Shed Kitchen: Sorostitute Oats

During my recent sorority presentations, we’ve been talking a lot about breakfast. Most sorority houses don’t have a full breakfast, so the girls have to rely on things like cereal and toast, and it’s often the same for people in the dorms. Ugh…no one likes limited options!

I always recommend instant oatmeal. You know that pimped-out oatmeal is a meal I swear by for health and happiness. I prefer whole-grain oats, but when you have limited resources, you can definitely go with instant. Then you just toss in all the goodies: nuts, nut butter, banana, dried fruit. But even that can be a hassle or  time-consuming if you don’t have your own kitchen. So I figured out a way to make oat-pimping a whole lot easier.

Ingredient 1: Instant Oatmeal. I really like Kashi, as it has pretty impressive protein and fiber stats.

Ingredient 2: Larabar.

Larabars are one of the packaged snack foods I recommend, as they contain just a few ingredients, usually just dried fruit and nuts…aka the things I always put in my oatmeal! This pecan pie bar contained pecans, dates, and almonds.

Make the oatmeal in the microwave. While it’s cooking, chop up the Larabar (or just break it up with your fingers.)

Add the Larabar to the oats. You can do other add-ins, if you happen to have a banana or some butterscotch lying around, but really, you’ll be fine to stop there. AND THAT’S IT!

And it’s obviously not just for college girls, but if you want to be part of the cool clique, consider yourself hazed!

The Larabar adds sweetness from the fruit and healthy fats from the nuts and turns your instant oatmeal into a way more nutritious and satisfying breakfast.

And just like a sorostitute, it’s SO EASY!

Tagged as: breakfast, college, healthy foods, healthy recipes, oatmeal, Pimp My Oats