Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal!

It's November, so that means everyone is making everything with pumpkin. I love pumpkin pie and I love oatmeal, so when I found out the two could be combined, I was extremely excited. I used this recipe, but I had to leave out the cardamom. The stuff was just too expensive at the store I was in. I hear it's cheaper in Indian stores, so I'll have to check that out.

1/2 cup uncooked oatmeal, 1/2 cup canned pumpkin, 1 cup nonfat milk, pinch of ground cardamom, 1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice, 1 tbsp sugar

Yeah, I've got quite a bit of heavy cream sitting around in my fridge. It needs to go away, so I substituted this magic weight gain serum for nonfat milk. Who uses nonfat milk, anyway?

Combine ingredients and cook for 20 minutes or until thick

I usually make oatmeal in the microwave instead of on the stove, but I didn't want to mess with the instructions too much.

This recipe supposedly makes two servings. I could have eaten it all, but I started to get nauseous near the end of the first serving. Note to self: heavy cream requires a lactase pill. Or maybe two. I'll try to remember for next time so I'm not sick for the whole day. The 1/2 cup of pumpkin was only about 1/4 of the can, so I'll be making this a few more times to use it all up.
I keep hearing about flax seed and flax meal and how it's good and oatmeal and good for you. I don't know anything about that, but once I find out, maybe I'll start using it. We'll see.