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Overnight Oats

12/2/2016

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A perfect way to grab great nutrition any morning of the year
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Ah, steel cut oats. So much fiber, so much nutritional value, so many centuries gone by waiting for them to cook...

Next time, let your fridge do the work for you while you're dreaming sweet dreams of your next personal record. Combine a handful of ingredients, stir, and get ready for a great breakfast or take along snack packed with nutrition.
Ingredients for 4 servings:
4 pint jars, smallish pyrex/tupperware/ziploc containers, gelato containers, or whatever you have lying around, plus their lids
4 cups coconut or almond milk
4 scoops protein powder
1 cup steel cut oats, uncooked
1 cup fixings such as pomegranate seeds, goji berries, slivered almonds, etc. Be creative as the sky is the limit and you can tack on even more nutrition. I use powdered peanut butter in mine.
Directions:
1. Get your containers and their respective lids together. Let's all pause while the customary hunt for container lids ensues. You're not alone, this is all of us
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2. Add your ingredients in ascending order from most to least amounts, so 1/4 cup oats per jar, then a scoop of protein powder, and so on
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3. Add your fixings atop the more major ingredients. Here I used pomegranate seeds in a few and peanut butter powder in a few. I can't determine what I'll want first thing in the morning (besides a whole lot of coffee), so it's nice to have options
4. Add the milk on top and then stir everything together. It may take a minute to get the dry and somewhat chunky ingredients to play nicely together, so give yourself a minute to make it work. If the ingredients get really feisty, put the lids on the containers and shake them
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5. Leave no chunky bits behind, unless you really want to lick them off the spoon, in which case go ahead
6. Screw the lids on and pop them in the fridge. The next morning - voila - steel cut oats ready to eat and ready to fuel you for a great day
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What did you put in your oats? How did you like them? Leave a comment with your thoughts and enjoy your day!
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    Hi, I'm Amanda, a competitive strength athlete, CrossFitter, and extremely slow distance runner in beautiful Madison, Wisconsin. I believe that your food is already perfect, so you and and your cooking don't have to be. Read on for great, totally doable recipes with step by step instructions and tips, and remember that you are worth great nutrition and wellness.

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