Secrets of a Lazy Mom - Quick Breakfast

I have this thing where I refuse to go to the grocery store more than twice a month.  I do a big 2-week shopping and I'll do everything in my power to make it last.  Towards the end of the two weeks the cupboards start looking embarrassingly bare, but I can always scrape something together for a meal so as not to undermine my "2 week" grocery rule.  This streak is important to me for some reason:)

Breakfast items are always the first thing to go and one evening recently, long after the kids had gone to bed, I realized that I had absolutely nothing that would pass as "breakfast" to feed them in the morning. And "grocery day" was still a day away.  Do I go out in the freezing cold and pick up a couple things??  Or I could just give them chicken nuggets in the morning and call it "Dinner for Breakfast" to make it seem like a real thing.

The only thing vaguely resembling a breakfast item was less than a cup of Old Fashioned Oatmeal I had leftover from making "Reindeer Food" at Christmas.

The other sad ingredients I had in inventory were milk, an almost empty tub of plain greek yogurt, honey and PB2 (powdered peanut butter still remaining from some health kick that didn't last).  

I had heard of "overnight oats" but didn't have a recipe.  And, again, too lazy to look one up late at night.  So I got out some parfait cups (maybe they'll eat it if it reminds them of ice cream) and just divided what I had into them.  

I remembered some lonely chia seeds (another random health-kick-thing long lost) and discovered a small bag of mini chocolate chips hidden behind the chia seeds.  I tossed in a little of both with the other ingredients and popped 'em into the fridge.

In the morning I announced we were having a special breakfast - Peanut Butter Chocolate Overnight Oats!  The word "chocolate" had them racing for the fridge.

I'm happy to report that, although our groceries have been restocked, this is the only thing they want for breakfast now.  Double bonus - I showed them how to make it so they'll make a batch on Sunday and breakfast is ready for the week. 

I love stumbling upon life-hacks.  At any rate, I'm not a food blogger, but here's how we make PB+Chocolate Overnight Oats in hopes it can make your mornings easier too...

PB+Choco Overnight Oats

*not pictured...the most important ingredient...mini choc chips!

3 Tbsp Old Fashioned Oats

1 Tbsp Plain Greek Yogurt

1/2 Tbsp Honey

1/2 Tbsp PB2 (powered Peanut Butter, but real PB would work too)

a splash or two of milk, just enough to cover the oats

optional: a pinch of chia seeds + a pinch of mini chocolate chips

Stir and cover.  Refrigerate until morning.

into the fridge. at least overnight, but taste just as good after a few days.

Quick, easy, protein-packed brekkie.

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