Sep222008
Pumpkin Oatmeal
Filed under Breakfast by kristen at 3:06 pm on Sep 22 2008
I had forgot how yummy this oatmeal was. This is a recipe that I posted last fall on my old site. When I was moving recipes over, this is one of the recipes that had formatting problems. So it didn’t get moved. I figured that if I had to retype it, I might as well make it and photograph it. I would suffer so that everyone could see a picture. LOL.
Pumpkin Oatmeal
2 cups steel cut oatmeal
3 1/2 cups water
3 1/2 cups skim milk
15 ounce can pumpkin (not pumpkin mix filling)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1/4 cup Splenda
There are two different ways you can make this recipe:
1) In a crock pot, combine all ingredients. Cook on low for 3 hours. Or overnight. Stir occasionally.
or
2) Combine all ingredients in pan and simmer for 30 minutes or until oats are tender and cooked through. Stir occasionally so that oats do not stick on bottom of pan.
I have always made this in the crock pot before today. This morning my crock pot was dirty. I was too tired from our weekend trip to wash it. Ridiculous but true. It turned out just fine on the stovetop. It just took a little more attention than it did in the crock pot.
It makes a lot of oatmeal. 8 one cup servings. Nutritional information for one serving 206 calories, 3.22 grams fat, 6.19 grams fiber.
I usually don’t have this big of breakfast but I find that this keeps me full for some time. It is a large serving of oatmeal. It also freezes great. I portion it out in to one cup servings and pop in the freezer. I then reheat it and put a small splash of fat free half and half in it.
Enjoy!
Note: If this picture doesn’t look appetizing, give it a try. I don’t know how a person can make oatmeal look good in a picture. LOL.
1 Lisa D.on 24 Sep 2008 at 12:26 pm
I made this last evening. It is delicious. I used regular quaker oats (3 cups instead of 2) and I used cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and allspice (just a sprinkling) because I didn’t have pumpkin pie spice. It is incredibly filling and satisfying and tasty. Held me easily from 6AM till my lunch hour. Thanks for the recipe!
2 Stephanieon 05 Oct 2011 at 12:05 pm
I made this last night and it was so good. Thankfully I invested in crock pot liners so there was no mess. I have it stored for tomorrow. My son who is five decided Nutella needed to be added in his. So, I added it and he fell in love. I used stevia instead of splenda personal preference
Thank you so much for this recipe.
3 Aliciaon 08 Mar 2012 at 9:11 am
I have been really lazy, and truly that is the only excuse no to make something in a slow cooker, but I did make this last night. I am SAVORING them this morning….I added a little Shedd’s Spread Pumpkin Spice and additional Splenda. YUM!
Thanks for the recipe!!!
4 Kristenon 08 Mar 2012 at 2:53 pm
That sounds yummy. I will need to make that next week. Thanks for the reminder