I normally have overnight oats for breakfast in the warmer months. Typically I'll put in oats, soya milk or yoghurt if I have it, flaxseeds or chia seeds and a generous spoonful of honey. Then add any fruits and nuts if I have them. I prefer to use honey from small independent bee keepers rather than the blended factory produced stuff but it's expensive. And rightly so! Since I'd just finished a jar I put in a spoonful of my home made blackcurrant jam instead. Oh my, it's delicious!! 😋
Jam is cheaper than honey plus I know exactly what's in it since I made it! And I have loads in my storecupboard!! Now I can use my precious local honey to make some fire cider and elderberry syrup like I did last year HERE and get ahead with my Winter preps.
I introduced my diabetic husband to overnight oats about three years ago. He uses porridge oats, mixed seeds, blueberries(frozen as much cheaper) and oat milk. It helps keep him full without snacking through the morning. I eat my porridge hot even in this weather with fruit and keffir. Porridge oats are so much cheaper and better for you than packet cereals. Mind you, I some times eat a small plate of porridge for my supper in the winter. Enjoy the last of your holidays-my daughter is an FE lecturer and went back on Monday. Catriona
ReplyDeleteI buy the Sainsbury's 1.5kg bag of Scottish oats every month. They're a super food in my opinion!! In the Winter I make porridge every morning for me, the dog and the chicken!!
DeleteI love overnight oats so simple and so good. I try to be frugal with honey too and although I know it's full of sugars I think folk are right to consider it a superfood
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Honey has so many benefits that the sugar content is totally worth it!! Definitely a superfood!
DeleteHome made jam is just wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI'm not making porridge, etc, quite as much at the moment, but I will do once the weather cools and the days get short again. Lovely, warming, comfort food.
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Healthy, warming, delicious and cheap!!! xxx
DeleteI love my oats 😁 (Scottish of course) I have them every day with some ground flax seed, pumpkin seeds, walnuts, prunes, yoghurt and soya milk. Really look forward to my breakfast. Apparently prunes are good for us older ladies; eating them helps us not lose calcium from our bones - a discovery made while they were looking into something else, but one I'm happy about as I love prunes.
ReplyDeleteDidn't know that about prunes! I might add them to my dried fruit stores as I love them any way!!
DeleteCan't remember where I originally read it. Probably in a menopause book. Just did a search and found this https://www.rheumatologyadvisor.com/home/topics/osteoporosis/prunes-bone-loss-osteoporosis/
DeleteThat's an interesting article!! On the basis that it won't do any harm, eating prunes seems like a good plan!
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