Psyllium overnight oat for a super breakfast

One ​​of the most popular food trends of the moment, as well as a quick and delicious solution for a healthy, balanced and fresh breakfast: let's talk about porridge and/or overnight oat.

Synonyms? Many use the two terms interchangeably but in reality they are two different preparations, although they can be made with the same ingredients.

Let's see what they are, how to prepare them and we'll reveal to you a delicious recipe for breakfast, made even healthier by the presence of psillio.

Overnight oat VS porridge: preparation differences

The base is the same: natural oat flakes and milk or vegetable drink. Really very simple, for a simple recipe like porridge, of English origin and dating back to the 17th century, which was created precisely to satisfy people with a minimum availability of products.

But what is the difference between overnight oats and porridge? Long story short: cooking.

The porridge you can serve it hot (perhaps with a small square of chocolate that slowly melts on top thanks to the heat… yum!) or cold, it doesn't matter: the preparation always takes place for cooking oat flakes in the liquid that you have chosen, be it water, cow's milk, soy drink or other. In this case, the proportion is approximately 1:3, i.e. 50g of oats per 150ml of drink.

On the contrary, theovernight oat, as the word itself says, replaces soaking cooking: the oats soak in the liquid for the whole night, preferably cool in the fridge, and therefore absorb the liquid without cooking. For this version, the ideal proportion of ingredients is 1:2, therefore 100ml of drink for 50g of oats.

The recipe for our psyllium overnight oat

We have chosen the no-cook version precisely because we are heading towards summer... but continue to follow us, because in the next few weeks we will release a new recipe book, dedicated precisely to summer recipes with superfood!

Ingredients for a bowl

• 40g oat flakes
• 10g NaturaleBio psyllium husks
• 100ml of rice milk or other vegetable drink of your choice
• Topping as desired (NaturalBio cocoa nibs, almonds, pumpkin seeds, apple slices...)

Procedure

It's really a very quick recipe, just remember to prepare it before going to sleep.

In a bowl or glass jar, mix the oats with the psyllium, then slowly add the liquid, stirring well to combine everything.

Cover the container and place it in the fridge until you wake up, better to leave it at room temperature for about twenty minutes before consuming it, appropriately decorated with your favorite toppings!

Benefits of this breakfast recipe

In addition to being good and satiating, this overnight oats also guarantees a balanced intake of macronutrients, and good quantities of micronutrients.

In fact, oats are an excellent cereal, rich in proteins, and psyllium integrates a good dose of delicate fibres, with a mild prebiotic effect, a true panacea for the intestine.

Finally, the toppings you choose can make everything even more fresh, delicious and beneficial: choose seasonal fruit to fill up on vitamins, dried fruit for minerals and good fats, and even oil seeds or our crunchygranella of cocoa to create a game of phenomenal consistency!

A trick for psyllium porridge without oats

What if you don't like oats? (Whoever writes this article doesn't love her, I'll be honest). But psyllium is an excellent substitute even on its own: we reveal to you a trick that serves to reproduce the consistency ofovernight oat, but… without the flakes of oats!

Simply, choose your favorite yogurt, cow or vegetable, and replace it with the drink. This way, you will start from a less liquid base. Then just add a spoonful of organic psyllium husks, mix and wait a couple of minutes... that's it! Thanks to the "magic" thickening capacity of this water-soluble fibre.

You will get a creamy consistency worthy of the best English porridge, to then be decorated with lots of fresh and crunchy, healthy and colorful toppings!