• absGeekNZ@lemmy.nzEnglish
    403·
    3 months ago

    I make overnight oats nearly every night.

    I use steel cut oats in the slow cooker over night, add dates, apple, cinnamon and chia seeds.

    It is ready for me before I leave for work at ~6:10, and ready for the rest of the family when they have breakfast at 7:30.

    What is not to like.

          • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nzEnglish
            2·
            3 months ago

            I don’t sleep that much. I have the advantage of being a short sleeper, 4-6 hrs per night is normal, I find it very difficult to sleep more than 6 hrs.

            I’m usually in bed by 11, and asleep before 12.

            I wake before my alarm at 5:30

        • ToxicWaste@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          that is great, that you can organise work and kids that way! in my estimate, you see your kids more than many 9 to 6 workers

          • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nzEnglish
            2·
            3 months ago

            I do indeed.

            I also took a job far closer to home last year, I’m only commuting 8 minutes each way now.

    • littlecolt@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      Hot overnight oats? I always made them in a mason jar in the fridge. My favorite was 1/2 cup of oats, 1/2 cup of vanilla yogurt, 1/2 cup of milk, all in a jar and then fill the rest of the jar up with frozen blueberries and strawberries (cut ones). Close, put in fridge, eat cold the next morning. The oats will have soaked up the liquid and gotten soft. It’s a nice cold cereal and quick to pour into a bowl, stir a bit, and chow down.

        • littlecolt@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          3 months ago

          Yeah that would definitely be my biggest worry. If I weren’t diabetic now I would try it.