can see, this isn't exactly oatmeal. Was something new so i had to try it. Didn't actually get any oatmeal so was hoping this would fit into that feeling for oatmeal i was having.
The box makes it look so yummy, doesn't it? Hopefully the people who design boxes for food get paid nicely. Though there is still always that slight "why doesn't mine look like the box?" feeling when i eat basically from boxes. Which makes me want to say it's like false advertising.....i still eat it anyways lol.
Like most boxed oatmeals, they aren't as healthy as if you made them yourself. 12g of sugar, seems a bit high. It's also 190 calories without any milk added, which mine would be high than the info on the right side of the facts because we use 2% milk. Though felt a little better thinking about it because i still keep thinking we are using whole milk. Had whole milk for so long that it's confusing to see the switch still lol.
Perks of this, it's easy to make.
I followed the suggested 1/4 cup of milk used. First time making it, didn't want to go crazy and ruin it. Was nice to see that milk alternatives can be used. I sometimes get other stuff to drink but don't get turned off from this from it's advertising using milk if you can't use milk. A coconut milk might be a good flavor add to this!
Didn't really see like a lot of food. Not that i should really be eating a lot anyways. Portion control type stuff like this can be nice for trying to eat less....if you can keep yourself away from opening another one.
So there's one packet with 1/4 milk. I stirred it slightly before heating it up.
Cooked it for the 25 seconds. And our My Little Pony microwave that my daughter gave us...looked better before the stickers got ripped.
Taadaa!
You can see here that whole "doesn't look like the box". Oh well.
So after heating it up, 2 things i liked. 1. It looks like the amount of milk you add is what you get in the end, so if you like a certain thickness/thinness, you can base it on how it looks before cooking. 2. the 25 seconds was perfect for our microwave! it was heated up but wasn't too hot. I got to eat it right away without needing to add more milk or letting it cool down.
I think we have a 1200 watt microwave, so it would vary for people with lower watt ones.
It tasted pretty good. I think i'l try less milk next time because i mostly got a milky flavor than an apple cinnamon one. The apples are the part i enjoy most, so of course i want more apples than what is in there. The crunch of the granola was pretty nice. Seems a little more filling than just normal oatmeal. If you like bigger portions, might be a nice texture to mix this with one of the instant oatmeals to get both textures in it.
It's basically just granola and warm milk....i should try it with other granola! And to make it more fun, make my own granola and then try this! Weather better start cooling down and staying cool so that i can start cooking again.
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