I am an advocate for eating breakfast, daily, healthily, and within 2 hours of waking up. The whole purpose of breakfast is to literally "break" the 6 to 8 hour "fast" your body went through while asleep. After waking, it's your responsibility to fire up your metabolism, so it knows to keep running all day. Otherwise you send a message that you are going into starvation mode and your body thinks to store energy vs. utilize it (not good for weight control nor being able to function optimally...your brain needs energy).
Having protein and fibre are a must for me, I want to feel satisfied, not sluggish. However, I know all the excuses of why eating in the morning is so difficult..."not enough time" or "I can't think that early of what to eat" or "all I need is my caffeine and I'm good"...no no...none will do. I do understand though, when you have an ankle-biter and you still need to do your hair and the dog just needs to go out, yes I understand how breakfast sometimes loses its priority (but not its importance). Therefore, I am always looking out for great ideas that are time-saving and still healthy.
These frozen oatmeal cups are perfect!
What to do? Well first make some oatmeal...obviously. Then pour it neatly into a muffin tin.
Get out some of your favourite toppings, I love strawberries, blueberries, bananas, pecans and peanut butter. You can use anything your heart desires, chocolate chips even!
Top your oatmeal, this is the fun part. Get creative...make different combinations. For example, the ones I top with strawberry and banana, I add a small dolup of natural peanut butter in the centre...yummy.
Freeze. Pop them out.
Pretty huh?
I put them in a ziploc and back in the freezer for when I need them. When I do, I simply pop one or two in the microwave (put it in an actual bowl first, it is oatmeal remember) or let it thaw.
Makes an awesome breakfast. Makes an awesome snack.
Enjoy!!
