Overnight Oats

It's a struggle for me in the morning to get something together to eat in the morning. Every day, I contemplate on what I'm going to eat. I go through about 10 different things I COULD eat before actually choosing something to eat. This week I didn't want to go through that hassle and decided to stick with my trusty overnight oats.

This is really easy to make and really good to eat. Trust me!

Ingredients:

• fruits ( I like to use berries) 
• soy milk ( you could use almond or regular) 
• greek yogurt ( I like to Fage, but this is what I had in the fridge) 
• Chia seeds 
• Flax seeds *optional
• Plain oats 

Directions: 

1. Place 1/3 cup of oats in your containers
2. Add in 1/4 cup yogurt 
3. Add in 1 tsp or so of chia seeds 
4. Add in 1/2 tablespoon of flaxseeds 
5. Add in chopped berries, as many or as little as you'd like
6. Add in 1/2 cup or so of milk 

I don't stir my oat meal when I make it. I like to stir it all right when I eat it. You could add more milk if you need more. I love my oatmeal really thick and creamy and this consistency has always worked for me.  These will last me the rest of the week. I wouldn't make more than 5 of them at once. 

Freezable Breakfast Burritos!

Waymon gets up really early to go to work. So breakfast on the go is perfect for him. He can microwave this and eat it on the way to work. I made a weeks worth so that I can change up the ingredients for him. I'm not a burrito- rollin queen but I made these so it's not impossible! His tummy is happy and I'm not worried that my husband is starving to death in the morning. Everyone is happy!


Ingredients:

• 1/2 pkg of bacon, diced
• 1/2 pkg of precooked ham, diced
• 3 eggs 
• 1 large potato, diced
• 6 tortillas 
• 6 slices of cheese ( you can use shredded, he just likes this cheese better)

Directions: 

1. Heat your skillet to a medium- high heat.
2. Spray some canola oil onto the skillet.
3. Dice up your bacon, potatoes and ham. 
4. Brown up your potatoes - these will take the longest. Place browned potatoes into a large bowl 
5. Brown diced ham and place in large bowl with potatoes 
6. Cook bacon and drain. After draining place in bowl with other ingredients. 
7. Spray more canola oil onto skillet and scramble the eggs. Place eggs into bowl. 
8. Let mixture chill for about 30 minutes. 
9. Lay out tortillas and place cheese on bottom. 
10. Take 2/3 cup of mixture and place on top of cheese. 
11. Roll up burrito 
12. Repeat 4x  
13. Place all of the burritos in a freezer safe container/ freezer bag.
14. Reheating frozen burrito- warm frozen burrito for 2 minutes :) 

Bulk Ground Beef

My husband and I no longer buy ground beef individually at the store anymore. It's a waste of money in our eyes. We like to buy in bulk and separate the bulk that we have using our food scale. It takes time on our part, but it saves us money. We bought 4.6 lbs of ground beef at Costco for about $20.00, that's roughly $5.00 for every pound.I divided the ground beef into 15 equal parts weighing in at 4.5 oz and shaped them into hamburger patties. When I don't make hamburger patties I will section of 1 lb. of the ground beef and freeze it so that I can use it for other recipes later on. You could also use this ground beef to make meatballs too! After making these I no longer have to buy expensive pre-made patties and my husband can enjoy all the burgers he wants :)

Directions:
1. Measure ground beef out to weigh 4.5 oz

2. Create each of sections of ground beef into balls

3. Use wax paper to separate each individual patty
4. Take ground beef balls and shape them into patties.
5. Pinch in the center of the patty *This trick is so that when it's time to cook they will cook evenly.

6. Place all patties into freezer bag with labels

7. Pop them into the freezer flat