Flavor Your Oatmeal

Oatmeal is a great breakfast (or lunch, or dinner!) for your child. To mix it up some, here are some flavor suggestions/add-ins (the chunkier add-ins are for your toddler, and the purees are for baby and toddlers. Obviously, still be careful about choking with you give your toddler):

Soft seasonal fruits like:
- peaches
- nectarines
- plums
- blueberries
- bananas
- raspberries

Soft cooked/roasted fruits like:
- soft cooked apples & cinnamon
- soft cooked pears & apples
- roasted strawberries

Purees:

- pureed pumpkin
- applesauce
- prunes

Or:

- raisins
- whole milk plain yogurt
- apple or pear butter
- apple and peanut butter
- frozen berries (defrosted, or for your older toddler who is still teething - the frozen berries might be nice for them to chew on)
- low sugar jam/jelly

Or if you want to go sweet:
- brown sugar
- maple syrup
- honey**
- chocolate chips

Spices that go well with oatmeal: cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla

Mix and match add-ins. For example: applesauce and raisins, yogurt and blueberries, strawberries and banana, banana and chocolate chips, pb&j, etc.

You can also go more savory with oatmeal and are up for trying out some more adventurous options, here are some suggestions:
- pureed vegetables
- cheese
- chopped up ham
- chopped up vegetables
- egg (hard boiled chopped up, fried, or scrambled)
- avocado

**remember to NEVER give honey to a child under the age of 1