I actually like to make my oatmeal so it has more of a flapjack/chewy granola kinda of texture: boil up some water and add it to quick/rolled oats (placed in a cup), and stir in only enough hot water so that all the oats get cooked, but stick together kind of like a really chewy and dense cake. Smooth out the surface of the oatmeal, then layer on top of that some peanut butter. Smooth out the peanut butter layer, and on top of that spoon some jam. Once all is said and done, you should have a layered peanut butter- and-jam-and-oatmeal thing (like a parfait, but without the yogurt).

The reason I add less water to the oatmeal is that once it’s set I can slice into it much like I would a cake, and you get a nice contrast in textures between the distinct layers of pb, j, and oatmeal. I also like to use bananas instead of jam; or non-fat greek yogurt (fage) instead of pb.