Mason Jar Recipes

ValerieMartini2Olives
ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
edited November 29 in Food and Nutrition
When you eat your food out of a mason jar? Do you eat it layer by layer or dump it in a bowl and eat it that way?

Also, leave your favorite mason jar recipes.

I had a divine gluten free macaroni and cheese MJ meal today.

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  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Oh, mason jars. I resisted getting them for so long because they seem like such pinterest hipster dufus vessels but I had to break down and get a few because they were the only lidded glass containers I could find.

    Anyway, the only thing I'm currently making in mason jars is overnight oats. In the morning I tend to stir it around so the layers are mixed together. Super easy overnight oats:

    40 g oats
    140 g berries
    1 scoop vanilla protein powder
    6 oz. milk

    Sometimes I add flax seed.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    edited February 2016
    jemhh wrote: »
    Oh, mason jars. I resisted getting them for so long because they seem like such pinterest hipster dufus vessels

    Bwahahahahaha!

    My thoughts exactly.

  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    I made overnight oats last night but not in a mason jar. This oatmeal was so chocolatey and rich, it tasted like you were eating chocolate frosting.

    40 g steel cut oats
    1 container Dannon Vanilla Greek Zero
    1.5-2 ounces flax milk
    3 tbsp chocolate PB2
    20 g Pure Protein chocolate protein powder.

    Came to nearly 40 grams of protein and 13 grams of fiber! I was so full still at lunch time I didn't want to eat my lunch.
  • MelaniaTrump
    MelaniaTrump Posts: 2,694 Member
    I will never do mason jars.
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    Why?
  • bionicrooster
    bionicrooster Posts: 353 Member
    I keep several things in Mason jars. Mostly homemade brandy or moonshine ;-)
  • olive1968
    olive1968 Posts: 148 Member
    on the overnight oats; regular, quick oats, or steel cut?

    for the fruit, fresh? frozen? does it matter?
  • maranda1211
    maranda1211 Posts: 2 Member
    Sound like more work then just making oatmeal in the morning and adding fruit.
    Don't have go goofy just enjoy
  • MommyMeggo
    MommyMeggo Posts: 1,222 Member
    I love overnight oats. I just use tupperware though. Tons of variations depending on your preference and calorie allowance. I like hot oatmeal too but really prefer the cold chewiness over ONOs.
    I prefer fresh berries in mine or sliced banana, PB2, protein powder, vanilla greek yogurt, almond milk, flax.
    I use old fashioned oats.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    olive1968 wrote: »
    on the overnight oats; regular, quick oats, or steel cut?

    for the fruit, fresh? frozen? does it matter?

    I use old fashioned (regular) like @MommyMeggo. I have read that quick oats get mushy but haven't tried them. I think that steel cut would work but might possibly take a bit longer to get soft (again, though, haven't tried them to be sure.)

    Fruit--You could use either. I'm using frozen berries because that costs less right now in the winter.
    maranda1211 wrote: »
    Sound like more work then just making oatmeal in the morning and adding fruit.
    Don't have go goofy just enjoy

    Takes about 60 seconds to measure out, sits in the fridge overnight, able to be eaten as soon as I take it out of the fridge in the morning. I also prefer the texture of uncooked oats over cooked oats.
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