Apple Oatmeal

Ingredients

• In this healthy oatmeal recipe, cook apples into your morning oatmeal and you'll start the day right with whole grains and a serving of fruit.
• Ingredients
• 4 crisp apples, such as Jazz or Pink Lady, divided
• 1 cup steel-cut oats
• 4 cups water
• 3 tablespoons packed brown sugar, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt
• Preparation
• 1.Shred 2 apples using the large holes of a box grater, leaving the core behind.
• 2.Heat a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add oats and cook, stirring, until lightly toasted, about 2 minutes. Add water and the shredded apples; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to maintain a simmer and cook, stirring frequently, for 10 minutes.
• 3.Meanwhile, chop the remaining 2 apples.
• 4.After the oats have cooked for 10 minutes, stir in the chopped apples, 2 tablespoons brown sugar, cinnamon and salt; continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until the apples are tender and the oatmeal is quite thick, 15 to 20 minutes more. Divide the oatmeal among 4 bowls. Top each portion with 2 tablespoons yogurt and 3/4 teaspoon brown sugar.