In an effort to become more health concious and "cleaner" eating- I started browsing the interwebs and social media for some easy recipes to help ease my way into my new lifestyle.
Oats seem to be a popular commodity amongst health gurus so I started focusing most on that.
Overnight Oats seems to be a huge hit, with no cooking involved. No cooking?! That's my kind of meal.
I picked myself up a container of Quaker Oats (not the quick kind). I'm not an Oats aficionado, so to be honest, I just grabbed what I thought sounded good off the shelf.
After a long day of my full time job AND part time job, I strolled through the door around 10:30pm and decided to get started on the next days meals. Tossed some chicken sausage on the stove, sliced up some cantaloupe and searched for some cute mason jars to house my oats. I have none. What?! Stop right there. I have no mason jars with lids? How can this be? I'm a blogger of wedding decor, house decor and some occasional (which may happen more) food posts...and I don't have an abundance of mason jars? I need to rectify this.
Anyhoo, I grabbed the first thing I saw that would work. A freshly emptied jar of salsa. Hey now, it's clean. Don't pick on me, ;)
I didn't follow an official recipe but kind of made my own numbers up based loosely on some recipes that I did see.
This is what I came up with:
1/2 cup oats
1 scoop of chocolate protein powder
1 TSP Peanut Butter
1/2 cup of Milk
Mix it up real well (that peanut butter is a pain!) and put it in the fridge.
Voila. Breakfast is already waiting. (A little higher in calories than I expected)
In the morning, I mixed it up some more, tossed in the microwave for 45 seconds and added some banana.
Halfway through, I realize how satisfied I am (trying to avoid the 'stuffed' feeling)
This is great! It's half the calories I calculated, since I only ate half- and now I have breakfast for tomorrow too!
My next concoction will be pumpkin related. Nutmeg, cinnamon, pumpkin spice, pumpkin puree maybe?
What are you favorite Overnight Oats variations?
I also saw ways to make Oats pancakes, can't wait to try those babies out!
