Step by step guide how to make Overnight Oats
The uncooked oats soften overnight with yogurt and milk, but you can flavor this in so many ways. Shop your kitchen to see what you can add in.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 hours
- Total Time: 8 hours 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 serving 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: no cook
Ingredients
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- 1/3 cup raw whole grains: rolled oats, bulgur, or, if you want a little crunch, steel-cut oats.
- Pinch to 1/4 teaspoon spice: ginger, turmeric, cinnamon, cardamom, vanilla, pepper.
- 1–2 tablespoons nuts or seeds: quinoa, almond butter, peanut butter, hemp seeds, flax meal, walnuts, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, millet, amaranth.
- 1/3 cup yogurt. Mix plain with flavored to keep sugar levels reasonable. If you don’t want yogurt, replace with more milk.
- 1/3 cup milk.
- 1–3 teaspoons flavor: honey, cocoa powder, instant coffee, maple syrup, jam, apple butter, orange juice, agave, chai, chocolate syrup, crystallized ginger, coconut, crumbled graham crackers, orange zest or salted honey sesame almonds.
- 1/2 –1 cup fruit: strawberries, mango, peaches, blueberries, bananas, pumpkin, pomegranate, cranberries, apricots, or cherries (fresh, frozen canned, dried, they all work). Vegetable ideas are shredded carrots or chopped spinach.
Instructions
- In a jar, add the whole grains
- Sprinkle a pinch of spice.
- Add the nuts or seeds or nut butter
- Spoon in yogurt
- Top with milk. Store overnight in refrigerator.
- In the morning, dress with flavor: honey, cocoa powder, instant coffee, maple syrup, jam, apple butter, orange juice, agave, chai, chocolate syrup, crystallized ginger, coconut, crumbled graham crackers, orange zest or salted honey sesame almonds.
- Add the fruit
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