Breakfast Anyone? Easiest overnight oats ever!

I love breakfast food! I have so many favorites! Blueberry scones, eggs and grits, homemade biscuits and gravy, veggie omelet, eggs Benedict, eggs Florentine, homemade pancakes, breakfast casseroles, crepes, root vegetable hash with bacon and fried egg……I could have so many blog posts of just my favorite recipes. However, if I start my morning creating dirty dishes, then I’m already behind the power curve. In my life right now, I need simple.  Breakfast is hard for me. I don’t like cooking breakfast. I’d rather sit down with an instant breakfast, a hot cup of herbal tea and read in the mornings. By instant breakfast, I mean, I don’t want to work by the sweat of my brow to get it, but hey, I’m on a budget and paying $3-$4 per serving for a family of 9 for a healthy breakfast is out of the question.

 My regular family breakfast staples are homemade granola, scrambled eggs with whole wheat toast, and oatmeal. I love the overnight oats. I like having them once a week or so and I like to make them in batches. If I don’t eat the whole batch in a week(two to four jars), then they go bad and I’ve wasted, time, food and money.

With Thrive Life foods, I can make overnight oat weeks ahead! All of your normally wet ingredients are now FD and shelf stable. Once assembled and stored in my pantry, the only work I have to do on a busy weeknight is add liquid and place in the refrigerator for breakfast the next day. 

Blueberries, bananas and honey are now ready when you are.

If you are out of milk, no problem. 

Using yogurt bites in your overnight oats means you only add water. My daughter is lactose intolerant, so we omit yogurt bites and add half a can of coconut milk (also shelf stable) the night before. I like them cold, and my children like to heat them in the microwave.

Here is an easy recipe that I found on the back of a Costco size box of old fashioned oats which I Thrivalized.

Blueberry and Banana Overnight Oats

1/2 cup old fashioned rolled oats

1/2 cup FD vanilla yogurt bites or blueberry yogurt bites

1/2 cup FD blueberries

1/3 cup FD banana slices

1 tbsp. FD crystallized honey

1 tsp. chia seeds

Add all ingredients into a wide mouth pint jar. Close with lid and secure tightly. Can be stored in pantry up to 6 months. 

To prepare, add 1 cup water, close with lid and shake to evenly coat fruit and oats. Place in refrigerator over night or 8 hours before eating. Heat in microwave if desired.

Peanut Butter and Banana Overnight Oats

1/2 cup old fashioned rolled oats

1/2 cup FD vanilla yogurt bites

1/3 cup FD banana slices

3 tbsp. Peanut Flour

1 tbsp. crystallized honey

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. chia seeds

Add all ingredients into a wide mouth pint jar. Close with lid and secure tightly. Can be stored in pantry up to 6 months. 

To prepare, add 1 cup water, close with lid and shake to evenly coat fruit and oats. Place in refrigerator over night or 8 hours before eating. Heat in microwave if desired.