Morning Love

I'm not talkin' about morning wood here peeps lol! Hopefully, you are all enjoying nutritious breakfasts to start your day off right. Realistically, I don't think you all are, and that's a shame! I love getting up, getting ready, having a cup of green tea and preparing myself one of about 4 usual options. Recently, I have been experimenting with a simple version of a European favorite-Muesli. Muesli is a cold version of oatmeal where the oats are soaked in milk and yogurt and include dried and fresh fruits as well. There are probably countless versions, and I have found myself already creating variations, but I wanted to give you guys the basic recipe here so you can try out a quick version that only takes about five minutes to prepare, and will no doubt be gone in under that amount of time!

Coach Mike's Morning Rush Muesli

1/2 cup Quaker 1-Minute Oats
1/2 cup Kirkland Organic Vanilla Soy Milk (skim, almond, other milk is fine)
1/2 cup Chobani Greek Nonfat Plain Yogurt
1 serving fresh fruit (half an apple + 1/2 banana or whole fruit or different combination--have fun!)
1/4 cup dried fruit (craisins, raisins, chopped dried apricots, etc)
5-6 chopped nuts (almonds, walnuts, pecans)
1 tsp cinnamon

Simply mix all ingredients together and let stand if you like or just eat right away. Today I made a version with 1/2 of a granny smith apple and a few organic strawberries, diced small. I used about 4 dried apricots, chopped, and some pecans, chopped, and that was today's variation. Awesome stuff. Usually I use apple, banana, almonds, and craisins, and that's great, too. Have fun with it. This is a great meal because you get whole grains, fruit, probiotics and killer protein from the greek yogurt, and this is between 350-450 calories, depending. You can obviously omit some stuff, and if you need it sweeter, use a touch of agave nectar or some honey and that will do you right. Any way you dice it (lol) this is a great way to start your day, and you'll be able to power through without grease or even making a mess. Give your stomach some morning love! Have a great day and thanks for reading!