Nothing warms the soul like a good bowl of oatmeal on a cool morning. As much as I’d love to make oatmeal from scratch every day, my schedule doesn’t allow me to. That’s why I like to make my own homemade instant oatmeal packets. I get the taste of homemade oatmeal in a convenient instant packet, perfect for busy mornings. Today’s the day to toss your boring store bought boxes because I’m sharing how simple it is to make your very own homemade instant oatmeal packets.
Have you ever considered making your own homemade instant oatmeal packets? Making your own is so easy to do, not to mention you’ll save money and eat much healthier than if you bought the boxed kind at the grocery store. By making your own packets you get to choose what you put in them, and you’re not stuck with 12 packets of peaches and cream oatmeal that looked good on the box but tastes awful once you get it home. You’ll get to try different combinations of flavors, so oatmeal will never be boring again. We’ll start out with a basic recipe, then I’ll give you several different flavored variations to try.
Here is what you will need to make 8 packets of homemade instant oatmeal:
- 3 cups Instant Oats
- Salt
- 8 Zip-lock Baggies
- white granulated sugar
If you want to spice up the flavor you will need the following:
- Cinnamon
- Brown Sugar
- Non Dairy Coffee creamer
- Dried Apples
- Dried Cranberries
- Walnuts
- Dried Strawberries
- Dried Blueberries
- Chocolate Chips
- Mini marshmallows
For the basic recipe, place 1 cup of oats in a food processor and blend into powder form. Put in a bowl and set aside. In each Zip-lock baggy, put the following:
- 1/4 cup oats
- 1 tablespoon powdered oats
- 1/8 tsp salt
If you want plain oatmeal, you can add 1 tsp. white sugar to each bag and stop here.
To make oatmeal, pour a baggie into a bowl. Add 3/4 cup of hot water and stir. Let oatmeal sit for about 2 minutes before eating. Enjoy!
Note: You can add more or less water to get the oatmeal consistency you desire.
Let’s try some flavors, shall we? For the following flavors, just add the extra ingredients to the packets of oats, powdered oats and salt.
Apple-Cinnamon Oatmeal
1 T. sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
2 T. dried chopped apples
Brown Sugar-Cinnamon Oatmeal
1 T. brown sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
Cranberry Brown Sugar Oatmeal
1 T. brown sugar
1 T. dried cranberries
S’mores Oatmeal
1 T. mini marshmallows
1 T. chocolate chips
Berries and Cream
1 T. nondairy coffee creamer
1 T. dried strawberries or blueberries
Raisin Oatmeal
1 T. brown sugar
1 T. raisins
Cranberry Walnut Oatmeal
1 T. sugar
1 T. dried cranberries
1 T. chopped walnuts
Once you try different flavors of these homemade packets, you can change up the recipes to suit your own tastes. For example, I substituted pumpkin spice morsels for the chocolate chips in the S’mores Oatmeal recipe, and added brown sugar to the Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal instead of white sugar. Make the recipes you own!
Um, this is flipping genius! I will definitely be making these. I love every single on of the combinations you share. I’m also going to try PB2 (powdered peanut butter) and chocolate chips! Thank you so much for this post!
Oh my goodness….peanut butter and chocolate chips sounds like such an excellent idea! Can’t wait to try it, too! 🙂
This is a great idea!!!! I love oatmeal and I am excited to make some of these to save even more money!
Sounds like a great plan. Let me know which version becomes your favorite! 🙂
Thank you, thank you, thank you! My mom recently moved into a senior residence due to some health issues, she couldn’t manage on her own without help anymore. One of her biggest complaints – so far lol – is the fact she isn’t getting a filling enough breakfast. She’s used to having a big breakfast her whole life so when I saw this idea it was like a light bulb went off over my head lol. She has a small coffee maker in her room so having a bowl of oatmeal either before or after breakfast in the complex would be the answer. I did maple, apple cinnamon with dried maple flakes and diced dried apples and a mixed dried blueberry, cranberry and cherry combo with non dairy creamer. Keeping the fingers crossed she likes those flavors! 5 minutes worth of work is nothing if it helps her get through the morning without the tummy grumbling. 🙂