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 am lucky to not usually be rushed in the morning, but sometimes I just want breakfast ready when I get up. One of my favorite things is oatmeal in the crock pot for those mornings.
Best Breakfast: multiply the boatmeal for one recipe by 12, then bake in one of those brownie pans with the dividers so that you have 12 perfect little square boatmeals! Quick breakfast for the whole family for a week 🙂
My favorite breakfast is dinner – which is strange I know. I love to nuke a piece of leftover lasagna, a slice of pizza, a bowl of spaghetti, whatever. Yum 🙂
I try my hardest not to have rushed meals. But, on Mondays I have to be at work at 8am so I typically bring my breakfast to work! The easiest, fastest, portable breakfast is cold oatmeal aka sped up overnight oats. I just put oats, chia seeds, almond milk, nut butter, and a fruit (bananas and/or blueberries) in a Tupperware container and it’s ready by the time I get to work! 🙂
My school starts at 7:20, and I have to leave the house at a very dark 6:45! My breakfasts are usually overnight oats reheated, banana and pb, toast and pb, clif bars, or occasionally dry cereal with milk. I always make coffee. Some days it’s hard to even have an appetite at 6 AM so I have to skip and just take a snack with me to make up for it:/
My fav to-go (8am class) breakfast: Soak 1/2 C. oats and almonds in 1 C. water over night in a glass jar, then microwave it in the morning and toss in cinnamon, wheat germ, raisins, banana, peanut butter.. Screw the lid on the jar and its ready to go and will stay warm during a car or bicycle commute!
I will make my oats the day before, then stir in diced apples and some applesauce the next morning for a quicky “over night oats”. I love baked oatmeal, but normally save that for a treat. I know, I’m weird, oatmeal is indeed a breakfast and a treat for me.
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!