Learn how to make Overnight Oats 6 Different Ways! An easy, healthy breakfast recipe that can support your health and weight loss goals. Featured flavors include double chocolate, blueberry lemon, mango coconut, apple pie, pumpkin spice, and peanut butter and jelly overnight oats.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:36 The versatility of overnight oats
1:03 The best overnight oats, oat
1:52 Ingredients for our ‘base’ overnight oats recipe
2:07 Best container for overnight oats
2:36 Basic overnight oats recipe
5:05 Double Chocolate overnight oats
6:09 Blueberry Lemon overnight oats
6:42 Zesting your lemon with a microplane.
7:30 Mango Coconut overnight oats – How to cut a Mango
8:43 How overnight oats helped me build healthier eating habits.
9:34 Apple Pie overnight oats
10:21 Creamy Pumpkin overnight oats
11:14 Peanut Butter and Jelly overnight oats
12:12 Outro – look for our New Year’s breakfast series!
OVERNGHT OATS BASE RECIPE
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk
1/4 cup Greek yogurt
1 teaspoon chia seeds
1 tablespoon maple syrup (or 3-4 drops liquid stevia)
1/8th teaspoon cinnamon
Combine oats, almond milk, yogurt, and chia seeds in a sealable jar (or bowl) stir until well combined.
Place in fridge overnight or for a minimum of 3 hours. Top with your favorite toppings and enjoy!
*For extra protein – stir in 1/2 – 1 scoop of your favorite vanilla protein powder (13-26 grams).
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Hello, my friends, it’s Dani. And as we roll into this new year, we are going to focus on easy, healthy breakfast ideas. And I’m going to kick this series off with the queen of healthy breakfast recipes. Overnight oats. Now, overnight oats truly are the perfect make ahead no
Cook healthy breakfast idea because all you have to do is combine a handful of everyday ingredients right into a jar, give it a stir, are pop it in the fridge, and then in a few hours or overnight, you have yourself a delicious, nutritious, affordable, grab and go breakfast
That is ready to be enjoyed. And the best part about overnight oats is how versatile they are. You can easily make them gluten free, plant based, and with or without an extra boost of protein. Plus, once you know the base recipe, which I’m about to show you, the flavor combinations are endless.
So they truly are a great, easy, healthy breakfast option for any type of dietary approach and can happily help to support your health, wellness and or weight loss goals. So to get started, you just need a handful of ingredients, starting with rolled oats. Now you want to use good old fashioned rolled oats.
I don’t recommend using quick cooked oats like these because they are more processed and they are softer and they tend to get too mushy. And I also don’t recommend using steel cut oats because they are too hard and they tend not to get soft enough. So a good old fashioned rolled oat
Is what you are looking for. And while oatmeal is naturally gluten free, oftentimes it’s processed in factories with other ingredients that are not gluten free. So there can be a little bit of cross contamination. So if gluten free is a priority for you, you’re
Going to want to make sure to choose a brand that has this little emblem on it, letting you know that your oats are 100% gluten free. And then other than your oatmeal, the only other ingredients you need to make your overnight oats are some unsweetened almond milk or really any type of
Milk you prefer, chia seeds, some greek yogurt, and then a bit of maple syrup for some sweetness. And then the last thing you need to consider before you assemble your oats is your jar or what type of container you’re going to use. Personally, I am a big fan of these short,
Fat 16 ounce mason jars because there’s plenty of room to stir all the ingredients to add my toppings, and they’re really easy to grab and go. So I’m going to start with the base recipe, which is absolutely delicious just the way it is. And then I’m going to share
Six of my favorite flavor combinations. And keep in mind, each jar is one serving. So to make the overnight oats base recipe, you’re going to combine a half a cup of those good old fashioned rolled oats. Then I have a quarter cup of plain greek yogurt.
