1/2 c. oatmeal (old fashioned or instant oats)
1 cup water
1 small ripe banana (sliced thin or mashed)
1/2 T. clover honey
2 pumps liquid butter spray

Instructions:

Pour oatmeal into boiling water. Add sliced banana. Stir over the stove for 3 - 5 minutes until oatmeal is cooked. Pour into a bowl and top with butter and honey.

Variations:

• Use nonnutritive sweeteners other than aspartame or Nutri-sweet
• Use organic yellow or red bananas. They taste like candy.
• Try 1/2 c fresh fruit, such as blueberries, or chopped pears; cinnamon applesauce or 1 oz dried fruit cherries or dates; instead of bananas.
• Top with a T of toasted nuts such as walnuts, sunflower seeds or pecans.
• Serve with 8 oz of low fat milk, or light yogurt.

Nutritional Information per Serving:

Serving Size:  1 1/2 c. cooked
Servings Per Recipe: 1
Calories: 331
Protein:  8 g.
Carbohydrate:  64 g.
Fat: 7 g.  (19%)
Fiber:  7 g.
Cholesterol:  0 mg.
Sodium:  40 mg.

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