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Hot Cocoa Oatmeal

February 8, 2023 by Laura 4 Comments

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Look at this fun idea for Hot Cocoa Oatmeal!

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My 7-year-old daughter found this idea in a magazine and we decided to try it at home. Whoa, but let me just pause for one moment to say: I never knew I’d be able to use “my” and “daughter” in the same sentence. And now I have four beautiful daughters plus two daughters-in-law!! Pictures to come as soon as our little girls’ adoptions are final!

So back to my 7-year-old daughter. :) She found a Hot Cocoa Oatmeal recipe in a Highlights magazine and wanted to try it. I don’t usually keep mini marshmallows on hand, but for this, I picked some up to surprise her. You can certainly make this breakfast or snack without them. I let my kids have four each instead of letting them fill their mugs. :)

This recipe is fun because you can make it ahead of time, then make a mug full whenever you need it. Beyond the marshmallows, this really is a healthy breakfast or snack option. My kids LOVED the chocolate flavor of this!

Hot Cocoa Oatmeal

Hot Cocoa Oatmeal
 
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Author: Laura
Ingredients
  • 10 cup whole oats (divided)
  • 2 cups brown sugar or sucanat
  • 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 teaspoons sea salt
  • Mini marshmallows (optional)
Instructions
  1. Measure 7 cups of oats into a large mixing bowl.
  2. Blend the remaining 3 cups (1/2 cup at a time) until powdery and stir into the mixing bowl.
  3. Add brown sugar, cocoa powder, and sea salt.
  4. Mix well.
  5. Store in a large, airtight container.
  6. When ready to serve the oatmeal, scoop ½ cup of mix into a mug.
  7. Add ¾ cup boiling water.
  8. Stir.
  9. Allow the oatmeal and water to sit for about 5 minutes.
  10. Stir, add marshmallows if you like, and eat.
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As you can see, this is a big-batch recipe. I love making recipes like this for my family so I can use my time and energy well. Having a large container of this on hand means I can boil water in the morning, scoop oatmeal mixture into mugs, and have a very quick and fun breakfast ready in just a few minutes with very little effort.

 

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49 Favorite Breakfast Freezer Foods

September 11, 2016 by Laura Leave a Comment

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Bunches and bunches of our favorite breakfast freezer foods…coming up!

49 Breakfast Freezer Foods

First, some of my favorite breakfast tips (that my family supports 100%):

Biscuits and Gravy Made EasyYum

You know how Biscuits and Gravy is one of those breakfasts you save for special occasions because it takes quite a bit of effort to prepare? What if you could follow these Freezer Biscuit instructions and have Turkey Sausage made ahead of time so you can quickly put together Sausage Gravy while your effortless biscuits are in the oven? Then you can have Biscuits and Gravy on the table within just a few minutes without breaking a sweat. My family loves it when I do this! (More details here.)

Biscuits and Gravy

Breakfast Casserole Made Easy

And Breakfast Casserole. That sounds intense right? Except that it’s not intense when you use this recipe and make it ahead of time.

cinnamon_muffins_with_casserole

Cinnamon Rolls Made Easy

How about Cinnamon Rolls? Well now those are for special occasions. Yes, because of the sugar. But not because of the work. Try these No-Knead Cinnamon Rolls that you can make ahead of time and freeze!

cinnamon_rolls

Muffins Made Easy

We’re all in love with the fact that we can mix up muffin batter and freeze it in muffin cups for easy fresh muffin baking! If you haven’t tried this yet, get all the details here. You will LOVE IT!

Freeze Your Muffin Batter 3

And now, from oatmeal cups to muffins to burritos, here are 49 great, real food recipes that can be made ahead of time and frozen.