Now, I like to use a low fat greek yogurt, but you could also do a full fat or a non fat. Or if you want to keep this recipe plant based, you could choose a plant based yogurt as well. They will all work. So of course, use what you enjoy
And what aligns with your dietary preferences. Then I’ll add my chia seeds. Now, you could do anywhere from one teaspoon to three teaspoons of chia seeds. The more chia seeds you add, the thicker and more pudding like your oats are going to be. And the less you add, the
Looser and creamier they’ll be. So again, personal preference. Next up is our sweetener. Now, I have one tablespoon of maple syrup. If you wanted to cut back on the sugars, you always have options. You could sub in a couple of drops of a liquid
Stevia here or some type of monk fruit sweetener alternative. And then I didn’t mention this in the base ingredients, but I do love to add about a half a teaspoon of cinnamon as well. It’s just a great flavor booster. And then finally, I add in a half a cup of unsweetened almond milk.
Now, this is completely optional, but if you want to increase the protein of your overnight oat breakfast, you can do that very easily by stirring in anywhere between a half and a full scoop of a good, high quality protein powder. So that would be anywhere between, say,
13 and 26 grams of protein powder. Not a necessity, but certainly an option if you’re looking to increase your daily protein intake. Okay, once I’ve got everything in the jar, I’m going to give this a good stir, get everything really well incorporated, and then I’ll pop on a
Lid and stick this in the fridge for a minimum of 3 hours and preferably overnight. Now, when your oats are done, they’re going to be rich and creamy. And if you added those extra chia seeds, they may even have a really thick pudding like texture.
Now, I usually eat them cold right out of the fridge, but if you prefer, you could certainly heat them up in the microwave or in a pot on your stovetop. And using this as a blank canvas. You could really add any toppings that you like,
Fresh fruit, nuts, berries, seeds, nut butter, et cetera. They would all work. So this is the fun part. Add what you love and enjoy. So now that you know the base recipe, I’m going to share six of my favorite flavor combinations because I really love to add different flavors and
Textures and ingredients right into that base recipe. And then, of course, you could also add extra toppings as well. So flavor combo number one, we’re going to do a double chocolate overnight oat. So I’ve got my base recipe going. And for this recipe, if you were going to
Use the extra protein powder, vanilla could work. But in a perfect world, I would recommend adding some chocolate protein powder. So we’re really getting that rich, chocolatey flavor. And that’s exactly what I’m doing here. Then I’m also going to add one tablespoon of cacao powder or cocoa powder. They both work.
And then one tablespoon of cacao nibs. Now, cacao nibs are just crumbled little bits of cocoa beans, and they’re really rich, but they’re not sweet. And they add this great little crunchy texture to the oats. If you wanted something a little bit sweeter, you could swap those in with some mini chocolate chips.
I’ll stir everything together, get it really well incorporated, pop on my lid and put them in the Fridge. Once they have set up, you can, of course, enjoy them just the way they are. But I really love this flavor combo topped with an extra dollop of greek yogurt and
Some extra cacao nibs right over the top. Now, if you’re in the mood for some really light, fresh flavors, then my blueberry lemon overnight oats are for you. Now, keep in mind, the protein is always an option. So that is up to you if you want
To add the optional protein powder or not. And for this flavor, I do not include the cinnamon. But what I do do is I start by taking a third of a cup of fresh blueberries and I mash them in a bowl with the back of a fork.
I just like this because it breaks the blueberries down and really infuses that blueberry flavor throughout the oats. So then I just transfer this into the base recipe along with a half a teaspoon of fresh grated lemon zest. Now, remember, when you’re zesting your lemon, you
Just want to zest this bright yellow skin. That’s where all the essential oils are. That’s where all the flavor is. Once you see this white, pithy part of your lemon, that’s the space between the lemon fruit and the skin. You want to stop because the pith is very bitter.
Okay, so get this bright, vibrant skin. And that’s what’s going into your oats. I’ll mix that all together, get it well incorporated, pop on my lid, and into the fridge it goes. Now, once they’re set up, you can enjoy them as is. They are so delicious.
But when I’m home, I will often add the extra toppings. And again, for this one, I just love to mimic what’s inside. So I’ll give an extra dollop of greek yogurt, a few whole blueberries, and if I have it, a little extra lemon zest. Now, if you want something a little more
Exotic and tropical, then perhaps you want to try my mango and coconut overnight oats. So to start here, you’re going to need some diced mango. And I have found the easiest way to cut a mango is to just trim off the top and the bottom of
The mango, stand it straight up, and then come straight down from the center and cut the cheek off of the mango. There’s a long pit that runs through the center, so you want to get your knife as close to it as you can and just slice straight down.
