These chewy little berries made an appearance in my breakfast again this morning!
Goji berries!
A few of you asked me about goji berries when they popped up in my yogurt bowl on Monday morning. Here is some more information for you from my package of Sunfood goji berries:
They’re a little too chewy for me to snack on by the handful like raisins, but I love tossing them into yogurt bowls or overnight oats which is exactly what I did this morning.
Last night I prepped a bowl of overnight oats using a combination of almond milk and coconut milk and absolutely loved the way the oats soaked up the coconut flavor of the creamy milk. I topped them with chopped roasted almonds and goji berries and loved every last bite!
Question of the Morning
- What is your favorite yogurt or oatmeal topping or do you prefer to eat your yogurt and oats plain? Or do you simply hate yogurt and oatmeal?
I think candied pecans will always be my favorite topping for yogurt and oatmeal… and ice cream. I love ‘em!
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Have you had the dark chocolate covered powerberries… SO amazing! A must try 🙂
No, but clearly I need to!
Oh god powerberries are my cryptonite!! They are the best!!
I love candied nuts too! Mmmmmmm! And any kind of almond butter.
I mustttt put peanut butter in my oatmeal! I love flax-seed in my yogurt, as well as almonds and sometimes fruit too.
I put granola in my yogurt. I tend to make seasonal granola, so for fall it was pumpkin… Keeps things varied. And for oatmeal, a bit of honey and cinnamon. Yummmm
Love the overnight oats.. thought of you when I did my toasted coconut vanilla overnight oats and this post reminded me of it 🙂 http://wp.me/p2mo7x-fd
I made a big batch of your peanut butter granola earlier this week! I’ve been throwing it in vanilla Greek yogurt for a delicious, protein packed snack that’s definitely becoming one of my favorites!
Oh my gosh, that stuff is so addicting! So glad you had a chance to try it out!
Ice cream! I’ve never heard of anyone doing that! Butter Pecan ice cream would be amazing, wouldn’t it? I like to put brown sugar and candied pecans on mine. Yummy!
I love yogurt with blueberries, strawberries, and granola on top! Yum
I love sliced bananas, sunflower seeds, and chia seeds on yogurt or oatmeal 🙂 The candied pecans sound amazing!
I love overnight oats with sliced bananas and peanutbutter, YUM!
I always put raisins on either yogurt or oatmeal. With yogurt I like to add some type of granola, and with oatmeal, I always add peanut butter!
Peanut butter, and dark chocolate & sea salt covered almonds from TJ’s are the best for oatmeal! Around Christmas time, when they have their eggnog almonds, those are a great mix-in too!
i thought dried fruits had a lot of sugar?
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It is FREEZING here in Boston today, so this morning I made Irish steel cut oats with a dollop of pumpkin, a dash of cinnamon, and a teaspoon of homemade vanilla sugar a co-worker made me.
I have never tried gogi berries, but they certainly look and sound good. I like the idea of putting them in yogurt or cereal. Thanks for introducing me to a new food/snack option!
Wow it’s been so long since I’ve had goji berries! They are harder to chew though aren’t they? I love to top oatmeal with crunchy stuff like cereal, granola, nuts, and nut/seed butters. Sometimes I love to put a little piece of chocolate too 😀
I’m not eating oats right now…but this recipe looks so tempting! Would they be good in smoothies?
I prefer my oatmeal plain, but I like fresh fruit, chia seeds, and raw rolled oats on my yogurt. 😀
When I think of oatmeal I always think of blueberries! In my book they go together like PB&J 🙂
I am obsessed with cinnamon, chia seeds and banana slices in my oatmeal! YUM- comfort food. Sometimes I like sliced almonds as well. Oatmeal is by far my fave winter breakfast food since it’s so freezing cold up here in MN! 🙂 Warms you right up.
Alway love topping my overnight oats with purely elizabeth granola and sunbutter! Mmmmmm
I’ve seen some people eating chocolate covered goji berries! I have never tried the berries before. Looking forward to finding them
I love goji berries! And goji berry tea is so good
I absolutely adore goji berries. One of my favorite ways to eat them is in overnight oats. They soften up just enough overnight!
Thanks for filling us in! I will have to try these
I haven’t had Goji berries in ages but they are a nice change from the usual dried cranberries. Must get more soon!
I do gluten free oat bran instead of oatmeal, but I love to add cinnamon, raisins, a ton of chopped pecans and a touch of raw honey. My go-to breakfast for sure!
I tried organic goji berries once and I absolutely hated them. I popped in a few like raisins but they were very bitter and they stuck to my teeth, I couldn’t get away from the taste. Tons of people love them though, maybe I had a bad batch or need a sweetened version? Should I give them another shot?
What brand of coconut milk do you use? Some of them are really fattening! Wondering which is best, I love anything coconut!!!
I love yogurt AND oatmeal, just not together 🙂 lol
I love Greek yogurt and oatmeal! I love pecans, chopped apple, banana, kiwi, almonds, plums, and cinnamon for sure.
I am in love with plain Greek yogurt with honey, fancy fox granola, and a few chopped raw walnuts. Delicious! I top my oatmeal with chopped walnuts too. I adore a little crunch!
Polysaccharides? That’s sort of an odd way to tell you that they’re high in fiber.
I only do lactose free yogurt (which isn’t the best), and I put tons of cinnamon and fruit in it. I eat oats with almond milk and cinnamon – don’t even need to let it sit. I eat it just like cereal!
Hi Julie!
Just recently started reading your blog and am already a HUGE fan! I started my own blog a few weeks ago and Peanut Butter Fingers has been such a great inspiration.
When it comes to oatmeal, I love to mix mine with nonfat vanilla greek yogurt and throw in some berries (blueberries and strawberries are my favorite). As a treat, I’ll sometimes top it with a dollop of fat free whip cream. It’s delish. Thanks for the tip on the Goji berries!
Gracie
My favorite topping is nut butter all the way macrually it’s peanut butter with chocolate chips. Gotta get my chocolate fix!
I usually go for a plain Greek yogurt with coconut almond granola, chia seeds, some sort of berry and a little agave nectar. It’s my go to almost every morning!!
I love oatmeal with peanut butter, chia seeds, flax seeds, and honey! Delicious.
what kind of coconut milk do you use???
I just had Goji berries for the first time last weekend! I put them in a superfood salad I made! I actually liked them even better in the left over salad because they weren’t quite as chewy with all the other salad juices soaked into it! So good! I tend to like fresh berries in my yogurt though, so I’m not sure what I’d think about trying that…
I don’t typically eat yogurt and oatmeal cooked together. It’s oatmeal with milk for me! I love banana and crushed walnuts, with a drizzling of honey! I really need to try some Goji berries they look yum- what do they remind you of? Are they sweet?