My Favourite Breakfast

This will be a quick post tonight involving the recipe for my favourite breakfast. Strangely enough, breakfast and I never got along very well. When I was a kid I remember my favourite cereal breakfast was Raisin Bran (yes, I'm weird), but even though I liked breakfast foods, I never was a big fan of breakfast. In college I was a much bigger fan of sleep and often would choose an extra 1/2 hour of sleep over getting up and going to the dining hall before class.

As I began to get more healthy in the past year, I slowly have incorporated breakfast into my routine. Part of the reason I never wanted breakfast was that I would typically wake up feeling pretty nauseous  This would subside in a half hour to an hour, but never made me particularly hungry in the mornings. I overcame this by simply forcing myself to eat what I could. I will probably never want a big breakfast with eggs, turkey sausage or waffles, so instead I found something that was healthy, safe for my stomach, easy to make and perfect for the mornings I work out.

What is this magic food you may wonder? I will tell you.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Oatmeal. I have eaten this pretty much every morning for the past 6 months and have loved it every. single. morning. It may sound at least partially unhealthy, but let me assure you, it is not.

Ingredients:
1/3 c or single packet of plain oatmeal
1/2 c water
1-2 packets Truvia (or sweetener of choice)
1 scoop Vanilla Ice Cream Optimum Nutrition Protein Powder (can substitute any Vanilla/Chocolate powder)
2 TBLS Chocolate PB2**

Directions:
Pour 1/3 c or packet of oatmeal in microwave safe bowl. Add 1/2 c water and microwave for ~ 1:30-2:00. After cooking stir in protein powder, then Truvia and PB2.

I like my oatmeal cold, so I stir in 1 TBSP PB2 when I make it the night before and then the other the following morning before I eat it.

Ingredients

Nutritional Info:
Cal: 265 kcal
Carbs: 28 g
Protein: 32 g
Fat: 4 g
Fiber: 5 g
Sugar: 3 g

** For those not familiar with PB2, it is a powder that is made from dehydrating peanuts. It has all the protein of regular peanut butter, but almost no fat and only a fraction of the calories. I love it. It's great for baking and for shakes but I also like it rehydrated. It may sound weird, but if you mix it with water it acts just like real peanut butter that you can put on sandwiches. I typically have a PB2 sandwich most every night along with my PB2 oatmeal every morning. It comes in 2 flavours (regular and chocolate). For more information about it, see the website: http://www.bellplantation.com/