Lately I have been working a lot, and leaving for work very early (we're talking 6:30am). I'm a huge advocate for nutritious, filling, and quick breakfasts on-the-go. The most important factor for me is limited cooking time in the morning. Therefore, I spend a few mins prepping them the night before and happily enjoy a scrumptious breakfast early in the morning.
Here are some favorites:
1. Creative Oats
Night before: Combine 1/3 oats, 1/4 egg whites, 3/4 cup almond milk, 1 t chia seeds, 1/2 t flax seeds, stevia, apple pie spice, pinch sea salt. Stir and throw in fridge overnight.
Morning of: Microwave ~2.5 mins, add 1/2 cup protein powder. Drizzle with organic maple syrup.
2. Protein Smoothies
Night before: Combine 1 scoop protein powder, 1 t xanthan gum (optional, to thicken), stevia, maca powder (optional, for energy/high in vitamin C), pinch sea salt
Morning of: Add frozen fruit, ice, almond milk & blend
For more smoothie recipes, click here!
3. Protein Cupcakes
Night before, combine and mix: 1 scoop protein powder, 1 T egg whites, 1/4 t baking powder, stevia, dash sea salt (optional: nuts, 1/2 banana). Spray mug with cooking spray and spoon in mixture. Store in fridge over night. Frosting: 1/4 cup Green yogurt, 1 T peanut flour, stevia.
Morning of: Microwave ~1min, 30 seconds & frost cupcake.
4. Breakfast cookies (source)
Night before, mix: 1/3 cup oats, 1/2 cup vanilla protein powder, 1/8 cup almond milk, 1 T PB/almond butter, cinnamon, raisins, stevia, dash sea salt. Spoon onto small plate.
Morning: Eat!
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*I've said it before, but I highly recommend you trying out SunWarrior protein. It's all-natural, raw, gluten-free and has some pretty amazing nutrition stats. It's the best for baking and amazing in smoothies. It costs about $46 for 47 servings (less than $1 per scoop)!
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Question: What's your favorite breakfast on the run??
All this time I never thought about preparing my smoothies the night before! Great idea!
ReplyDeleteI love overnight oats simply for the convenience factor!! Though cereal is pretty dang convenient as well, and we all know I love that too :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to add egg whites to your oatmeal. I need to try that out!
ReplyDeleteI love oatmeal smoothies, aka Avena. I grew up on those!
ReplyDeleteI love making a breakfast burrito. Fast and easy and transportable!
ReplyDeleteyes making oats the night before is HUGE time saver! I have never made a smoothie or prepped it thenight before but thats something I could definately do in the future! thanks for the idea!!!
ReplyDeleteon the go breakfas?? that would be oats that I made the night before and just eat them cold!
the breakfast cookie looks BOMB.COM (i'm soo 13).
ReplyDeleteits so hard for me to have a breakfast on the run, bc its my favorite meal-- one i like to put a lot of time and effort into!
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ReplyDeletethis post is very usefull thx!
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