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Servings: 2
Ingredients
- Next get the oatmeal cookin’. Start with 1/2 cup old fashioned oats (not steel-cut nor instant oats.)
- 1/2 cup old fashioned oats (not steel cut nor instant)
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup milk (I used unsweetened vanilla almond breeze)
- 1 small ripe banana, sliced thin
- 1 Tablespoon brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 cup cherries, pitted then sliced in half
- 1 Tablespoon sliced almonds
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Serving | %DV |
|---|---|
| Serving Size 226g | |
| Recipe makes 2 servings | |
| Calories 269 | |
| Calories from Fat 47 | 17% |
| Total Fat 5.41g | 7% |
| Saturated Fat 1.7g | 7% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 6mg | 2% |
| Sodium 30mg | 1% |
| Potassium 438mg | 13% |
| Total Carbs 46.8g | 12% |
| Dietary Fiber 5.6g | 19% |
| Sugars 17.36g | 12% |
| Protein 9.43g | 15% |
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