5 breakfast recipes you can prep the night before
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Breakfasts can be fun and fulfilling too. If you're whining about eating the same old cereal or toast before heading out to work, read these easy make-ahead recipes and spruce up your morning meal. All you need to do is invest some time the previous night, and reward yourself the following morning. Some of these recipes can also be stored for days.
#1
Overnight oats
Mix rolled oats, unsweetened almond milk, hung yogurt, honey, vanilla extract, and strawberries with a pinch of sea salt. Stir in a large bowl. Seal with a lid and place in the fridge overnight. Take it out of the fridge in the morning and give it a stir. You may add a little more almond milk before serving. Garnish with chopped strawberries.
#2
Banana buns
Mash ripe bananas, and add flour, sugar, salt, pepper powder, cumin seeds, baking soda, and mix well to form a sticky dough. Cover it and rest overnight. Make small balls from the dough and roll them into thick buns. Heat oil in a pan and fry them until they puff up. Take the buns out on a paper towel. Serve with green coconut chutney.
#3
Moong and chickpea sandwich
Soak moong dal and chickpeas overnight and blend batter with some water the next morning. Mix salt and rest. Spread a ladle full of batter in a square shape in a hot pan. Drizzle oil, cover, and cook. Flip and cook the other side; make several slices. Smear mint chutney on the slices of bread and put onion, tomato, and cheese slices between them.
#4
Overnight muesli muffins
Mix muesli, dried and chopped apricots, mixed spice, sugar, and flour in a bowl. Add milk, egg, and oil and combine everything. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Line muffin pan with paper cases. Rest the muffin batter at room temperature for some time. Add blueberries to the batter and then add it into paper cases. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Cool before eating.
#5
Coconut and yogurt bars
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Dry roast flaked coconut and sunflower seeds and cool. Mix yogurt and honey in a bowl and spread out on the baking sheet evenly. Add some strawberry jam to the yogurt. Sprinkle chopped strawberries, coconut, and sunflower seeds over the spread. Freeze overnight. Take out the next morning, peel off the paper, break it into random pieces.