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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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