A New Way To Eat Oatmeal

Tired of the same old oat meal? Try black currant oatmeal pancakes with organic yogurt and walnuts (serves 2):
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2 eggs
1 cup milk
2 cups oatmeal-quick oats
1/2 cup dried black currants
2 t brown sugar
1 t vanilla extract
butter or cooking spray for pan
1/2 cup organic vanilla yogurt
1/2 cup walnuts-toasted
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1. In a bowl, mix the eggs and milk.
2. Add oatmeal, currants, brown sugar, and vanilla into the bowl.
3. Heat and butter a pan (or spray with cooking spray). Ladle batter into the pan and cook pancakes until just brown on each side (about 2 min).
4. Top pancakes with yogurt and walnuts.

Alternatively, try plain oatmeal cakes (serves 2):
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2 eggs
1 cup milk
2 cups oatmeal
3 t brown sugar
1 t vanilla extract
2 t lemon juice
butter for cooking (or cooking spray)
optional: chocolate chips, bananas, raisins, strawberries, whipped cream, jam
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1. In a bowl mix the eggs and milk.
2. Add in oatmeal, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and
lemon juice.
3. Add optional ingredients.
4. Heat butter in pan (or spray pan with cooking spray) and brown cakes on each side (approximately 1-2 minutes on each side).
5. Serve warm optional items.