Ever get tired of your cereal or granola bars in the morning? Overnight oats are an easy and delicious option you don’t need a full kitchen to make but taste (and look) like you put a lot of effort into fixing yourself up a gourmet breakfast. They’re packed with fiber and protein so you’ll thank yourself when you aren’t dying of hunger after your 8am.
All you need to make overnight oats is a mason jar or plastic container and a fridge, along with the main ingredients of old-fashioned oats (any oats will work—instant, steel-cut, or others), a kind of milk or yogurt (almond or soy milk works great too) and some tasty add-ins. The concept of overnight oats is genius because they’re so easy to make. All you need to do is stir up the oats and whatever liquid you use in your jar or container, and overnight the oats will soak up the milk/yogurt. When you wake up, throw in some add-ins and you’ve got a ready-made breakfast.
To get you started with your overnight oats craze, here are a couple recipes to satisfy your sweet tooth but will also fuel you up for the day:
Pumpkin Pie Protein Overnight Oats
These overnight oats might require you to make an extra trip to the grocery store as you’ll need pumpkin purée, but they’ll be worth it when you get that sweet taste of pumpkin pie.
This overnight oats recipe brings you some extra pop by adding in chia seeds. Who can resist peanut-buttery goodness?
Banana & Chocolate Overnight Oats
These oats will have you excited to get out of bed—because we all know we’re just kids who want to eat chocolate for breakfast.
Ok, I’m sensing a dessert-for-breakfast theme here… Bonus: this recipe outlines how to make an optional cream cheese topping for these overnight oats.
Banana Blueberry Overnight Oats
Put all your stolen dining hall bananas to good use!
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