Breakfast can get boring. Especially when you don't want to subject yourself to the many sugar laden options in the cereal aisle.
I think I ate oatmeal with a spoonful of peanut butter in it for years, until I ordered a bowl of Muesli at Bread and Chocolate (now closed) in Capitol Hill. I never looked at boring oatmeal the same way again.
The main ingredient in muesli is oatmeal but instead of cooking it, you soak it overnight in water, soy milk, rice milk or whatever you like really- some people even use orange juice. Usually 1/2 cup of oats to a 1/2 cup of liquid does the trick.
Then, what you put in it is completely up to you. Bread and Chocolate served it with walnuts, strawberries, bananas, and apples. The Wynn in Las Vegas serves it with almonds, green apples and blackberries. Teasim in D.C. serves it with honey, fresh strawberries, walnuts, and dried apricots and raisins that have been soaked with the oats so they are plump and juicy. They top it off with fresh yogurt. The options are really endless.
So soak your oats. Add your fresh or dried fruit, sprinkle with nuts or seeds and top with yogurt, honey, or anything else that you desire. If honey isn't your thing and you need to sweeten it up a bit, mashing half a banana into the oat mixture works, as well as agave nectar
photo courtesy of BBC Good Food
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