Recipe #75: Cherry Vanilla Oatmeal

Cherry Vanilla Oatmeal
From Food Network’s Ellie Krieger

* 1 3/4 cups water
* 1 cup Old Fashioned Oats, or Quick Cooking Oats
* 1/8 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 cup dried cherries
* 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 2 tablespoons cherry jam, or to taste
* 1/4 cup 1 percent low-fat milk, plus more to taste

Put water, oats, salt and cherries into a medium sized saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for about 5 minutes for Old Fashioned Oats, or 1 minute for Quick Cooking Oats. Remove from heat. Stir in the vanilla extract and cherry jam. Put into serving bowls and pour 2 tablespoons of milk over each bowl.