Oatmeal and bananas are like a runners “crack”…Not a day goes by where I don’t think of the two and how I can combine them and what I can add to oatmeal is truly endless. I did a little exploring while taking a grad work procrastination break and I wanted to share with you the BEST oatmeal recipe ever…adapted from the BEST BLOG EVER...Peanut Butter Fingers… If you are in a pumpkin mood, go for this.

Banana Pumpkin Oatmeal

Ingredients:

• 1 banana sliced
• 1/4 cup pumpkin puree
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup oatmeal
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• dash of nutmeg
• 1 tbsp brown sugar

Directions:

• In a sauce pan on the stove top boil 1 cup water
• Pour in oatmeal and let cook for 3 minutes
• Stir in brown sugar and half of banana slices, cook for 1 minute
• Stir in pumpkin puree and cinnamon, cook for 2 minutes
• Take off stove and top with the remainder of banana slices and dash of nutmeg

Enjoy! I added some walnuts and raisins to mine because I love nuts! (they say people love things that are like themselves:)

How do YOU take your oatmeal???