Oatmeal: A Secret Health Food – promised recipe post

I have been promising to post this recipe for a few close friends.  It was written with the pure neophyte in mind.  It’s just not a recipe but also a “cookipe”.  I wrote it after trying to duplicate some of the pre-packaged, flavored oatmeal packs’ tastes.  If you eat a lot of oatmeal this saves you about 2/3 the cost of the packets.  And of couse I always think my recipes are best.

Patrick’s “Secret” Microwave Oatmeal Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 cup quick oats
• 2 cups water (more or less (MOL) for desired consistency)
• ¼ cup (MOL to taste) packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (MOL to taste) (secret ingredient)
• Optional Ingredients: