Healthy Oatmeal Recipe that Kids can help make!

It's winter and it is COLD out there.  Our momstown Milton families are really feeling the chill this winter with wind chill warnings, and snow, snow, snow!!  This month our Junior Chefs spent some time in the kitchen making winter comfort food - hearty bowls of healthy oatmeal.

We started by taking turns measuring out 1/3 cup of rolled large flake oats for each junior chef into a glass Pyrex bowl.  We measured and added the water to the bowl, as well as some flax seeds (1tbsp).  The bowl was covered with plastic wrap and microwaved on high for 7 minutes.

 While the oats were cooking, we got busy working on toppings for our oatmeal.  We chopped up some banana, which is a really easy fruit for little ones to cut up with bread knives!  One of our volunteer chefs got busy at the sink with mom, cleaning blueberries - a delicious topping for oatmeal!

Our Junior Chefs had fun taking turns shredding some apple into a bowl.  Apple is a great addition to oatmeal and can be added before or after cooking.  It adds great fibre to the bowl, and natural sweetness as well.  We all got a chance to scoop some other toppings - raisins, shredded coconut, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds.
 

Once our oats had a chance to cool, everyone got a bowl and started having fun selecting their own special blend of toppings.  Voila - an easy meal and oh, so nutritious.  The room was a lot quieter once everyone (mamas included) started to enjoy their bowl of warm happiness.

Oatmeal is a great way to start the day.  It is filling, nutritious, and power packed when you serve it up with healthy toppings or mix-ins.  We have bowls of toppings ready for the week and change them up every so often.  The kids love to add their own combinations and are usually excited to see new toppings available (though ground flax meal wasn't a hit for some reason?!?).  Oatmeal can be made in advance and re-heated with the milk of your choice.

We had another great day at Junior Chef.  Our momstown Milton kids are great helpers in the kitchen, and it is always a joy to cook with them.  In this program we try to offer healthy meal options for busy families.  We keep it nutritious, quick and fun.  If you haven't been to a Junior Chef program, check out the calendar today and sign up!

momstown is proud to offer programs based on our 6 Program Pillars.  If you haven't been to a momstown Milton Junior Chef event, please check one out soon.  We hold this event monthly and it is always a great time for all.

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Submitted by Paula Porter, a momstown Milton member and

 mother of two amazing girls.