During the winter, I often have oatmeal for breakfast.  I use quick oats, and add a little bit of brown sugar and coconut oil.  But when summer comes, a hot breakfast is no longer appealing to me.  But oatmeal is tasty and inexpensive and it fills me up.  What’s a girl to do?  Well, last week, I discovered (via Pinterest) COLD oatmeal.  What the what?!  Rolled oats, yogurt, fruit, and milk all mixed together and tucked into a jam jar, for a tasty, quick, filling breakfast.  Breakfast solved.

Here’s what I used:

1/3 c. Rolled oats (not quick oats, just the regular kind)

1/3 c. Greek yogurt

1/3 c. Rice milk

1/2 Banana, sliced

1/2 c. Blueberries

1 tbsp. Agave nectar

Dash of cinnamon

Lots of recipes call for chia seeds, which I’d love to add (they’re a superfood), but I didn’t have any on hand.  I added some hemp seeds to my second batch. We’ll see how that turns out.

I used rice milk because it was what I had in the fridge.  I think any type of milk would work just fine.

Yummy summer breakfast on the go!  There are LOTS of different recipes for all sorts of flavours.  Just do a quick Google search on cold oatmeal, and pick your faves.

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