Be creative for breakfast

This isn't necessarily a recipe post but more about switching things up. For breakfast I usually eat oats because... Well we need to eat our oats!! Haha. But!!! I forgot to make some overnight oats and my hot oatmeal wasn't sounding too great this morning. I was looking for something fresh now that the weather is heating up. I also recently bought Ezekiel bread because I wanted to see what all this fuss is about and how good a bread without flour would taste. Well let me tell you.... it is possible to make a good bread without flour. Hooray for that!!! Less carbs more protein sounds like it's right up my alley! Haha. The day before my friend had posted a picture of her muscle milk of the morning in a smoothie. That sounded pretty darn good to me, especially after an intense workout in the morning. Muscle milk was exactly what my arms needed after some Sculpt 30 from Turbo fire. Talk about building muscle!! Because I decided to have a smoothie I didn't want to top my toast with anything sweet. Protein! In that case eggs, scrambled liquid egg whites. Topped the my slice of toast with that and some chile. Had 1/4 cup of cantaloupe too meanwhile I put my breakfast together. 1 cup of frozen strawberries and 1/2 cup of frozen blueberries with water and 1 scoop of my light vanilla Creme muscle milk was what my protein smoothie consisted of. I really enjoyed this breakfast. It was simple because I just threw somethings together I had at home. It was a nice switch up to the usual breakfast. Every now and then we need to change things up to keep it interesting and most importantly our pallets interested. This also brings up another important thing. When up comes to clean eating the biggest help you can do to your success is properly stocking your fridge and pantry. When you only have good things in there it takes away temptation and it becomes easier to cook clean. Keeping it well stocked helps also when you forget to prep your meal in advance. Like in this case with my breakfast, forgot to make it the night before. But that didn't mean I was going to have to settle for something gross and fast or something unhealthy. I brainstormed a bit and whipped it up. I was able to do it because we already had it all. Trust me if we didn't I wasn't going to go to the store early in the morning after my workout just for that. This easy quick breakfast was only 357 calories, perfect!! 

Overnight addiction

Well I've been waiting to do my first post when I had pretty pictures to put up. But I have realized in order for that to happen I need to remember to make things pretty and take a picture. That is taking far too long and the blog is still sitting empty. So I thought these amazing overnight oats would excuse the lack of photography skills.

First off I shall admit I'm beginning to become addicted to overnight oats, but can you really blame me?! They are fun to make, gets my creativity going, and breakfast is ready for me after my morning workout. I haven't played too much with crazy combinations because I've been loving what I've had. The science and importance to overnight oats is letting them soak! I make mine after dinner before I go to bed so they have all

night to marinate and become oh so delicious. I browse a lot on Instagram for ideas on fun food. That is where I've came up with some of the additions I've made to my oats that have made my mornings very happy!!

Berries, berries, berries my current go to addition to my oats. Mostly because we have them in abundance and are easy to add. For some crunch and texture I like adding slivered almonds. Then for added health benefits some chia seeds, not to mention I kinda like them when they get to soak for a while and get to plump up a bit. There are plenty of other things you can add to the oats just get creative with it and have fun. Changing things up always makes clean eating easier and tasty.

I like to call this my mixed berry heaven overnight oats, because I really was in heaven when I had these.

The basics:

-1/3 c. Old Fashion Oats

-2 tsp. Organic Chia Seeds

-2 tsp. Slivered Almonds

My liquid mix ins:

-1/2 c. Unsweetened Almond Milk light 30 cal 

-1/2 scoop Light Vanilla Creme Muscle milk

-1 tsp. Vanilla Extract

-1/2 c. Water

I mix all this in my blender bottle and pour over my oats. Stir it all together, seal, and put in the fridge to sit overnight.

The next day when I was ready to eat I made my "berry sauce" to go in it.

Berry sauce:

-1/2 c. Frozen blueberries

-1 c. Frozen Whole Strawberries

Microwave the berries for a minute or so until they are defrosted and soft. Add 1 packet of stevia to sweeten and squish the berries with a fork to mix. 

Pour the sauce over the oats and add a dollop of plain Greek yogurt. I mixed and enjoyed!! Really I devoured it before I even realized what was happening. On a side note I think next time I will reduce the water to 1/4 c. to make the oats a little more dry and reduce the berry sauce by half because that was plenty (not that I'm complaining or anything haha). Then maybe I can accompany the oats with some eggs.

Mixed Berry Heaven overnight oats nutrition info (as I listed the recipe not with the cut backs I plan to make next time)

Total Cal: 288

Total Fat: 8 g

Saturated Fat: 1 g

Carbs: 49g 

Protein: 10 g

As the facts stand I will reduce the fruit and add some eggs to my breakfast, those carbs are a little too much for me and not enough protein. Just arrange things so they work for what you're trying to accomplish. 

And it's a wrap!

Happy eatings everyone!