Aaron Chow Breakfast

Method

1. Bring the 2 cups486 g soy milk to a bare simmer — keep the heat low, since milk catches on the pot. Stir in the 1¼ cups100 g rolled oats and 2 tsp4.8 g cinnamon.
   • Soy Milk2 cups486 g(486 g)(2 cups)
   • Rolled Oats1¼ cups100 g(100 g)(1¼ cups)
   • Cinnamon2 tsp4.8 g(4.8 g)(2 tsp)
2. Cook 8–10 minutes, stirring across the bottom of the pot, until creamy.
3. Stir the 1 cup148 g frozen blueberries and 1 cup232 g frozen strawberries in for the last 2–3 minutes. Two cups of frozen fruit will knock the pot well off its simmer; keep it over low heat and stir until the berries are thawed and the pot is warm through — that’s done.
   • Frozen Blueberries1 cup148 g(148 g)(1 cup)
   • Frozen Strawberries1 cup232 g(232 g)(1 cup)
4. 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 milk if it tightens up, and eat it while it’s still loose, since the seeds keep setting.
   • Peanut Butter1 tbsp16 g(16 g)(1 tbsp)
   • Ground Flaxseed2 tbsp14 g(14 g)(2 tbsp)
   • Chia Seeds1 tbsp12 g(12 g)(1 tbsp)
5. 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.
   • Walnuts, chopped⅛ cup10 g(10 g)(⅛ cup)
   • Pecans, chopped⅛ cup14 g(14 g)(⅛ cup)
   • Pepitas1 tbsp8.1 g(8.1 g)(1 tbsp)
   • Sea Saltto 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.

The name: this and its savory half are the two recipes that started Minimum Viable Pantry — my own formula, seven years in, rebuilt to run on the pantry alone.