muffin tin monday: oatmeal

Happy Muffin Tin Monday. I am enjoying this three day Presidents' Day weekend with my girls.
Because they were home from school, slept in a little later, and didn't have to rush out to school, I decided to go with a breakfast muffin tin meal this week. Before we went to church this past weekend, we had oatmeal for breakfast with a "choose your toppings" buffet.

As I was putting it together, Lani (she's 8), eagerly pulled out her Highlights magazine and said there was an "Oatmeal- Your Way!" article. You can see it above. We had several of the toppings suggested out already minus vanilla yogurt, which we happily had on hand. Yogurt on oatmeal wouldn't have occurred to me. It was delicious.
Because we are still excited about this new found oatmeal breakfast discovery, I put it together for our Muffin Tin Monday meal today.

Oatmeal (made with soy milk), almond pieces, vanilla yogurt,

strawberries and blackberries, brown sugar, and banana slices.

They ate most of what was in their tins. (Michelle at Muffin Tin Mom linked to a muffin tin meal planning page. It's such a great idea to both plan my meals and chart what these little picky eaters of mine eat and don't eat. Check it out along with Michelle's muffin tin meal for this week and the submissions of the other participants).

Although I didn't have a tin, I did enjoy an oatmeal breakfast with them:

It wasn't much different than my weekend topping choices:

If you haven't tried yogurt on your oatmeal, I insist. It has revolutionized my breakfast routine.

See more muffin tin meals here.