Monday 4 April 2016

Overnight Oats - new favourite breakfast

As the weather starts getting a bit warmer, I'm less keen to have porridge for breakfast.  I'm not terribly good in the mornings although I know I'm much better when I do have breakfast, so I've spent most of the winter trying to eat porridge or have a protein shake which my very tolerant husband made for me, while I'm drying my hair.

My ideal scenario is always to have my breakfast while I'm actually at work, after I've woken up a bit, but unfortunately my new job doesn't have great kitchen facilities, so I either need to eat before I leave the house or have something I can take with me and eat at my desk.  Hence the winter of multitasking.  Recently I've started experimenting with overnight oats, this is my favourite recipe so far.

It's really easy to make, tastes delicious and keeps me going until lunchtime without any problems.  It also comes in at under 250 calories.  Obviously (with the overnight bit) I get to make it the night before and conserve my time in the morning for getting out of the door without falling over/sleeping.

Banana and Peanut Butter Oats
1/3 cup rolled oats
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp vanilla (I use vanilla paste)
1 tsp chia seeds
1 tsp peanut butter
1/2 banana finely chopped
1/3 cup unsweetened almond milk.

Then you just ditch everything into a watertight container (I use small tupperware people on pinterest tend to use Mason Jars because they photograph better and, you know, Mason Jars and Pinterest.  In real life I'm happier with bad photos and no broken glass in my handbag), shake and pop in the fridge.

I should probably add, that as much as we liked it, I did make it for my parents in law at the weekend and they were not particularly enamoured with it.  They both looked particularly relieved when we offered them an alternative breakfast instead.