Overnight Oats

Ingredients

1 part porridge oats

1 part natural yogurt

1 part milk of your choice

(I used about 3 tablespoons each of oats, yogurt and milk. You can use more or less depending on how much you think you will eat. Just keep the ratio at about 1:1:1)

1 tablespoon chia seeds (optional)

Toppings of your choice (such as fruit, nuts, seeds, honey, etc.)

Step 1: Before you go to bed put oats, yogurt, milk and chia seeds (if using) into bowl or container. Mix everything together. Cover and put in fridge. 

Step 2: In the morning take it out of the fridge and add whatever toppings you feel like. I put blueberries, banana and mixed nuts. Enjoy for breakfast. 

Chocolate Granola

Ingredients

Porridge oats (about 100g)

2 tablespoons linseeds

2 tablespoons chia seeds

2 tablespoons pumpkin seeds

1 tablespoon cacao nibs

1 teaspoon cacao powder

2 tablespoons coconut oil

1 tablespoon honey

Step 1: Put porridge oats, linseeds, chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, cacao nibs and cacao powder in a mixing bowl. Mix well. 

Step 2: Melt coconut oil in a saucepan over a low heat. 

Step 3: Add coconut oil to mixing bowl along with 1 tablespoon of honey. Mix everything together well. 

Step 4: Put mixture in baking dish lined with parchment paper. Bake in office preheated to 160 c for 15 minutes. Then reduce heat to 110 c and bake for a further 30 minutes. 

Step 5: Allow to cool. Then store in a container. Enjoy some for breakfast with fruit and yogurt. 

Granola

Ingredients

Dates

Porridge oats

Mixture of nuts (such as almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, walnuts)

Seeds (such as chia, linseed, sesame)

cacao nibs (optional)

honey

olive oil

Step 1: Blend about 15 dates with a few drops of milk or water in the nutri bullet (or alternative blender) to form a paste. Add to mixing bowl.

Step 2: Add about 200g of porridge oats, 2 handfuls of mixed nuts and 2 tablespoons of seeds to mixing bowl. Add 1 tablespoon of cacao nibs if using (these will give it a nice chocolate taste). Mix everything together well.

Step 3: Add 1 tablespoon of honey and 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Mix well.

Step 4: Transfer mixture to baking dish lined with parchment paper. Spread evenly. Bake it in oven preheated to 160 c for 15 minutes. Then reduce temperature to 110 c and bake for another 30 minutes.

Step 5: It should look like this when it comes out of the oven. Leave to cool.

Step 6: Break into pieces and store in a container. Enjoy some for breakfast with fresh berries and natural yogurt. 🙂