3 Easy Steps to Overnight Soaking:
- Place enough warm water in a bowl or jar, to completely cover the grains, raw nuts and/or seeds.
- Add the grains, raw nuts and/or seeds, and leave covered overnight on a bench top (not in refrigerator).
- Rinse the grains, raw nuts and/or seeds, and discard the soaking water, don’t re-use it.
Overnight Breakfast Bowl
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
- 2 cups raw rolled oats (often labeled “old fashioned” oats; be sure to use gluten-free – I buy Bob’s Red Mill from Woolworths or IGA)
- 2 tbsp raw sunflower seeds
- 1 tbsp raw flax seeds
- 1 tbsp raw chia seeds
- 4½ cups almond or coconut milk
- Fresh or stewed fruit
- Shredded coconut
- Raw nuts or seeds
- Raw honey or pure maple syrup
- Fresh mint
Directions:
1. Combine oats, sunflower seeds, flax seeds, chia seeds and almond or coconut milk.
2. Cover mixture, and set on bench top overnight.
3. The next morning, rinse the grains and seeds with fresh water. Don’t reuse the soaking water.
4. Place a serve of your breakfast in a bowl in summer, or warm through briefly as the weather cools down, top with anything you’d like. Place the rest of the mix into the fridge until the next day. Enjoy!
Overnight Chia Seed Pudding
Chia seeds gel when soaked, so generally they are not rinsed after soaking.
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup chia seeds
- 2 cup coconut or almond milk
- 1/2 cup blueberries, raspberries, cherries or pomegranate
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
- Fresh or stewed fruit
- Shredded coconut
- Raw nuts or seeds
- Raw honey or pure maple syrup
- Fresh mint
Directions:
1. With a stick blender, food processor or equivalent liquidize 1/4 cup blueberries or other fruit.
2. Combine chia seeds and almond or coconut milk.
3. Cover mixture, and set on bench top overnight.
4. In the morning, stir the chia pudding to break up any clumps.
3. Place a serve in a breakfast bowl in summer, or pour warm coconut or almond milk over a serve as the weather cools down, to make a chia porridge. Top with anything you’d like. Place the rest of the mix into the fridge until the next day. Enjoy!
Morning Energy Balls
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- 1/2 cup almond butter or a combination of any nuts
- 1/4 cup ground or whole flax seed
- 2 tbs of your favorite dried fruit or 3 medjool dates, pitted
- 1 Tablespoon raw honey or pure maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Directions:
1. Blend all ingredients in a food processor until sticky and roll into balls.
2. Chill in the fridge, and snack away. Enjoy!
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