Summer Porridge

Now that I am properly equipped with a Vitamix and my smoothie routine is getting under way again I needed to find something filling for breakfast. Smoothies at 5am haven't worked for me. I end up starving an hour before lunch and that makes it much more likely that I am going to stray and eat a super filling lunch full of empty calories with zero nutritional value.

I started to play around with having oatmeal in the morning, without dairy. It was very filling, but as soon as it becomes 80f in the mornings my desire for a hot breakfast is so not there. And then a pin on pinterest brought me to The Yummy Life blog and Monica's lovely Summer Porridge. It is so good just as the recipes are, but my husband requested more oatmeal and I had to adjust it to our tastes. Now I can enjoy that in the morning with some fresh fruit and be full most of the morning. We also like it more than hot oatmeal!

Here is how I tweaked the recipe for our tastes. I use twist and lock plastic containers more than mason jars because I have a tendency to loose the mason jar lids.

1/2 cup organic rolled oats (not quick cook, instant, or steel cut) 150 calories
1/3 cup vanilla and honey Greek yogurt (we like Greek Gods) 76.7 calories
1/2 cup coconut milk ( again my preference is So Delicious) 60 calories
1 tsp chia seeds (approx 30ish calories)

calories:  286 without the berries
1 strawberry = 7 calories
15 blueberries = 12 calories
calories with the berries = 305

Stir it up or shake it up, scrape down the sides, put the lid back on and put it in the fridge to sit overnight.
The next morning add fresh blueberries and strawberries and eat!