Modified from a recipe on trailcooking.com

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup old fashioned oats (quick oats work fine)
• 2 tablespoons dried grated carrots
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons raisins
• 2 tablespoons nonfat dry milk
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• dash of kosher salt

Whirl the oats in a food processor or blender until they are about 1/3 of their original size. Combine the whirled oats in a quart freezer bag with the remainder of the ingredients.

To serve, cover with 1 cup near-boiling water and simmer in a cozy for 10 minutes. It heats through quickly, kind of like instant oatmeal.