Overnight Oats

Overnight Oats with frozen raspberries, mango and organic Coconut flakes. Talk about breakfast for champions!!

So I finally tried the trendy "new" breakfast, Overnight Oats, hitting the kitchens and blogs of foodies and healthy people everywhere. And.. it really was great. I've never really been a breakfast person, always being way too tired to chew before my frst cup of coffee. When I lived at home, my mum made sure I ate something, then there was a whole long period of time when all I had for breakfast was a coffee and a cigarette (sorry Mum and dad) after which I ditched the cigarettes (yay, thank you Allen Carr!!) and just lived on coffee. After I got myself an outstanding man, he actually gets up every morning and makes me a sandwich to go. I know, I'm just bragging now. With Overnight Oats, though, I really think that I can let my guy sleep in once in a while, it's so easy to prepare, way tastier than a sandwich, not to mention much healthier. And for someone who really doesn't like the time between 12 am and 9 am, it's SO good that I can prepare pretty much everything the night before!! 

See How below!!

 

The What

1 dl almond milk (or regular if you prefer)

1.5 dl vanilla yogurt (or regular, greek or turkish is also good)

0.5 dl fiber oats

1 tbsp flaxseeds (linfrö)

1 tbsp psyllium seeds

frozen raspberries

frozen mango

(or other fresh fruit if you have access to it)

Organic coconut flakes (preferrably from Biofood, they have some great stuff!)

The How

Mix the milk, yogurt, fiber oats and seeds together in a jar or box with a lid. Put in the fridge over night.

In the morning, take out of the fridge, add desired amount of fruit and cocnut flakes.

Go to work. Drink coffee. EAT. 

Who in the world decides what BREAKFAST is??

Swedes eat a lot of bread. A breakfast consists of a hard cheese, some kind of ham or salami, some kind of veggie like a cucumber or pepper, maybe some jam and always, no fail, COFFEE. 

In China, breakfast is just another meal that can be a noodle or rice soup with meat and veggies and green tea or hot water to swallow it all down. 

We all know the Brits and the Americans love a proper fry up, bacon and eggs, toast with or without baked beans.

The healthy ones, regardless of country, may have a smoothie or a fresh fruit plate, perhaps some serial or a non fat no sugar yogurt and at the moment, most likely "Overnight Oats", post coming up about this later!

You think I'm generalizing? What do you guys eat for breakfast? Do you even eat breakfast? And what is it that dictates what you eat for breakfast?

My breakfast varies, depending on a lot of factors. How much time I have in the morning, how cold or warm it is outside at the moment, if it's a weekend or a weekday and how healthy I have decided to be that day or week. 

When I'm hungover, whatever healthy streak I'm on at the moment goes straight in the bin and there is only one thing on my mind: greasy, unhealthy, fatty food, made by someone else. 

    

 And no matter what day of the week, no matter how I feel, Coffee is always a must. Mostly just straight up black, but sometimes I mix it up a bit. 

A post about the wonders of coffee, soon to come here on Declarations of a Foodie.