The summer is hot in Southern California and a healthy cold treat in the morning is a refreshing way to start the day. This recipe is basi...
The summer is hot in Southern California and a healthy cold treat in the morning is a refreshing way to start the day.
This recipe is basically your favorite hot porridge oatmeal but not cooked. Same portions of liquid to oats, 2 to 1. I prefer oat milk for my liquid, but anything you would add to a cup of coffee would work. I use old fashioned oats. My fruit varies, but for this post I used a banana, California dates, and my homemade raisins. How much fruit? There is only one rule: Whatever makes you happy!
Overnight Oats
- 1 cup of oatmilk
- 1/2 cup of old fashioned oats
- a pinch or two of salt
- fruit
Refrigerate the ingredients in a container with a lid. This is important in case you later in the evening reach into the refrigerator for a beer and tip over the container.
The next morning you have a perfect serving of oatmeal. No need for a sweetener.
When Linda and I were working the recent primary election, we had to leave the house by 5:15 AM to pick up our gear at the register of voters. We then drove an hour out into the desert, in time to open our office by 7:00 AM. Usually with enough time to enjoy our breakfast oats after our arrival.
After the election (and our jobs) was over, I decided to make the overnight oats into a smoothy. This solved a problem my Scottish grandmother would have appreciated, "ay laddie, ther's many a slip between the cup and the lip." No matter how carefully I was eating my cold oats, I was often splashing the ingredients on to the table, my laptop, or down my shirt.
Now I just throw the overnight oats into the blender:
And enjoy my breakfast in a glass.
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