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Servings: 4 (you can store leftovers in the fridge, & enjoy 4 days worth of already-made breakfast)
Preparation:
Part 1: The Chocolate Oat Pudding
2/3 cup of old-fashioned (not instant) rolled oats
2 cups of soy milk (or other non-dairy milk)
4 tablespoons of chia seeds (white is prettier, but not necessary)
1 medium to large ripe banana, smashed up
1 teaspoon real vanilla
1 tablespoon unsweetened, un-Dutched cocoa (I like Penzey's) (cocoa is optional, of course--it's still good plain)
Optional: 1 packet of stevia
1. Microwave 1/2 cup of the milk until very warm. Mix in the 1 tablespoon of cocoa. Un-Dutched cocoa doesn't dissolve well in cold liquids--that's the reason for this step.
2. Mix everything together (the oats, the milk, the chia, the banana, the vanilla, the cocoa-dissolved-in-the-warmed-milk, & the optional stevia), mix well, & put in a quart jar or sealed bowl to soak overnight in the fridge.
3. Store leftovers in the fridge.
Part 2: The Buckwheat Groats
1 cup of raw buckwheat groats (available from Nuts.com or Bob's Red Mill or your health food store) Not the same as toasted buckwheat or Kasha. We bought the white groats.
3 cups of water
1. Soak groats in 3 cups of water overnight in a sealed container in the fridge.
2. In the morning, rinse very well. A few times, is even better. It removes the sticky coating from the groats.
3. Store leftovers in the fridge.
Part 3: Putting the parfait together
You really don't need to make a parfait--it just looks pretty. It's fine to dump one serving's worth of everything into a bowl--it will taste the same.
MIX UP ONLY ONE SERVING AT A TIME. STORE THE LEFTOVER CHOCOLATE OATMEAL PUDDING & GROATS SEPARATELY. LAYER THEM WHEN MAKE YOUR BREAKFAST
1. Thaw 1 cup of mixed frozen berries, per serving (fresh is fine) in the microwave. I use 1 cup of berries per serving
2. For each serving, layer 1/4 of the chocolate oatmeal pudding, 1/4 of the buckwheat groats, with 1 cup of mixed berries.
3. Top your breakfast with a sprinkling of chopped walnuts.
