A breakfast that tastes like dessert

Overnight oats with blueberries in jar Getty Images/Westend61

Weekday Plants is a weekly recipe column from Salon Food that centers on easy-to-make and adaptable vegan meals.

I've reached the point of the year where my desire to be outside greatly outweighs my desire to cook, especially if that cooking involves heat of any kind.

I have my ways of coping, of course. I love beautiful, shaved vegetable salads, and sometimes I count an Aperol spritz as part of a well-rounded dinner.