Multicooker Oatmeal

Greetings Awesome Ones,

Here I present to you another one of my favorite breakfasts, namely oat meal.

Oats are an outstanding source of fiber and slow-burning carbs and therefore, keep you full for a long time, give you loads of energy and contribute to weight loss. Apart from that, they're full of nutrients you'd want to take in for breakfast - the list of vitamins and minerals and amino acids in them is so fucking long, I'm too lazy to type it in. Seriously, google that shit.



I usually eat oats uncooked, just soaked in almond or rice milk or yogurt but since it's winter and since I bought a Multicooker, I decided to cook an oat meal and see what that's like.

Since I've never cooked oat meal on the stove before, I will give you only the Multicooker recipe for which I followed the basic instructions in the Multicooker's recipe booklet with some of my own tweaks.

So here goes :)

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups of Oats
1 tb spoon Sesame seeds
1 tb spoon Flax seeds
2 large Apples, diced
1 handful of Dried fruit of your choice. Make sure they have no added sugar! I personally don't like raisins so I used dried cherries.
1 handful of Raw nuts of your choice
2 tb spoons Honey or maple syrup
1 tea spoon Cinnamon

4 cups of Water
1/2-1 cup Plant milk. I used rice milk with coconut and it really enhanced the flavor pretty well.

Put everything except the plant milk in the Multicooker and set the program to STEAM, cooking time 20 mins.

Since the flax seed absorb A LOT of water and have that gooey coating when soaked, like the chia seeds, you may want to check if the oat meal needs more water every now and again. I used a little less water and my oat meal's texture was somewhat like a pudding :)

5 minutes before the cooking time is over, add the milk and stir a bit.

When it's done, serve with banana slices on top and enjoy :) The leftovers can stay in the fridge for 3-4 days.

My pudding-like oatmeal

With Love,

Your Tomato Monster

Breakfast for Champions!

Hey Lovelies!

So, I recently started drinking raw vegan protein shakes with Sun Warrior raw vegan protein (chocolate flavor) (https://www.sunwarrior.com/) and totally fell in love with them!

This protein is perfect as a pre-workout, as well as a post-workout drink, so you can reap the benefits no matter what time of day your workout is. For example, during the working days, I drink it as post-workout because I workout too early and don't have the time to drink it and wait for some time before my workout. When I'm not working, I drink it as pre-workout and here's what happens:

The coolest thing is that you don't crash when it "wears off" because the ingredients are all natural and it doesn't really wear off; this is obviously a huge benefit compared to supplements with mainly lab-derived nutrients.

Anyways, after trying it a couple of times as kind of a hot chocolate, blended with almond milk, I decided it was time for spicing it up a bit. Thus the protein breakfast smoothie was born! And nooow... *drumroll*

THE RECIPE

BASE:

2 cups of water and 2 table spoons of yoghurt

OR

2 cups of your favorite plant/nut milk (I personally like almond milk and rice with coconut)

FRUIT:

1 ripe banana

1 handful of fresh or frozen strawberries, whichever is available (NOTE: If you use frozen strawberries, make sure your blender can crush ice, otherwise the blades might be damaged)

SEEDS:

Flax seed and sesame seed - 1 tb. spoon of each

2 tb. spoons chia seed

1 handful of raw cacao beans

1 SCOOP of your favorite protein powder.

Put it all in the blender and voila! You have a super tasty, healthy breakfast, packed with nutrients which will give you a nitro-boost for the day! 

This smoothie also has few calories and will satisfy your hunger for hours, so it is perfect for weight loss.

Let me know what you think in the comment section!

Enjoy your day and stay strong :)

With Love,

Your Tomato Monster