This breakfast falls into both my lazy breakfast and fancy breakfast categories. It’s fancy because, i mean, JUST LOOK AT IT! It might just seem like oats, but look at all the extra bursts of flavor and separate textures coming through. But here’s the secret, here’s why it’s lazy, it really just requires you to throw the ingredients in a mason jar or container of choice and then say SEE YA IN THE MORNING! No jokes. No gimics. That’s it.
I use this as my holy-crap-I-only-have-five-minutes-before-I-have-to-leave, but I could also definitely justify it as a “fancy breakfast” on the weekends. You can meal prep it on Sunday and eat on it all week. You can feel both a little lazy and a little fancy. Skeptical? I get it. But give it a try this week and I think you’ll be convinced.
Overnight Chia OatS
Serves 4-6
1/4 cup hemp seeds
1/4 cup chia seeds
1 cup oats
2 1/2 cups almond milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon maple syrup
Optional
peanut butter
almond butter
berries
additional maple syrup
nuts
yogurt (I used this brand)
In a large mixing bowl combine the hemp seeds, chia seeds, oats, almond milk, vanilla, and maple syrup. Place the mixture in the refrigerator overnight or at least 2 hours. Remove the desired portion from the refrigerator and add toppings. In the winter i like to warm the mixture up and then add the toppings, but in the warmer part of the year i like eating it cold. Choose whatever appeals to you!
