make-ahead breakfast?

[OakLeaf]

Is eating the cereal the noisy part, or getting it ready?

When I've raced out of town I've prepared a bowl of my usual cereal, fortified with chia, protein powder, dried fruit and nuts, the night before. In the morning all I have to do is pop the top off the bowl and add milk substitute.

Some cereals are less crunchy than others - and if you used a plastic spoon and/or bowl, you'd minimize dish noise.

(microwave too noisy)

Also, the mute button on the microwave is one of the world's better inventions ... I guess the doors pretty much have to be loud to seal tightly enough, though. That would pretty much rule out oatmeal for me regardless. I can eat almost anything cold, but not oatmeal.



It might just be a matter of getting the proportions right with oatmeal too. I also find that undoctored oatmeal might as well be a couple of tablespoons of white sugar, for all the good it does me. These days (or I should say, in cooler weather lately) I start with 1/3 c of old fashioned oats, 3/4 c or more of water, a pinch of salt, and then stir in a LOT of peanut butter and some dried fruit after it's cooked, and it seems to keep me going reasonably well.