Saturday, February 25, 2012

My vegan version of "Overnight Oats"

So, I bought these great 16 oz plastic cups with lids at my local grocery store.  I have this weird love of storage products, no idea why.  I'd seen tons of mentions of "overnight oats" - and didn't really understand the whole idea behind it.  Finally, I decided to try it out. 

After finding myself with a can of Quick Oats, I needed to figure out what to do with them.  They're a great breakfast, but when I'm leaving at 5:30AM, the last thing I have time for is to not only make oatmeal, but be able to consume it rather quickly to get out the door on time.  So, here was my creation - the idea is not original, but this recipe wasn't directly taken from a single source.

In a jar/short, squat container:

3/4 cup Quick Oats
Light vanilla soy milk, to cover (make sure you have at least 1 cup, so your oats have a lot to absorb). If you like liquidy oatmeal, add more. You can always add more in the morning).
1 tsp Vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon

Then add whatever else you like in your oatmeal, cereal or granola.  For example: raisins, nuts, chopped apples, bananas, etc.

Cover and refrigerate overnight.  Enjoy in the morning!!

The final product reminds me of the muesli that you can buy at Au Bon Pain.  Their final recipe is just shy of 400 calories for 8 oz. I think that this recipe would be close to that, but it depends on what you add in. (They have sunflower seeds, honey, sugar, almonds and dried cranberres - all of which are pretty calorie dense.  In addition, dried cranberries have oils and sugars on them, so there you go.) If you're watching your calories, make note what you're adding in. 

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