After I shared this Mexican shells in bulk recipe, you asked for more. Here’s an easy way to make your morning simpler (I’m all about that….our mornings are always so hectic over here!)
We love the Quaker oatmeal quick-heat packs you can buy, but they are expensive. And honestly not all that healthy. For the convenience without the price and additives, you are going to LOVE these DIY Oatmeal Packs that you can use with your Keurig! Breakfast in 30 seconds and no hassle!
I originally got the idea on from A Few Short Cuts blog here. Here’s a breakdown of the recipe (it makes about 12-15 servings):
10 cups of quick cook oats (6 cups whole, 4 cups powdered)
1 tsp salt
3 tsps cinnamon
1.5 cups brown sugar
1 cup coffee creamer or powdered milk
Mix ingredients together and put in snack baggie or disposable cups. Put 6 oz of water in your Keurig or put it on the 6 oz setting. Put oatmeal into the cup and run a water cycle. Mix and let stand for 2-3 minutes. Instant oatmeal!!!
See how I make and store them here (all on the cheap of course!)
How about leaving out/cut down on sugar experimenting? Love your idea – so easy to make! Great idea!
Yes, sugar…optional 🙂 It does add calories!
entered this recipe into MyFitnessPal– if you follow this recipe and make 12 servings, it comes out to 358 calories. Just search for DoItOnADime Instant Oatmeal to add to your food diary!
Woah that is a lot of calories! Maybe a 1/2 cup to get that healthy category? Brown sugar is sooo good though 🙂 Thanks for adding it!!
Actually that’s not too bad!!! 358 calories for 12 servings comes out to about 30 calories a serving. Thanks for sharing!
Or is the 358 calories per serving…30 calories seems like a dream!
Ahh!!! I misunderstood!! I thought it was 358 for one cup!! That is very healthy, then 🙂 Thanks, girl!
Roughly how much of the dry ingredients would you say is in the snack baggies? 1/2 cup? 3/4 cup? The mathematician in me needs a number. Ha! Thanks. I love your blog and YouTube channel!
Just under a cup!
Thanks for the recipe! My husband loves those Quaker Medley oatmeal cups, but very pricey compared to making them yourself. I dehydrated bananas and apples and toasted some walnuts, so he could still have his favorite flavors (banana nut and apple walnut). He thinks this recipe is much better than the store bought! I made 1/2 cup portions and he thought it was a bit too much. On the next batch, I most likely go down to 1/3 cup (maybe somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2 cup). My question is: how much cinnamon do you use? On the video, you call for 2 tsp, and here, it says 3tsp. I used 2tsp. I don’t care for oatmeal and haven’t tried it myself, to know whether I should add another tsp or not. Thanks in advance!
I used 3! 🙂 So glad you like it!
Ok, thanks again! Btw…I love your blog and YouTube channel!!
I made this right after you posted on Youtube and I am loving it. My 8 month old even loves eating it. Stefanie I tried entering it into my Fitnesspal and it didn’t come up. Do you know if there are different versions for different areas? I’m in Canada and I’m assuming you’re in the States….Thanks!
Hi Kathryn,
Thanks for posting this recipe! Just tried it this morning for the first time and it tastes great!!
I actually do have 1 of those “fancy” food processors 🙂 so threw the 4 cups of quick cooking oats into it with 1 cup of whole unsalted almonds (’cause I don’t like walnuts or dried fruit) and 1/2 cup of flax seeds (very healthy), salt and my lumpy brown sugar then pulsed that to mix, cut up the nuts & brown sugar lumps, and powder the oats all at the same time. Then I transferred the mixture to the Kitchen-Aid mixer (expensive to buy but worth it’s weight in GOLD – ever notice how you rarely see used ones for sale? That’s ’cause people love them!), added the rest of the ingredients, mixed with the paddle attachment, and bagged.
Those snack bags won’t hold a whole cup so I just filled them as equally as I could. Like you said, a little less than a cup each. I got 14 bags!! That’s 2 whole weeks of breakfasts per person!!
I don’t have a Keurig machine (we prefer Tassimo – which could do the same thing but…) so I just filled my cup with hot water. I’ve found that the amount in each bag is actually a little too much for a coffee mug so next time I will spread the mixture between 15-16 bags.
Also, I was thinking about the sugar/calorie thing. I do have to watch that but hate artificial sweeteners. I prefer to use Stevia for sweetening but can only get it here in liquid with the little eye-dropper. So I was thinking that if a person left out the brown sugar when making the mixture then just added a few drops of Stevia when making a cup (and Stevia comes in different flavors too), a person could eliminate the sugar and reduce the calories substantially!
I’ve been a “breakfast skipper” for years but, with this recipe, it should be quick and easy to have breakfast on the go, at work, or wherever.
Thanks. You changed my life!
I enjoyed making my first batch. They are very convenient for a single person who puts on makeup and eats breakfast simultaneously! I am reducing the sugar for my taste.
Regarding the calorie count, it is NOT 30 calories per serving but closer to the 385. Ways to reduce calories would be the following: reduce sugar (of course), use powdered skim milk instead of powdered creamer (I used fat free creamer but the powdered milk would have protein and calcium – the powdered creamer have little real nutrients, reduce the serving size (I’m in my 60’s and don’t need that much oatmeal at one time.) I eat some fresh fruit with a smaller serving size for more fiber.
All in all, I love this idea and continue to have the Keurig oatmeal packets almost every day. I keep my K in my bathroom on a little table – fresh coffee FIRST things in the a.m.!