Golden Oats

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 1/2 cups oatmeal (uncooked, rolled whole oats)
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 1/2 tablespoons margarine
• 3/4 cup water

Recipe

• 1 melt the margarine in a skillet or sauce pan over medium heat.
• 2 meanwhile, mix the egg and the oatmeal in a small bowl. this may seem like a lot of oats compared to the amount of egg, but just keep stirring until the oats are coated.
• 3 add the oats mixture to the skillet.
• 4 stirring constantly, cook about 5 minutes until the oats are lightly browned ("golden"). they should be dry and separated.
• 5 (at this point, the oat mixture can be stored in a tightly covered container until you are ready to finish cooking. note that the eggs are cooked, so it doesn't require refrigeration).
• 6 add the water, stir, and cover.
• 7 cook about 5 more minutes, stirring occasionally, until liquid evaporates.
• 8 make the recipe your own by adding dried or fresh fruit, cinnamon, sauteed peppers or onions, meat or vegetable broth instead of water, and so on.