Healthy Coconut Oatmeal

I scaled this back to one serving. I don't like milk, so I used water instead and used the package directions for the ratio of water to oats and cook time since I was using thick rolled oats and not quick or 1-minute oats. I didn't have yogurt, but I did drizzle some honey over this. It really needed some sugar too, so I added some brown sugar as well. It does sound healthy being oats and skipping the butter and cream, but when you break it down, it really isn't because of all the added sugars in the syrup, raisins, the cranberries, and in the sweetened coconut. The flavors were ranger cookie, the texture was oatmeal cereal. Not gonna complain about that as I love ranger cookies. If this were baked in the oven, I'd have called it granola. The flavors are nice in this and the more of it I ate, the more I liked it. I'll probably make this again. I don't always have craisins, walnuts, or coconut on hand, but they were leftover from the holidays, so I chose this recipe to use them up, and I'm glad I did. It was really nice for a healthy sounding dish.

Easy and delicious oatmeal! I scaled the recipe down to make just one serving for myself, and added some nutmeg and vanilla to it. I used less maple syrup than called for and left out the raisins (personal preference). I loved the addition of yogurt--it made it so creamy and a bit tangy (I used plain Greek yogurt). It was absolutely delicious! Thank you for sharing your recipe!

I made with half water, half regular milk. I used unsweetened coconut (what I had).I added all the nuts and dried fruit toward the end of cooking. I topped with yogurt and more maple syrup. I liked the coconut and maple flavor combination.

turned out great! super easy too make a well.

The best oatmeal I have ever tried.. I replaced 1/4 of my 1 cup of oatmeal with flaxseed and add vanilla and cinnamon. This is the best healthier breakfast..