Mint Chocolate Chip Oatmeal.

This particular oatmeal was quite heady with mint. I would suggest either going light on the cocoa powder, or stirring it in before your first bite, (I accidentally inhaled a bit of powder, :) hazards of being overzealous, I suppose!) but otherwise enjoy this oatmeal as is.

Mint Chocolate Chip Oatmeal

Key Lime Pie Oatmeal.

This was really good, though a bit more tart than I'm used to. I ended up crumbling more graham cracker on top after the photo was taken, because I just like a bit more, and it had gotten soft. Kind of fun to have the lime wedges swirled around in the oatmeal, too. I used key limes, instead of the regular lime called for, and just used bottled lime juice instead of juicing the little buggers.  I did zest them though, which was super easy even though I (*gasp*) don't own a citrus zester. (I used my cheese grater.)
Key LIme Pie Oatmeal

Tiramisu Oatmeal.

Time for one of my favorites, Tiramisu Oatmeal.  As always, I changed a couple of things with the recipe, most notably that I used milano cookies in place of the ladyfingers, and again used french vanilla instead of greek yogurt.  Oh, and I used a lot more chocolate chips.

*I would reccomend that if you use milano cookies, that you place them on top of the oatmeal first and then carefully drizzle the Grand Marnier sauce over them.  They're very difficult to move when saturated.

Coconut Cream Pie Oatmeal.

Coconut Cream Pie Oatmeal

This was a great breakfast.  Next time I'd use sweetened coconut, which I didn't do this time around.  I'd probably toast it too, (3-4 minutes on a cookie sheet in a 350° oven) for even more flavor.  I did end up making a bit too much of the cream sauce as well, and would tone that back a bit.  I've discovered that I do not like greek yogurt, and so have been using fat-free french vanilla yogurt instead.  If you like a bit of tang, stick with the greek, but if not, plain or slightly flavored yogurt works rather well.  All around, it was a breakfast I very much liked, and will make again soon.  Enjoy!

PB&J Oatmeal.

PB&J Oatmeal

This oatmeal was lovely and light.  It was comprised of what has become the base recipe, (1 cup oats + 1 cup milk + 1 cup water, add banana and flaxseed meal/wheat germ when it begins to simmer.  Add vanilla, and sugar, if desired. Serve) topped with a dollop of both peanut butter and my favorite, strawberry preserves.  It was a refreshing breakfast after the fiasco that was the apple fritter oatmeal pancakes.  We made these the day before, and were sorely disappointed.  You had to almost burn the outsides of the pancakes to get the insides almost cooked, and the flavor was very bland.  I wouldn't recommend them.  Have a free day, and make up your own oatmeal concoction instead.