What if the only thing standing between you and breakfast is a microwave?

Good news: that’s all you need. Mondays at the Café are dedicated to microwave cooking—fast, cheap, and better than anything in a packet.

Why You’ll Love This Oatmeal

• Fresh peaches > fake peaches. You may never touch the instant stuff again.
• 5 minutes, 1 bowl, 1 microwave. That’s it.
• Portable. Throw it in a travel mug and eat on the way to class.

Pro Tips: From The Café’s Recipe Testers

• No peaches? Swap in apples + cinnamon, or whatever fruit you’ve got.
• No Brown Sugar? Drizzle in honey or maple syrup.
• Reheat On Campus…only if the campus microwave doesn’t smell like ramen and regret.

This is a real breakfast, fast—college-student cheap, microwave-easy, and actually good enough to look forward to. Recipe below. ⬇️

Peaches and Cream Oatmeal

Makes: 1 Serving | Prep Time: About 4 Minutes | Total Time: About 5 minutes

INGREDIENTS

• 1/3 cup quick oats
• 1 tsp brown sugar
• 2 pinches ground cinnamon
• 1 peach, peeled and diced
• 1/3 cup room temperature water
• 1/3 cup vanilla flavored almond milk
• pinch of salt

HOW TO MAKE

1. Add oats, brown sugar, cinnamon and diced peaches to a microwave safe bowl.
2. Pour in water and almond milk. Add salt and stir.
3. Microwave for 1 minute 20 seconds or until oatmeal slightly thickens.
4. Top with peach slices and an extra sprinkle of ground cinnamon.

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Brent Garell (hey that’s me!) is the founder of College Recipe Cafe. He is the author of The Cook-a-Palooza Experience, 15-Minute Money Saving Meals for Students and your guide inside the Cafe’s e-learning site Cooking Pro Jumpstart.