Healthy Pumpkin Oatmeal (For One)

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup quick-cooking oat
• 1/4 cup milk
• 3 tablespoons canned pumpkin
• 1 1/2 tablespoons margarine
• 1 teaspoon apricot fruit spread
• 2 teaspoons ground golden flax seeds
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin seeds (optional)
• 5 almonds (option)
• 3 tablespoons low-fat plain yogurt

Directions

1. 1

   Put quick-cooking oats into a microwave-safe bowl. Add milk and microwave the oatmeal about one minute.

2. 2

   Remove bowl from microwave; the oatmeal will be quite sticky and possibly a little dry on top. Stir in the pumpkin and 1 tablespoon of the margarine.

3. 3

   Return bowl to microwave and cook for about twenty seconds.

4. 4

   Remove bowl from microwave. Stir in the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of margarine and the apricot fruit spread, until the oatmeal starts to look creamier. Then stir in the flaxseed.

5. 5

   Return bowl to microwave and cook for another twenty to thirty seconds.

6. 6

   Remove bowl from microwave, top with pumpkin seed kernels, almonds, and plain yogurt.