Then what I do is I just create a tic tac board in the mango, and you’ll see you can just flip it inside out, and you’ve got all these little beautiful pieces. And then you can either use a knife. I just like to use my thumbs, just
Pull those pieces right off of the skin. Such an easy way to cut up your mango. If you want the pieces a little smaller, just take your knife and cut them in half. And for this flavor, I do not include the cinnamon. So I’ll add that mango right into my
Oats, along with some shredded, unsweetened coconut. Just a tablespoon, stir it all together, pop it in the fridge. And then when I serve this one, I do what I always do. I put a little extra mango, a little extra coconut, and then I also love some cashews on top of this one.
Macadamia nuts would be really good as well. Okay, so I have a few more flavor combinations that I’m going to share with you. But I was just thinking that when I was first working to build healthier eating habits, something that really helped me was to focus on less.
So instead of trying to change everything at the same time, I started by focusing on one meal at a time. And for me, that was breakfast, I chose two to three breakfast recipes that I knew I enjoyed, that were easy to make, that aligned with my goals, and then
I practiced eating those on a daily basis. And yes, overnight oats was one of those recipes. And then once that just became a habit and that was really easy and enjoyable for me to do, then I started to focus on lunch and then snacks and dinners. You get the idea.
So if this is something that you yourself are working on, that might be a tool that is really helpful. And I will tell you that this next flavor combination, my apple pie overnight oats, was one of my staple recipes, and it’s still one of my personal favorite flavor combinations to this day.
Okay, so I’ve got the base recipe in the jar. This one does include the cinnamon, and again, the protein powder. It’s optional, so you get to decide. And then what I’ll add is a quarter cup of diced apple. I love a honey crisp or a fuji apple. They’re super crisp and sweet, but
Any apple will do the job. And then I’ve got one tablespoon of raisins and one tablespoon of nut or seed butter. I like peanut butter. Mix that all together, get it really well incorporated, let it set up in the fridge, and then once they’re all set up, I just like to
Mimic those ingredients right on top. So I do a little extra apple, a little extra cinnamon, and a little extra nut butter. Now, if you are somebody who goes crazy for pumpkin spice like I do, you can kindly remind yourself that you do not have to wait till the fall to enjoy it.
And you can make these creamy pumpkin overnight oats any day of the year. So what I’m going to do is I’m going to take my base recipe and I’m going to add a quarter cup of canned pumpkin puree. And then for this one, I always add some extra chia seeds.
So you want to have the full tablespoon because that’s what’s going to help to keep this combination nice and rich and thick. And then instead of the cinnamon, I swap in some pumpkin pie spice because that ultimately is what makes pumpkin everything taste like pumpkin.
Mix that all together, give it a really good stir. And then once this one has set up, I like to top it again with a little bit of extra greek yogurt and then a sprinkle of walnuts or even some pecans because that crunch creates the perfect balance. So good.
Now, if you love a classic flavor combination, then these peanut butter and jelly overnight oats are for you. My kids actually love this one. So to the base recipe. And yes, it does have some cinnamon in there. I am going to be adding some chopped up strawberries.
Now, I love using strawberries because whenever I have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, I always use strawberry jam. But you could really use any type of berry that you love. So you could do raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, or better yet, do whatever type of berry is on sale.
And once you’ve got that into your oats, you’re going to add in one tablespoon of good old fashioned peanut butter and look for an all natural peanut butter. Remember, whenever you’re buying any type of nut butter, the only ingredients that need to be listed are whatever type of nut that is.
So in this case, peanut and perhaps some salt. I’ll stir that really well, get it all incorporated, pop this one into the fridge, and then, you guessed it, I like to finish this one with some extra berries and an extra drizzle of nut butter. So as you can see, the flavor
Combinations for overnight oats are truly endless. It’s a delicious, healthy, easy, versatile breakfast that you can easily add in to your morning rotation. Now, if easy, healthy breakfast ideas are something that you are looking to enjoy more of, make sure to like like this video and subscribe to the channel because I’m
Going to be sharing them all month long. And if you know anybody else who wants to make healthy eating easy and delicious, share it with them as well. Thanks so much for watching. I’m Danny Svees and I’ll see you back here next time with some more clean and deliciousness. Cheers.