Many people know about the benefits of oatmeal . It is considered an almost perfect breakfast, rich in vitamins, microelements, providing the body with energy for a long time and satisfying hunger. And thanks to additional ingredients, the dish can be varied so that it does not bother. But nobody wants to mess around every morning with making porridge.
In order to provide yourself or the whole family with useful yummy, without making much effort, you can use the wonderful recipe called “Lazy oatmeal in a jar”. Such a breakfast can simply be taken out of the refrigerator, heated and eaten. Or take it with you to work, walk, train, travel. If you get the jar out of the refrigerator just before leaving the house and tighten the lid properly, its contents will be perfectly preserved for several hours. So all that remains is to get a spoon to dine.
Basic recipe
You will need jars with a capacity of 300-500 ml (each for a separate serving), regular oatmeal (3 tablespoons), salt and sugar to taste, low-fat milk. At the bottom of the dishes pour cereal. Salt, sugar are sent there and poured with cold milk. Then the container is closed with a lid and shaken well. If you do this in the evening, by morning the oatmeal in the jar will be ready. It can be eaten cold or heated in the microwave. For convenience, it is better to put the porridge in a bowl or a deep plate.
However, such a dish quickly bothers, and not everyone agrees to have breakfast with "empty" oatmeal. This is especially true for children who need to be tasty and sweet. Variety of breakfasts will help various additives and fillers. They can be fruit, berry, chocolate or combined. Dried fruits, candied fruits, nuts and other goodies go well with porridge.
How to keep such a breakfast
Depending on the fillers used, lazy oatmeal in a jar can stand in the refrigerator from 2 days to a week. If you make porridge with nuts, bananas or dried fruits, it is stored in the cold for 5-6 days. A dish with the addition of fresh berries, yogurt and sour fruits is better to eat in 2-3 days.
To make a stock of breakfast for the working week, usually use the basic recipe for lazy oatmeal in a jar, and toppings are added directly to the plate before use. Porridge made with milk will deteriorate faster than that made with water. If you take a chilled jar with oatmeal with you to the office, for a walk or training, then the product may well be suitable for use within a few hours.
Chocolate Banana Porridge
If someone tries this breakfast for the first time, it would hardly occur to him that this is a lazy oatmeal. It turns out so tasty and unusual. And preparing as always is very simple.
A third glass of milk will need 3 tablespoons of oatmeal, as much unsweetened yogurt, a little honey, half a banana and a teaspoon of instant cocoa. First, all loose ingredients are sent to the jar. Then add honey, yogurt and milk, close the lid and shake well so that the mass gets a uniform chocolate tint. Then, bananas cut at random are laid out on top, stirred, the lid is closed and sent to the refrigerator until morning. Eating porridge is best without warming up, sprinkled with a little grated chocolate. To make the dish more satisfying, you can add a handful of corn flakes to it.
Apple and cinnamon
The combination of these products is quite common as a filling for pies. It turns out that they can also be used as a filler for a healthy breakfast. To the ingredients from the previous recipe (minus banana and cocoa), add half of the peeled apple, chopped into small cubes (or a little mashed potato), and half a teaspoon of ground cinnamon. A piquancy of porridge will give a pinch of ground nutmeg.
Oatmeal, honey and cinnamon are poured into a jar, add milk and yogurt, whisk. Then the porridge is mixed with apples, nutmeg is added and sent to the cold. The dish is stored for no more than 48 hours, and consumed without warming up. As an addition, sweet crackers or whole grain cookies are suitable.
Other fillers
Lazy oatmeal in a jar is an excellent breakfast that can be combined with almost any food. Most often they use fruits, nuts and berries (fresh, frozen, canned). But if you want, you can and should experiment. Favorite jam or condensed milk, sweet toppings and syrups will be used. The main thing is not to overdo it and alternate the ingredients, creating your own version. Lazy oatmeal in a jar, the recipe of which will be invented as a result of experiments, will surely become your ideal universal breakfast.
Those who do not like sweets can easily turn the basic version into a kind of culinary masterpiece. If you pour cereal not with milk, but with water, add a little salt and don’t use sugar, then this kind of porridge will go well with sausage or cheese, cutlet or sausage. That's just cold, it is unlikely that someone will like it, so you have to warm it up.
During fasting or with milk intolerance, lazy oatmeal in a jar can be made on water. The principle of preparation, storage, as well as the ingredients will remain the same. That's just to taste the dish will be less tender and creamy.
Freezing
If desired, a delicious and healthy breakfast based on oatmeal is prepared for future use. Frozen porridge is perfectly stored for a month. Before use, it is advisable to remove it in advance. Thaw porridge should be in vivo, rearranging the jar on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. Or you can use the microwave.
If you are going to freeze porridge, you must leave at least a quarter of the container space empty so that when the mass is expanded, the dishes will not crack. If the farm has plastic containers with lids that are tight enough to close, they are also suitable for freezing, storage, and transportation.
About the benefits of the dish
Those who have long dreamed of moving to a healthy diet with a full breakfast will no doubt enjoy the lazy oatmeal in the jar. Reviews about this dish are extremely positive. And finding 5 minutes of time in the evening to cook porridge is not as difficult as in the morning, when every second counts. Due to the presence of cereals, the dish saturates the body with complex carbohydrates, proteins and vitamins of group B. Milk and yogurt are sources of calcium, and dried fruits and berries can generally be considered a storehouse of vitamins. Nuts that go well with oatmeal contain healthy fats and a host of micronutrients. Honey, chocolate and sugar just cheer you up. And after such a breakfast for a long time remains a feeling of satiety.
The calorie content of this dish is largely dependent on additional ingredients. It is very simple to regulate it: the less fat and sweet, the more dietary porridge you get. A satisfying option will be obtained by adding cereal and nuts, butter and milk, and a lean one - on water, without condensed milk and chocolate. In both the first and second cases, a handful of raisins, dried fruits, or berries will not interfere.
Other cooking methods
Oatmeal in the bank is far from the only way to provide yourself with a simple and healthy breakfast. Firstly, there is a microwave. In it, instant oatmeal is brought to the desired state for 2-3 minutes. Secondly, the flakes can simply be poured with boiling water, covered with a lid, and in just 10 minutes the porridge is ready.
Oatmeal is used to prepare side dishes and soups, bake pies and cookies. But all this takes time. A cold cold express recipe using a minimum of ingredients and an ordinary glass jar allows you to get all the benefits of oatmeal and great taste with almost no loss of precious time. This is extremely important for most modern people whose day is scheduled in minutes.