Oatmeal with apple and cinnamon

My breakfast usually consists of some kind of oatmeal porridge. It tastes just fine, it's cheap, easy to make and it keeps me full for a long time - and in these cold months, it's actually really nice to get a warm breakfast. But sometimes it's just boring to eat the same thing day after day after day. You feel me? So I've been trying to spice it up a bit and this is one of the variants that really worked! I used an apple from my moms garden and those are really the best apples known to mankind! Or at least the best apples known to me...

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What do I need?

1 cup of water

1/2 cup of quick oats

1 apple

1 tsp ground cinnamon

How do I do?

Bring the water to a boil and add the oats, grated apple and cinnamon. Stir, remove from heat and let it be for a few minutes - take a bath, do your hair or pack your back while waiting for it to be done. Eat your oatmeal and have a nice day!

Breakfast cookies

Cookies for breakfast? Well, why not? These vegan cookies are made with oats and bananas, so technically it's just baked oatmeal.... I guess. Well, there's no added sugar in it, so it's not all bad! They keep you full and are easy to grab on your way out of the door - or maybe as an afternoon- or post-workout snach. You can easily make a large portion, throw 'em in the freezer and heat 'em in the oven on days, where you slept just a bit too long. Or eat them cold, they're still really tasty when they've been in the fridge for a few days. You can make different kinds by adding almonds, grated coconut, chocolate chunks, raisins or whatever you like. And if you'd like them to be a bit more sweet, just add 2 tbsp of syrup. Enjoy!


~9 cookies
What do I need?
3 ripe bananas, mashed
2 cups quick oats
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
A pinch of salt


How do I do?
Preheat the oven to 175 celcius/350 fahrenheit.
Mix all the ingredients very well in a bowl. Make cookies of about 1/4 cup batter and place them on a baking sheet. Throw them in the oven and bake them for about 15 minutes.

Granola

Granola is some kind of muesli, that's toasted in honey. It has actually become quite popular during the last year or so. You can make your own personal version with whatever kind of seeds, nuts and dried fruit. And maybe, you can even make different version for each day - oh la la! That way, you won't have the same for breakfast every day and you'll keep thinking that it's an exiting and delish breakfast - I know one of my problems is, that I'll just get too tired of it in the long run, if I get the same for breakfast every single morning...
These amounts gave me enough granola for about a week. You could probably make for two weeks, as long as you store it in an airtight container.

What do I need?
4 tbsp honey

1/2 cup almonds

1/2 cup pumpkinseeds

1/2 cup flaxseeds

1/4 cup shredded coconut

1 cup quick oats

1/2 cup dried cranberries


How do I do?
Melt the honey in a frying pan and add all the other ingredients. Let it all get well coated in the honey and pour it out on a piece of baking paper - be careful, the honey gets really hot! Let it cool down until the honey has hardened again. Keep it in an air-tight container and keep it away from direct sunlight.

Overnight oats

During my internship I need an easy breakfast, that I can divide into two and eat before I leave home and just before my day starts. I'm in this unlucky situation, that it takes almost 2 hours of public transportation, to get to the hospital, where my internship is taking place. These overnight oats are perfect AND so delicious! They're so easy to prepare the night before and even easier to just grab from the fridge, throw in your bag and eat while you're on the train or in the bus.

My internship is going to last for two months (december and january) and I'm very exited, although there seems to be some problems with my schedule. I'n going to be staying at the Department of Clinical Biochemistry, where I'll learn a lot about different kind of analyzes and taking blood samples. So watch out!

Serves 2
What do I need?
1 cup quick oats
1 cup juice (I used apple juice)
1 handfull of your favorite seeds and nuts (I used sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, flaxseeds, sesame seeds and hazelnuts)
A few pieces of dried fruit (I used abricot)
1 grated apple
Ground cinnamon and nutmeg to the taste


How do I do?
Mix all the ingredients well and add cinnamon and nutmeg to the taste. Put it in a container with a lid and put it in the fridge until the next morning. If the texture is too wet or dry, you can adjust it by adding more oats or juice. Enjoy with a nice cup of tea and have a nice day!