Make-Ahead Breakfast Recipes: Berry Chia Breakfast Bowl, PB Banana Overnight Oats
Waking up to breakfast that's ready and waiting is always a good thing. Prep these recipes the night before (or make several batches over the weekend!), and just grab a spoon in the morning...
Berry Chia Breakfast Bowl
Entire recipe: 290 calories, 10.5g total fat (1g sat. fat), 111mg sodium, 37.5g carbs, 14.5g fiber, 12g sugars, 14.5g protein
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If you're not eating chia seeds yet, it's time to start. This fruit-topped concoction is almost too good for words!
Prep:
5 minutes
Chill: 8 hours
Ingredients:
1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
2 tbsp. old-fashioned oats
2 tbsp. chia seeds
2 tbsp. vanilla protein powder with about 100 calories per serving (like the kind by Quest or Tera’s Whey)
2 packets no-calorie sweetener (like Truvia)
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 cup sliced strawberries
1/3 cup blueberries
Directions:
In a medium bowl or jar, combine all ingredients except strawberries and blueberries. Mix until mostly uniform.
Cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours, or until chia has expanded, oats are soft, and most of the liquid has been absorbed.
Stir well. Top with fruit.
MAKES 1 SERVING
PB Banana Overnight Oats
Entire recipe: 295 calories, 6.5g total fat (0.5g sat. fat), 279mg sodium, 50.5g carbs, 8.5g fiber, 12g sugars, 12.5g protein
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Peanut butter and banana on toast is a classic morning meal. But have you ever thought about what would happen if you put those flavors into a no-cook oatmeal? Yum, yum, and yum -- that's what!
Prep:
5 minutes
Chill: 6 hours
Ingredients:
2 tbsp. powdered peanut butter
1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 packet no-calorie sweetener (like Truvia)
1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
Dash salt
1/2 cup sliced banana
Directions:
In a medium bowl or jar, combine powdered peanut butter with 2 tbsp. water. Mix until smooth and uniform.
Add all remaining ingredients except banana. Mix until uniform.
Cover and refrigerate for at least 6 hours, until oats are soft and have absorbed most of the liquid.
Top with banana.
MAKES 1 SERVING
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