Pumpkin Oatmeal

If you survived reading my lengthy laundry room post (and were bummed that the AFTER pictures weren't something more spectacular!), I'll give ya something short and useful... a yummy recipe!!

Pumpkin Oatmeal (from Deceptively Delicious - she just calls it "oatmeal")

In a small saucepan, combine these ingredients:

1 cup nonfat milk
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup canned pumpkin or sweet potato puree (I used pumpkin, of course!)
1 tsp. vanilla (says it's optional, but I always love vanilla!)
1/4 tsp. cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice

Bring to a gentle boil.  Stir in 1 cup old-fashioned oats, reduce heat, and simmer 2-3 minutes. 

If desired:
add 2 tsp. natural peanut butter (YES - this is what makes Aidan like it)

dried fruit or nuts (added raisins to our bowls, but not to Aidan's - he likes raisins, but I wanted to keep it simple for now)

She suggests serving it with maple syrup, but I think it's sweet enough and skipped the extra sugar. 

Aidan served it to himself the past two days and when I asked him this morning if he wanted waffles or oatmeal, he said, "meal."  Yippee!  I know with the brown sugar, it's more like a treat... but at least he's eating oatmeal, which has been on his hate list for awhile. 

Got any other yummy pumpkin recipes?  : )