Strength Starter Breakfast

Active time: 10min Total time: 20min Servings: 1 Recipe from: My friend Lisa

Why?

Image from Jenny Bayliss

• High in protein - great for muscle growth

• Stable energy - no blood sugar spikes

• Dairy free, Auto-immune* (contains oats) and menopause friendly

• Brain support

• Anti-inflammatory

• Great for the gut - plenty of microbiome goodness

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup rolled oats

• 1-1.5 Cups plant based milk, water or mix

• 6 dates, chopped small

• 1 tablespoon hemp seeds

• 1 tablespoon chia seeds

• 6 almonds chopped

• 2 walnuts chopped

• 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds

• 1 tablespoon flaxseed

• 1 tablespoon almond butter

• 1 scoop protein powder

• 1 tablespoon shredded coconut

• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom

• Blueberries

• NOTE: If you don’t want to add the protein powder, I sometimes just add a good dollop of greek yoghurt at the end

  How to prepare

1. Place rolled oats, dates, seeds, nuts and almond butter in 1.5 cups water (or mix with nut milks). Stir and heat up.

2. Cook until the oats are to your liking (porridge like).

3. Add shredded coconut, sprinkle cinnamon and cardamom and blueberries

4. Serve

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