I prepare my oatmeal breakfast bags ahead of time, adding: pre-measured old fashioned oatmeal, powdered milk, brown sugar, chopped pecans, raisins, and salt.  All I do is boil water, add the oatmeal bag of goodies, and cook for about 5 minutes.  The guys can add extra milk (actually they're the little coffee creamers) and brown sugar to their desire.   We'll never go back to the instant crap.  

I may add dried peaches after reading this thread.  

On a lazy morning I'll splurge by frying up some bacon and toasting bagels as sides to the oatmeal.  All this, with some stiff coffee. Hard to beat.

prouboy