Saturday 17 August 2019

VeganMoFo 2019 #17: O is for Overnight Oats



I love overnight oats. They are simple, have a lot of flavour options, and (as long as you make an appropriate amount) a filling start to the day! I love experimenting with different types, and always keen to try a recipe! Here are a few I've made from blogs, from magazines, and from my own brain. A few basic guidelines that I like to follow for overnight oats. I have found that a recipe based on 1/2 cup of oats seems to be an adequate serving size for me, though I can go up to 1 cup! I also like to add a TBS of chia seeds, because I find that helps fill me up a bit more. I rarely add sweetener, or if a recipe calls for it I'll add a lot less.

First up, these Ginger Chocolate Overnight Oats from the blog A Virtual Vegan. I love ginger, and this had a lovely gingery burn. It uses ground dried ginger, so very pantry friendly, but you could add some fresh as well. One serving of the recipe made an OK breakfast size for me. I topped them with blueberries, slivered almonds, and pepitas.

Ginger Chocolate Overnight Oats


I found a recipe for Peanut Butter & Raspberry Overnight Oats in a Coles magazine. These are a bit more involved, as you need to make a quick raspberry puree by simmering and then blending frozen raspberries and sugar, but you could just as easily use jam. And in fact I would have preferred strawberry jam in it. The recipe has mashed bananas and peanut butter in the oats, but it needs a lot more peanut butter. I made a half batch to get one decent breakfast. I topped it with fresh raspberries, pepitas, maple hemp seeds, and a drizzle of peanut butter.

PB & Raspberry Overnight Oats from Coles Magazine


Speaking of peanut butter, I made these straight up Peanut Butter Overnight Oats from The Minimalist Baker blog. The recipe made one decent serving, and I topped it with blueberries, pepitas, and crushed peanuts. This was very peanut buttery and filling! Basically similar to the oats I make from my brain if I'm not using a recipe.

Peanut Butter Overnight Oats


This chocolate hazelnut cranberry combination was inspired by a recipe I saw on Instagram. That recipe used hazelnut butter, which is expensive, I used some chocolate hazelnut milk instead to soak my oats. I also soaked some dried cranberries in it overnight, and they got nice and plump! The tangy cranberries were good and offsetting the sweetness from the milk. I topped with some fresh raspberries, flaked almonds, and pepitas.

Chocolate Hazelnut Cranberry Overnight Oats


And this is just the basic peanut butter overnight oats that I make from my brain at home. Oats, chia seeds, oat milk, and peanut butter soaked overnight and topped with raspberries, pepitas, and almonds.

PB overnight oats with pepitas and raspberries


Cute Kitty Photo of the Post

Sahara


Sahara was saying: 'I know this isn't my bed, but what will you do about it? Really, all beds are my beds.'

10 comments:

  1. Your overnight oats look so pretty & colorful!

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    1. Fruit and nuts or seeds are a key part of any overnight oats for me. They make it so pretty as well as tasting great.

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  2. I don't love oatmeal, I never feel like it keeps me full even though I feel ver full right after eating it. I'm just more of a savory breakfast gal! But I seriously would go for the peanut butter and raspberry oats!!!!
    Kiki and Etta fully agree with Sahara!!!!

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    1. Haha, what do Kiki and Etta do when they both want the same bed?

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  3. Oooh these look so good! I don't normally like overnight oats but I've also only tried them cold which feels wrong. These combinations sound so delicious, I think it's time to give overnight oats another try!

    Awww sweet Sahara <3

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    1. I like them cold in summer, they are so quick. In winter I don't eat them often, I am more of a warm oats person then. But you can easily heat up overnight oats as well!

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  4. I love overnight oats. I've been more into chia puddings lately in the hot weather but I'll be back into oats come Autumn. Can you get dried strawberries? We have a brand of dried fruit called Urban Fruit I've found that they go nice and jammy when they soak up the liquid overnight and make a nice PB and J overnight oats.

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    1. I don't see dried strawberries here very often, unfortunately. We are pretty behind on the fun dried fruit stuff, but I think I have seen them at some bulk stores. I will look out for them!

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  5. So many oats! I like it, but I am always afraid that I won't want them the next morning and then get forced to eat them.

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    1. I find they keep for a couple of days in most cases. I guess most times I make these I have limited time in the morning to make breakfast, so I don't have too many other options other than to eat what I have.

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