MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Down To Earth Oatmeal Categories: Grains, Breakfast, Fruit Yield: 4 Servings 4 c Water 2 c Rolled oats; uncooked 1/8 ts Cloves 1/8 ts Allspice 1/8 ts Nutmeg 1/2 ts Cinnamon 1/4 c Raw sunflower or sesame - seeds 1 ts Vanilla extract 1 Apple; cored, unpeeled and - diced 1/2 c Raisins Boil water, oats and spices together for a few seconds, then add seeds, vanilla, apple and raisins. Simmer for three minutes. From: Donna L 3 minutes for quick oats is fine but old fashioned rolled oats need 15 minutes and steel cut pinhead oats, the best tasting kind, need 25 minutes. The spices and fruit should be added in the last 5 minutes of cooking. - JW MMMMM