A dietitian never gets bored of breakfast. Her formula for high-fiber, high-protein oats is inspired by sweet treats.

Josie Porter, a dietitian and cookbook author, has a trick to stop her go-to breakfast of oats, protein-rich yogurt, and high-fiber toppings from getting boring: she takes inspiration from her favorite desserts. “They’re the ingredients I pretty much use mostly every day, most weeks.

And then, I’ll just switch up how I use them,” Porter, the author of “How Not To Take Supplements,” told Business Insider.

She ends up with a nourishing breakfast that she spends more time enjoying than preparing. “My breakfasts are one of the things that I don’t want to spend too much mental energy thinking about,” she said.

Her approach helps her hit her nutrition goals of eating at least 20 grams of protein and at least six grams of fiber every meal. “I don’t aim for anything too rigid other than that,” she said.

Porter shared her favorite combinations of her tried-and-true breakfast.

Jumbo oats form the base of Porter’s breakfast.

She prefers them to more finely milled oats, like instant oats, because they are less processed and have a lower glycemic index. “So they’re going to give you a nice steady release of blood sugar and release of energy,” she said.

She uses strained Greek yogurt or Skyr, an Icelandic dairy product, because straining results in more protein per bite than other yogurts.

She sometimes adds protein powder if she knows her meals later in the day will be lacking.

Then she adds a handful of seeds and a handful of nuts, “I try and have as many different ones as possible in the morning,” she said.

She also has one to two portions of fruit.

Ingredients: Depending on how much time she has and what she’s in the mood for, Porter has four different ways of preparing her oats.

Drawing inspiration from her favorite sweet treats, Porter flavors her oats with ingredients like cocoa powder, vanilla essence, and cream cheese to create delicious flavor profiles.