It's Boring. But CHEAP.

This morning we ate slow cooker oatmeal for breakie. Not the sexiest breakfast ever, but when you are feeding three grown men, a ravenous toddler and yourself, you occasionally have to compromise with cost effective options.

I made the mistake of eating this plain once, and it almost turned me off of oatmeal forever. Just don't do it. In order to make this bowl-of-hot a success, you need to gussie it up before you even look at it close.

Luckily for me, peaches were 77 cents a pound yesterday (which is DIRTY DIRT CHEAP). So I dressed up my oatmeal with peaches, skim milk and sweet. My baby got raisins (and ate like a hungry, hungry caveman) and my man snagged himself a combination of the above.

Here is the basic recipe, which you can spice up to your liking:

Slow Cooker Oatmeal (As seen in Company's Coming)

2.5 Cups Old Fashioned Oatmeal
5 Cups of Water
1/2 tsp Salt

Mix it in  your 3.5 quart slow cooker on low overnight. That's it. And if it sounds plain it is. The onus is on you to make this cheap meal a success. (Break out the cinnamon, Compadres)