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Orange Cranberry Oatmeal

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Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Breakfast
Calories: 302
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups orange juice
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 cups oatmeal (quick or old-fashioned, uncooked)
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries
  • 1/4 cup chopped toasted walnuts
  • 1 cup lowfat of fat-free vanilla yogurt (optional)
  • additional dried cranberries (optional)

Method
 

  1. In medium saucepan, bring orange juice, water, salt and cinnamon to a gentle boil. 
  2.  Stir in oats and cranberries. Return to a boil; reduce heat to medium.
  3. Cook 1 minute for quick oats, 5 minutes for old fashioned oats or until most of liquid is absorbed, stirring occasionally.
  4. Let stand until desired consistency. Spoon oatmeal into four cereal bowls. Top each serving with 1 tablespoon walnuts and, if desired, 1/4 c yogurt and additional cranberries.
Microwave Directions:
  1. In 3-quart microwaveable bowl, combine all ingredients except yogurt and nuts.
  2. Microwave on HIGH 4 to 6 minutes for quick oats and 7 to 9 minutes for old fashioned oats or until most of liquid is absorbed.
  3. Let stand until desired consistency. Top each serving with yogurt, walnuts and, if desired, additional cranberries.

Notes

Nutritional Information
PER SERVING: 302 Calories,6g Fat (1g Sat Fat), 56g Carbohydrates, 11g protein, 6g dietary fiber