if you're busy you won't be cooking all day all right the perfect breakfast to make if you feel like you have no time in the morning look if you're a student or just generally a busy person it can be really difficult sometimes to create delicious and nutritious meals so with Simplicity in mind we've created 20 brand new student-friendly recipes they all call for minimal ingredients and no fancy equipment either so you don't need blenders food processors or even ovens to make any of these recipes you can find the whole collection in our pickup lines app
but today we're going to make three of those recipes and they all happen to also be meal prep friendly let's get into it for the first recipe we're making a berries and cream instant oatmeal that can be prepped in advance for a breakfast that's ready in just a few minutes foreign if you're pressed for time in the morning the last thing you want to be doing is standing over a stove stirring a pot of Oats so let's take a brief second to talk about the differences between these two oats that we have here so the
first one is rolled oats this one is the one that you kind of more commonly see and use these have already been steamed and they've been pressed into this particular shape now how these differ from what are called quick oats also known as instant oats is that these have been actually steamed for even longer so they're cooked already a little bit longer they've been flattened even more and then they've been cut up into little pieces that increases its surface area and so that means that it's actually going to cook even faster that's why we're using
quick oats in this recipe so here's what we're going to do we're going to grab some jars or some containers into each of these containers we're going to add a third of a cup of quick oats all right next we're going to add one tablespoon of vanilla sugar you can of course add less if you'd prefer it less sweet and then we're going to add one tablespoon of ground flax seeds ground flax seeds are a great source of fiber this is good for our gut health but more importantly they're a great source of omega-3 fats
and omega-3 fats have been shown to help to improve memory and learning and it increases blood flow to the brain all right and then finally we're going to add in a third of a cup of freeze-dried berries if you don't want to use freeze-dried berries you can use any dried fruit that you'd like think dried apricots dry Cranberries or even raisins now just pop on the lids and then store these jars somewhere cool and dark until you're ready to use one of them they store for several weeks like this so that's why they make for
a great meal prep idea and now when you are ready to enjoy one of these you have a few options on how you can go about it first option pour the contents into a bowl then pour in a cup of plant-based milk give it a stir and then pop it into the microwave at 600 watts for three minutes just giving it a stir once halfway alternatively you can cook it on the stove until it's heated through and then your final option is to actually turn it into overnight oats so you can actually prep it the
night before just pour the milk into the jar give it a stir pop it in the fridge and the next morning it's ready to enjoy a lot of people actually think that oats have to be cooked but they don't again they're pre-steamed during the processing of them so overnight oats you can just enjoy it straight out of the fridge then just finish it up with some yogurt we're using coconut yogurt here and some fresh fruit if you've got that on hand if you do you prefer it to taste a little sweeter a drizzle of maple
syrup should do the trick and then this simple fiber and nutrient-rich breakfast is ready to dig into [Music] next up we're going to make a buffalo chickpea sandwich that's going to make all of your lunch buddies jealous so to start we're going to need one and a half cups of cooked chickpeas just be sure to give it a good rinse just to wash away any excess salt or gas producing compounds before you add it to your bowl then we're going to add in three tablespoons of a cayenne pepper hot sauce we're using Franks and then
we'll add in two tablespoons of each Mayo One finely chopped Celery Stock this is optional but it just adds a nice crunch then we're going to add a tiny bit of minced red onion and some chopped pickles the best part in my opinion finally We'll add some garlic powder and then exercise a bit of forearm strength by mashing everything together next we're going to make a super speedy and Luscious Ranch Mayo we'll start with adding some vegan Mayo to a bowl and then we'll add one and a half tablespoons of ranch spice mix now you
can either buy this Ranch mix or you can make it yourself at home we do have a recipe for this on the blog and I'll leave it for you below then we're going to add a squeeze of fresh lemon juice and finally a bit of plant milk to thin it out a touch then just give it all a mix now both the strictly salad and the ranch Mayo can be made ahead of time just put it in some storage containers in the fridge it'll last for a few days until you're ready to enjoy it when
you're feeling hungry just toast up some red then generously smear on some of the ranch Mayo top it with lettuce and tomato and then a hefty few scoops of the chickpea salad [Music] it's a beautiful Symphony of spicy chickpeas Tangy flavors zesty Mayo all on some crunchy slices of bread it's just perfect glorious next let's make some kimchi uran noodles that are snugly tucked into portable jars made with under 10 ingredients first we're going to add some pre-cooked udon noodles to a saucepan of boiling water to cook just for a couple minutes instead of cooking
these on the stove you could also just add the udon noodles to a bowl pour some boiling water over top of it and let it sit for a few minutes to soften then we can drain it and run it under cold water and set it aside for now next we're going to prep some veggies starting with creating up some carrot shredding some green cabbage roughly chopping some vegan kimchi and slicing up some optional green onion the choice of veggies here are super flexible so if you'd rather add something else like bell peppers for example go
for it now to each jar we're going to add one and a half tablespoons of vegan Mayo a teaspoon of dark soy sauce and half a teaspoon of sesame oil give it a quick mix and then you can add in the cooled noodles followed by the veggies just layering them all up and then finally some cooked edamame on top for protein so now that these are assembled you can pop them in the fridge and they'll last for a few days that way when you're ready to enjoy it just pop the lid onto it give it
a shake or just dump the contents into a bowl and mix everything together the chewy udon noodles combined with the fiery kimchi the velvety sauce I'll make for a hearty flavor packed meal that looks a lot fancier than the minimal effort it took to make it [Music] the full breakdown to these three recipes can be found on our website but if you are hungry for even more be sure to check out our student collection that we've just published in our pickup lines app and our app actually just surpassed 900 plant-based recipes in total so there
are loads of recipes on there to enjoy if you haven't checked it out yet be sure to claim your one week free trial the link is in the description box below and happy studying friends if you're heading back to school pickup lines signing off and we'll see you in the next video look if you're look if you're a student or a busy working look ah look look look look are you ready let's go yay for nutrition and ground flax seeds laugh out that's felt so cheesy okay good enough it was great it was great [Music]
I almost fell out of the fridge I didn't have I didn't have room in the fridge dried apricots no ah [Music] that was embarrassing Breeze [Music] oh no that's why we're using quick oats in this recipe first go damn but let's do it again anyway oh baby here we go [Music]
