I have a huge problem with eating breakfast. I am usually nauseous in the mornings - and considering I suffered no morning sickness when I was pregnant, the nausea is annoying. I get by with drinking sips of water or sips of cold green tea till I have my first meal of the day at about 1pm. I know all too well how important breakfast is but added to the fact that I cannot stand hot food....
Enter this solution - overnight oats. Every night, I pour some oatmeal, granola or muesli into a glass jar. I add milk - even though I am not lactose intolerant, I really like flavored soy milk, almond milk et al. Cover the jar and leave in the fridge overnight. The next morning, I add fruit or nuts - in the jar pictured, I added mango chunks and toasted coconut flakes and voila. Breakfast is ready. Cold, healthy and ready. Plus I get to take the jar with me and have breakfast on the go....The variations are endless and you can add pretty much anything you like including yogurt, honey....
Breakfast is indeed the most important meal of the day and I admit that I can tell the difference in my productivity and energy levels through out the day since I started including this in my diet.
Enjoy!!!
Do you cook the oats and muesli?
ReplyDeleteNo. Just add the quantity you would like. By the time morning comes, it will have cooked in the cold milk.....
DeleteI prefer powdered milk... is there a way I could incorporate that instead of using the liquid milk?
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah. Simply add powdered milk and add water in a separate cup. Then add to the oats.
DeleteI prefer powdered milk... is there a way I could incorporate that instead of using the liquid milk?
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