Good morning!
Today, I’m going to take a break from all the wedding planning and packing up this apartment to just enjoy my day. You only turn 22 once after all.
I’m not sure if I can actually afford to do this taking the day off from wedding planning? But I’m going to try because to be honest, I’m getting a little tired of wedding planning. Yes, I said it…I. can.not. wait. until the weekend of the weekend, but man, this planning stuff is so exhausting and overwhelming!
Anyway–it’s a day to be a little selfish and just relax. That’s what birthdays are for right? ;)
This morning for breakfast I had a big bowl of overnight oats topped with almond butter and, my favorite fruit, fresh strawberries.
Overnight oats are pretty new to me–I only tried them for the first time about a month ago. I ate oats for breakfast almost every morning all winter long, and now that the weather is heating up I’m loving having cool, chewy oats for breakfast. Here’s the recipe I’ve finally “perfected.”
**Feel free to play around with the ingredients–there’s a lot of room for mix-ins and substitutions!
**Using cow’s milk, soy milk, or coconut milk should all work well in this recipe as well–just use whatever it is that you drink!
**Eliminating the protein powder won’t negatively affect the taste of the oats, you may just want to add a little less milk…..if you’re using protein powder, any variety will work just fine
Dairy-Free Overnight Oats
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1/2 scoop vanilla SunWarrior protein powder
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- a dash of nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, and ground cloves
- cinnamon to taste (I use about 1/2 a tablespoon)
- 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk + more for the morning
Instructions:
1. Combine all of the above ingredients together in a bowl. Mix and pat down slightly so that all of the oats are together ‘under’ the milk (don’t be afraid to add more milk if it looks a little dry).
2. Set in the fridge to ‘cook’ while you get your beauty sleep.
3. In the morning, take the bowl out of the fridge and add a little more unsweetened vanilla almond milk, stirring and adding milk until it’s to the thickness/creaminess of your preference.
4. Add whatever toppings you wish! fresh or dried fruit, nuts or nut butter, more cinnamon, nutmeg, etc., honey, granola or cereal
5. Enjoy!
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So the plan for my day? read, workout (last {very} short and slow run before the big day! plus some strength training with an upper body focus), catch up on some blog reading, and finally tonight I’m going out for a nice dinner with my love!
Hope you all have a wonderful day!
I’ll be back tomorrow with a (most likely sentimental) post about what Sunday’s race means to me :)
