Recipe - Overnight Oats
I love breakfast, but I loathe making it...
This is the recipe from Episode 4 of the 'How to eat alone,' podcast. Listen to the podcast here.
I love breakfast and appreciate that it is important, but I absolutely loathe making it for myself. Mainly because it is the morning and I am still sleepy. To combat this lack of enthusiasm, I often make myself a batch of overnight oats which last a few days. It's a super simple recipe to make, easy to customise and can also be enjoyed as a sneaky mid afternoon snack as well.
Time: 5 minutes prep, then leave overnight
Faff Level: 2/10
Faff Level: 3 portions of overnight oats that you can keep in the fridge, so you don’t have to worry about making brekky for yourself for at least 3 days.
Plant Based Diets: Vegan friendly, just swap out yoghurt for a dairy free option.
Ingredients:
A tumbler full of oats
A handful of grated carrot
A handful of grated beetroot (if you don’t like beetroot, can I suggest using grated apple?)
3 tablespoons of seeds (I've used a combination of sunflower, black and white sesame, flax, linseed and pumpkin)
Oat milk (or whatever your milk of choice is - you can also use juices like orange)
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
Toppings of your choice - yoghurt, nut butter, jam, honey, toasted seeds and toasted oats, chopped fruit, chocolate chips - go wild!
3 pots to put them in, I usually use empty jam jars.
Directions:
1. The easiest way to make this is to add oats, grated carrot, grated beetroot/apple and seeds to a bowl and mix.
2. Once well combined, pour over the oat milk until it just covers the dry mix.
3. Separate your mixture into 3 x separate jars or pots.
4. Layer yoghurt, honey, jam more seeds, oats, nut butters, honey etc. (basically whatever you want), over the top of the oats.
3. Leave to do its thing in the fridge overnight. That's it, you're done, pat yourself on the back. Will keep for 3 days.