Do you ever have a rushed morning?
Normally, I’m lucky in that I don’t have to be anywhere in the mornings. So when I get back from running, I’m able to leisurely enjoy my breakfast. There’s not much I hate more than rushing through a meal.
But I know that a lot of y’all need quick or portable breakfast ideas, thanks to work or morning classes. (I will never do the 8AM-class thing again!)
Whether or not your mornings are free, you must try Boatmeal!
Above, Cookie Dough Boatmeal
It’s like a giant muffin; so soft and sweet and chewy.
Recently, I received an email from a reader wanting ideas for quick breakfasts. These oatmeal bars (or cakes) are a great option for two reasons: quickness to prepare and portability.
Super-Quick Breakfast Tips:
- Mix the dry ingredients ahead of time (and in multiple batches) so the baked oatmeal for one will come together super-quickly.
- I also usually cook boatmeal (baked oatmeal) the night before, which means breakfast is ready for me when I arrive home from my morning run.
- The bars/cakes are portable, and others have told me that they freeze well too. You can even multiply the recipe, cook in a cake pan, cut into squares, and freeze the leftovers.
“On-the-Go” Breakfast Bar Flavors:
And the aforementioned Cookie Dough Cake
I HATE RUSHED breakfasts!! usually ill get up earlier just so i can enjoy my breakki! that is when your voluminous oats trick comes in handy- they are already 1/2 cooked in the morning- WOO!!!!
Yum!!! My kids eat oatmeal daily- they will love these ideas!
Blessings, Debra
Raw Vegan Diet
I have rushed mornings sometimes (usually my own fault) and my favorite quick b-fast is leftovers! Cold roasted veggies taste great for breakfast! After living in China, I really don’t feel restricted to “breakfast” foods in the morning.
I’ve got a mega rushed morning tomorrow (or should I say today!? as it’s 1AM) so i’ve prepared some chocolate oatmeal which is currently cooling before i chuck it in the fridge. then all i have to do in the morning is heat it up and throw some frozen berries on top!
i hate on the go/rushed meals too, but usually i’m eating outside of my house so i take the time to pack everything beforehand. ive been doing it for so long that i can’t imagine not doing it! i get teased that i basically bring my refrigerator with me everywhere i go, but they’re secretly jealous hahaha 🙂 breakfast is usually oats (either overnight or made the night before) and/or a green monster – never gets old!
Oh my gosh I’m the same way. I’m out of the house from 7 am to 10 pm a lot, and I always have this giant backpack full of containers. Or, just lots of small bags making me look like a bag lady. My fridge at work is much better stocked than my fridge at home…sad story.
I ALWAYS make sure I have time for breakfast in the morning. Even if I’m running late, I still take the time to enjoy breakfast–even if it’s a simple bowl of cereal. And I would love to linger over these divine creations – YUM! 🙂
I am like you I’ll make breakfast the night before so am not rushed. I like breakfast cookies and overnight oats. Though your boatmeals are amazing too!
Yes every morning seems to be rushed — I make overnight oats or fitnessista breakfast cookies quite often — that way I just grab them in the morning, inhale breakfast and get on the road!
Or else I do something simple like bagel/PB and eat in the car (which I hate doing, but it happens once in a while).
It would probably be something like this-or an Enjoy Life cereal bar 😀
I love these breakfast ideas! I can’t wait to try some of these when I start my new job this summer 🙂
Now during Lent I have a cup or two of tea for breakfast, I like black tea with milk or Indian tea with milk. I haven’t eaten a real breakfast for about a month or 1.5 months I think. My fav portable breakfast would be chocolate nut fudge bar – prepared in a couple of minutes and ready to grab!
Whenever I bake my oatmeal, I always mix it up the night before, too 🙂
My favorite on-the-go breakfasts are oatmeal made the night before, homemade smacaroons or breakfast bars, fruit and nuts…..and yeah!
I had to have a really rushed dinner last night so it was lucky I’d made two lots of your mushroom stroganoff the day before!
Best on the go breakfast probably a pb/banana sandwich… 🙂
boatmeal!?! I missed that movement! I love the sound of it!
I can’t eat as soon as I get up, so I need something I can take to work. Toast with nut butter is great and all, but a person needs variety! I’ve been eating variations of the baked oatmeal for weeks now. I just started making a few at a time, with different add-ins. I can just grab one from the fridge on my way out the door, and with some fruit I’m satisfied until lunchtime! My current favorite is cocoa, almond extract, and dried cherries, but they’re all good! I have some overly ripe bananas so I need to try your banana bread version soon! Thanks for making my weekday breakfasts more delicious!
I can only agree- people MUST try your baked oatmeal! It totally rocks!!!
Well, I am not much of a breakfast-eater, anyways, I´m simply not hungry and would have my first meal about 3 hours after I woke up. But then it will be breakfast all right, no matter what time it is… 😀
Nigella Lawson created a fab breakfast bar recipe, the only negative thing about it is that she used condensed milk. I am wondering what would make a good substitute? Any suggestions?
And thanks so much for your oh-so-kind-mail! But really, YOU are the one to thank!
Guess who´s going to have boatmeal for bfast tmro?! Meeeeeeeeeeeee 🙂