§03 · Breakfast · aaron-chow-breakfast
Aaron Chow Breakfast
The breakfast half of Aaron Chow — the two recipes that inspired Minimum Viable Pantry itself, named for their author, who spent 7+ years tuning them toward near-complete nutrition. A creamy, warm bowl of oats, berries, seeds, and nuts, unsweetened and finished with a spoon of peanut butter. Paired with the savory half, it's a week's worth of variety in two meals. Meet Aaron Chow Lunch →
Ingredients
Everything here is in your pantry — no shopping trip.
- Rolled Oats 1¼ cups 100 g
- Frozen Blueberries 1 cup 148 g
- Frozen Strawberries 1 cup 232 g
- Peanut Butter 1 tbsp 16 g
- Ground Flaxseed 2 tbsp 14 g
- Chia Seeds 1 tbsp 12 g
- Walnuts ⅛ cup 10 g
- Pecans ⅛ cup 14 g
- Pepitas 1 tbsp 8.1 g
- Cinnamon 2 tsp 4.8 g
- Sea Salt to taste to taste
Method
- Bring 2 cups water to a simmer. Stir in the 1¼ cups100 g rolled oats and 2 tsp4.8 g cinnamon.
- Cook 8–10 minutes, stirring often, until creamy.
- Stir the 1 cup148 g frozen blueberries and 1 cup232 g frozen strawberries in for the last 2–3 minutes, just to warm them through.
- Off the heat, stir in the 1 tbsp16 g peanut butter until it melts, then the 2 tbsp14 g ground flaxseed and 1 tbsp12 g chia seeds — add a splash more water if it tightens up, and eat it while it’s still loose, since the seeds keep setting.
- Top each bowl with the ⅛ cup10 g walnuts, chopped, ⅛ cup14 g pecans, chopped, and 1 tbsp8.1 g pepitas, and season with salt, to taste.
Kids: stir the berries all the way in at the start so the whole bowl turns purple and sweet, and skip the pepitas on top if they’d rather not have the crunch.
Dietary
- free, with a caveat
- Tree nut contains
- Peanut contains
- Soy free
- Sesame free
* Oats are naturally gluten-free but commonly cross-contaminated with wheat — buy certified gluten-free oats if you have celiac disease.
Nutrition
Vitamins & minerals
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