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A Big Bowl of Autumn

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November 3, 2016

fall oatmeal
Do you remember Maypo? You probably don’t, but your parents or grandparents do.
Back in the 1950s, the company that made the maple-flavored instant oatmeal hired a former Disney animator to create a series of TV commercials. They featured Marky Maypo, a little boy in an outsized cowboy hat, and his Uncle Ralph. The ad campaign’s catchphrase was “I want my Maypo!” and when MTV was born, it borrowed the tagline for its own iconic “I want my MTV.”

The brand may be old, but it was low sugar before low sugar was cool. Even though little Marky liked that Maypo “tastes like maple sugar candy,” the cereal actually only has 4 grams of sugar, which is about a third of other maple-flavored instant oatmeal on the market.
The company that makes Maypo is on a major push to popularize the old-school cereal and has introduced a variety of Maypo that mixes in quinoa flakes, which pushes the protein content up to 5 grams a serving.
Since it’s fall, I’m feeling the urge to revel in autumnal flavors. So I gathered up a bunch of Thanksgiving-like ingredients for my breakfast, which I call a Big Bowl of Autumn.

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Big Bowl of Autumn Oatmeal
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Serves: 1 serving
 
Full of maple, nuts, spices, and cranberries, this bowl of oatmeal will have you falling for the fall flavors.
Ingredients
  • ½ cup Maypo With Quinoa
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 tablespoons chopped nuts (I used pecans)
  • 2 tablespoons dried cranberries
  • ¼ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 teaspoon real maple syrup
Instructions
  1. In a good-sized microwavable bowl, combine Maypo, water, nuts, cranberries and pumpkin pie spice and depending on the power of your microwave, cook for 1 ½ to 2 minutes. (My microwave is 1,200 watts and 1 ½ minutes is perfect.)
  2. Remove bowl from microwave, stir until creamy and combined, then drizzle the maple syrup on top.
Notes
When you drizzle the syrup on top of the finished oatmeal it has a bigger flavor hit than mixing it into the rest of the ingredients, and you can get away with less.

Do you have any old-school brands or foods that are coming back into your foodie rotation? —Gail

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6 Comments
  1. Edgar says:
    November 19, 2016 at 1:08 am

    A very healthy recipe that I can give my daughter for her breakfast.
    Thanks a lot for the recipe.

  2. Julia Kruz says:
    July 21, 2017 at 3:53 am

    Really this would be special and great oatmeal recipe, Gail! Love healthy food! Thanks for sharing!

  3. Bella Hardy says:
    May 7, 2018 at 11:14 am

    Autumn Oatmeal definitely looks yummi! I love your recipe cuz it contains healthy ingredients! Thanks a lot for sharing Gail!

  4. Edward @Male Guide Reviews says:
    November 26, 2019 at 2:42 am

    i love fall oatmeal recipe.i will try it at home.thanks for this post.

  5. Mona J Yoder says:
    January 17, 2020 at 1:31 am

    Congrats, determination and hard working never get bad result.

  6. paul says:
    February 28, 2020 at 4:08 am

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