Back to school breakfast suggestion

The church is making things so easy for us to have our food storage. Case in point is the church home storage canning department (I may have the title of this office wrong) it's where we can order cans of beans, rice, sugar, oatmeal, apples, milk, etc. This is all sealed in cans and sold to members at a nominal cost. They also have a recipe book for $2.00 that's available. This book is chocked full of recipies using the food from the home storage. Now for my breakfast suggestion. My children are picky eaters but they LOVE the instant oatmeal (you know the Quaker instant oatmeal - open up an envelope, put it in a bowl, add water, put in the microwave for 1 minute and you have instant oatmeal). When you buy the packets in the store the cost will be about $0.24 cents a package. The home storage cookbook through the church has the recipe to create the same instant oatmeal and the cost is about $0.07 a baggy. Here is the recipe from the church home storage recipe book: (all the incredients with the exception if you want to use raisens are available through the church home storage) Instant Oatmeal Packets Makes 10 packes of Instant Oatmeal To Make Individual Instant Packets: In a blender, blend 1/2 Cup of Oats until powdery. Into each of the 10 packets (perhaps individual ziplock-type sandwich bags) combine the following ingredients: 1/4 Cup unpowdered oats 2 TBS powdered oats 1/8 tsp. salt 1 tsp. sugar (optional) Close the top securely and store in a cool, dry place. Microwave Directions for cooking: Empty packet into microwavable bowl. Add 2/3 cup water or milk. Microwave at HIGH about 1 1/2 minutes. Stir. You can also add dried fruit (dried apples are available at the church food storage cannery), raisens, or any other dried fruit to your liking. My children like the apples pieces with a little cinammon. Enjoy. Have a good school year. Melody

IF I had kids still at home, this would be a great idea. But I don't and I still may use it. I have to take breakfast and lunch to school with me and so I am always looking for fast ideas. If you have anymore, send them to me privately or here on the forum. Donna