I am really excited about the Breakfast I had this morning.

I made pumpkin spice steel cut oatmeal in the crockpot overnight. I had it this morning with a couple of ounces of vanilla Greek yogurt and a half tbsp of pecans. It's a keeper.

The whole meal came to 141 calories,

17.3 carbs (a little high, but really not bad for oatmeal.)

9 g Protein

Much better stats and taste than the instant.

That sounds really good!

I just had plain steel cuts oats, which I love; pumpkin added would be good for sure!

Oh my goodness that sounds good - may I steal this idea for the show? I'll give full credit to you for it. I love oats and we don't eat near enough of them!

<p>Oh my goodness that sounds good - may I steal this idea for the show? I'll give full credit to you for it. I love oats and we don't eat near enough of them!</p>

No need to credit me. I actually got the recipe from here:

http://greatist.com/health/pumpkin-spice-steel-cut-oatmeal-healthy-recipe

I did make some adaptations, though. I used a full cup of pumpkin purée (I really wanted to taste the pumpkin) and omitted the maple syrup and added 1/4 cup of granular Splenda (use whatever you like to sweeten). I also used two teaspoons of vanilla extract. It still was not very sweet, so if you like it sweet you'll need to add more sweetener to your bowl when it's done. I cooked it in.a crockpot (with a slow cooker liner) overnight. Super easy clean up. I took it out, put a new liner in and made a roast right after. I ate it with half a container of vanilla Greek yogurt ( to bump up the protein) and a sprinkle of chopped pecans. It made 12 - 2.75 oz servings (the perfect size since I had it with yogurt) or 8 - 4oz servings.

the stats for the oatmeal alone ( 2.75 oz serving) with my tweaks to the recipe are:

Calories: 69

Fat; 1.1

Carbs 12.1

Fiber: 1.8

Sugars: 2

Protein : 2.5

Lastly, this morning, I portioned out the remainder of the oatmeal and rolled it in balls and stuck them in some freezer bags. When I'm ready, I'll pull out a ball and nuke it with a splash of milk or Water. Voila, instant oatmeal.

It sounds amazing - I love pumpkin spice anything. I'm gonna check it out and maybe try it over the weekend!

It sounds amazing - I love pumpkin spice anything. I'm gonna check it out and maybe try it over the weekend!

Let me know how you like it. You may have to tweak it to your liking, though.

Brilliant!! Thanks for the recipe - I actually have all that on hand right now! I know what I'm having for breakfast tomorrow!

<p>Brilliant!! Thanks for the recipe - I actually have all that on hand right now! I know what I'm having for breakfast tomorrow!</p>

Jen, let me know how you like it and if you made some of your own tweaks. By the way, I have watched some of your episodes in the past. I'll keep an eye out for this one.

<p>Brilliant!! Thanks for the recipe - I actually have all that on hand right now! I know what I'm having for breakfast tomorrow!</p>

Jen, did you make it?

I am really excited about the breakfast I had this morning.<br><br> I made pumpkin spice steel cut oatmeal in the crockpot overnight. I had it this morning with a couple of ounces of vanilla Greek yogurt and a half tbsp of pecans. It's a keeper.<br><br><br> The whole meal came to 141 calories,<br> 17.3 carbs (a little high, but really not bad for oatmeal.)<br> 9 g protein<br><br> Much better stats and taste than the instant.