recipe from joythebaker.com

     serves 1, but it's a lot of filling yumminess.

For the Pecans

1  scant Tablespoon unsalted butter 

1/4 cup chopped pecans

pinch of salt

For the Oatmeal

1 cup of water

1/8 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup of old-fashioned oats

sugar in the raw 

milk 

Melt the butter in a skillet.  When butter is melted, add the chopped pecans and pinch of salt.  Cook pecans, stirring often, until they are browned and fragrant.  Remove from heat and set aside.

In a small saucepan, bring water to a boil, then add salt.  Add the oats to the boiling water and turn flame down to low.  Cook the oatmeal, stirring occasionally for about 5 minutes.  Once oatmeal is sufficiently thickened, mix 1/2 of the buttered pecans mixture into the oatmeal.  

Put oatmeal in a serving bowl, add the remaining buttered pecans on top, sprinkle with sugar in the raw to taste, and add milk if you'd like.