49 Favorite Breakfast Freezer Foods

  • Applesauce Bread
  • Bacon Cheese Muffins
  • Baked Oatmeal Cups
  • Banana Bread and Muffins
  • Blueberry Streusel Muffins
  • Breakfast Burritos
  • Breakfast Cake Muffins
  • Chocolate Chocolate Chip Muffins
  • Chocolate Swirl Bread
  • Chocolate Swirl Muffins
  • Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
  • Cinnamon Swirl Bread
  • Cracklin’ Oat Bran Cereal (Not as much a freezer food as a food that can be made ahead of time for ease. But you can freeze this if you like!)
  • Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Breakfast Cookies
  • Crustless Breakfast Quiches
  • Easy Breakfast Casserole (I usually put this together and freeze it un-baked.)
  • Eggnog Muffins
  • Giant Breakfast Cookies
  • Ham and Egg Breakfast Bowls
  • Hashbrowns
  • Honey Cinnamon Muffins
  • Honey Whole Wheat Bagels
  • Lemon Bread
  • Mini Apple Pies
  • Mini Breakfast Pizza
  • Multi-Grain Pumpkin Waffles and Pancakes
  • Oatmeal Breakfast Bars
  • Orange Muffins
  • Pancake Muffins
  • Pancake and Sausage Muffins
  • Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins
  • Peanut Butter Pancakes
  • Poptarts
  • Pumpkin Breakfast Cake
  • Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
  • Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
  • Simple Whole Wheat Pancakes
  • Snickerdoodle Muffins
  • Strawberry Bread
  • Strawberry Cream Muffins
  • Sweet Potato Streusel Muffins
  • Turkey Sausage (I like to make 10-12 pounds at once and freeze it in 1 pound packages.)
  • Vanilla Muffins with Cinnamon Crumb Topping
  • Whole Wheat and Honey Zucchini Bread and Muffins
  • Whole Wheat Cinnamon Rolls
  • Whole Wheat Waffles
  • Zucchini Carrot Bread

Time Saving Tip: These Ham and Egg Breakfast Bowls are tasty and wonderful, but they only save time if you make a bunch ahead and freeze them to warm up later. If you haven’t made them ahead and want ham and eggs for breakfast, I’d skip the cute bowl making step and just quickly scramble ham, eggs, and cheese together. :)

Easy Ham and Egg Breakfast Bowls

Did you see the 24 Favorite Main Dish Freezer Meals I shared last week?

Coming up during the next few days, I’ve got some great new freezer breakfast food tips!

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Make-Ahead Breakfast Foods ~ Share Your Story

October 22, 2014 by Laura 4 Comments

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Share Your Heavenly Homemakers Recipe Story

Karen sent in this story along with yummy food pictures of her efforts. I always love hearing how people make healthy food ahead of time to save money and energy when feeding their families well! Have a story to share about how you’re using our recipes? Send them to us, along with your pictures!

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Make-Ahead Breakfast Crustless Quiches and Breakfast Burritos

Our family loves so many of the recipes from Heavenly Homemakers and from Laura’s cookbook Oh, for Real. I’ve been inspired by Laura’s example to do Make Ahead Meals. What a huge timesaver! Here is what I did this morning to help tuck some breakfasts away for future use while at the same time serving breakfast for my family today.

First I cooked up a pan of diced potatoes. Next I made up a big batch (one dozen) of Breakfast Crustless Quiches:  using some of the cooked diced potatoes and some meat. Turkey Sausage Crumble works especially well in this recipe. . I used an extra large muffin pan.

karen breakfast 11

Next I made a big pan of Breakfast Burritos mixture but I switched out the meat option to some diced ham.

The family then helped themselves to whatever they wanted for breakfast. The rest of the Crustless Quiches I put into sandwich bags and then into a  freezer bag. Instead of making the full Breakfast Burrito as shown in Laura’s directions, I put 2/3 cup of the egg-potato-ham mixture in snack bags and we will assemble the breakfast burritos later individually – this works well for us. Those snack bags then went into a larger freezer bag and into the freezer.

karen breakfast 22

Both the frozen Breakfast Crustless Quiches and the bags of Breakfast Burrito mixture thaw out well in the refrigerator overnight (this just requires an ounce of pre-planning the night before!) These individual servings can then be warmed up in the toaster oven, a regular oven, or in the microwave.

Besides serving my family breakfast this morning, I now have 19 breakfast servings stowed away in the freezer for busy days ahead. And I only have to wash the bowls & pans once for this fantastic yield!

Karen

Awesome work, Karen! I haven’t made those Crustless Quiches for a while, but I’m encouraged to get that done. Such a great breakfast to pull out, warm up, and serve!

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