Breakfast can be one of the most sugar loaded meals of the day. A quick bowl of ultra sweet cereal, toast with jelly, or a pop tart, with juice of course, and our world of convenience is jump started with a dopamine high and a front seat on the daily sugar train. If you've got the time, you may opt for a nice hot meal of eggs and a fluffy white biscuit with jam, french toast with lots of syrup, or a cup of fruity sweet yogurt with granola because you're trying to eat right. It's tough to get off the sugar train, isn't it?! And even when we choose foods sweetened artificially, the taste preferences are not being trained to accept pure and simple food for what it is, making it impossible to learn how to eat clean and love it.
Soaked Oats with Cocoa Nibs and Molasses What's so great about the food culture we live in, is that options for fast food can still mean wonderful life giving food! We just have to think differently about what "fast" food is, while re-training our taste buds to accept flavors and textures that may have been foreign, allowing them to become the new normal. Let the dopamine-sugar-high become to you a refined-sugar-toxin, your new taboo.
Grab and go breakfast! Today, it's all about a quick breakfast, and a great breakfast. With oatmeal as a foundation, we will build a satisfying starter to your day that begins the night before. Soaking overnight in the frig', a rich cold porridge is created of grain and seed, with your "milk" and sweetener of choice, and any of your fancy additions. It won't take more than a few minutes, once you get into the routine; and your mornings will become much happier! In fact, get your kids on board and they'll look forward to a great breakfast that they have created themselves!
Overnight Oatmeal Breakfast Jars, 3 Ways
Recycle those pretty jars for making these morning meals. Each jar should be at least 10-12oz capacity.
The basic ratio of oatmeal to milk is 1:1. When adding chia, the thickening power of chia requires a ration of 1:4, so if you add 1Tb of chia seed, add an additional 1/4 cup of milk to the jar. You will also need to consider the rate of thickening for flax meal (ground flax seed) as 1:2. Adding raw cashews also requires a bit extra milk. So...when you get creative, just know that your final jar will be as loose or compact as the amount and type of grain and seed you include in your mix. It's not rocket science! Just have fun! If in the morning, your porridge is a bit thick, just add some milk and reap the benefits of a truly great breakfast!
Cocoa Nib Oat Jar
*For it's deep dark flavor that compliments chocolate so well, I choose molasses to sweeten this jar. Molasses is also rated, after date sugar, as the second most nutritionally valuable sweetener. If it's too dark for you, just go with something lighter like all honey, maple syrup or agave syrup.
Into your jar:
1/2 cup old fashioned oats, I like Bob's Red Mill Organic Oats
2 Tb cocoa nibs
2 Tb ground flax, I like Bob's Red Mill
3/4 cup milk of choice (almond, soy, coconut, rice or whatever you love)
1 Tb molasses
1 tsp honey
Close jar and shake well. Refrigerate overnight.
Chia Cashew Oat Jar
Into your jar:
1/2 cup old fashioned oats, I like Bob's Red Mill Organic Oats
1 Tb chia seeds
a small handful of raw cashews
3/4 cup milk of choice (almond, soy, coconut, rice or whatever you love)
1 Tb sweetener of choice (honey, agave syrup, molasses, date sugar, coconut sugar, maple syrup)
Close jar and shake well. Refrigerate overnight.
Coconut Date Oat Jar
1/2 cup old fashioned oats, I like Bob's Red Mill Organic Oats
2 Tb chopped dates
2 Tb coconut flakes
2 Tb ground flax, I like Bob's Red Mill
3/4 cup milk of choice (almond, soy, coconut, rice or whatever you love)
1 Tb sweetener of choice (honey, agave syrup, molasses, date sugar, coconut sugar, maple syrup)
Close jar and shake well. Refrigerate overnight.
Recycle those pretty jars for making these morning meals. Each jar should be at least 10-12oz capacity.
The basic ratio of oatmeal to milk is 1:1. When adding chia, the thickening power of chia requires a ration of 1:4, so if you add 1Tb of chia seed, add an additional 1/4 cup of milk to the jar. You will also need to consider the rate of thickening for flax meal (ground flax seed) as 1:2. Adding raw cashews also requires a bit extra milk. So...when you get creative, just know that your final jar will be as loose or compact as the amount and type of grain and seed you include in your mix. It's not rocket science! Just have fun! If in the morning, your porridge is a bit thick, just add some milk and reap the benefits of a truly great breakfast!
Cocoa Nib Oat Jar
*For it's deep dark flavor that compliments chocolate so well, I choose molasses to sweeten this jar. Molasses is also rated, after date sugar, as the second most nutritionally valuable sweetener. If it's too dark for you, just go with something lighter like all honey, maple syrup or agave syrup.
Into your jar:
1/2 cup old fashioned oats, I like Bob's Red Mill Organic Oats
2 Tb cocoa nibs
2 Tb ground flax, I like Bob's Red Mill
3/4 cup milk of choice (almond, soy, coconut, rice or whatever you love)
1 Tb molasses
1 tsp honey
Close jar and shake well. Refrigerate overnight.
Chia Cashew Oat Jar
Into your jar:
1/2 cup old fashioned oats, I like Bob's Red Mill Organic Oats
1 Tb chia seeds
a small handful of raw cashews
3/4 cup milk of choice (almond, soy, coconut, rice or whatever you love)
1 Tb sweetener of choice (honey, agave syrup, molasses, date sugar, coconut sugar, maple syrup)
Close jar and shake well. Refrigerate overnight.
Coconut Date Oat Jar
1/2 cup old fashioned oats, I like Bob's Red Mill Organic Oats
2 Tb chopped dates
2 Tb coconut flakes
2 Tb ground flax, I like Bob's Red Mill
3/4 cup milk of choice (almond, soy, coconut, rice or whatever you love)
1 Tb sweetener of choice (honey, agave syrup, molasses, date sugar, coconut sugar, maple syrup)
Close jar and shake well. Refrigerate overnight.
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