Overnight oats are the perfect breakfast for those busy mornings. These are loaded with superfoods like flax, chia seeds, and blueberries!
Overnight oats. Is there a better (or easier) breakfast? Seriously. Throw a few things in a bowl at night, wake up to creamy deliciousness. I have overnight oats 5/7 days of the week.
Let’s look at why these oats are called superfood oats.
- flax meal – full of omega-3 fatty acids – the good fat. lots of fiber too.
- chia seeds – expand in your belly to help you feel fuller. and they’re adorable!
- blueberries – little bundles of scrumptious sweetness bursting with antioxidants.
- oats, bananas, greek yogurt… need I say more?
These are totally customizable too. Don’t like blueberries? No problem. You can use strawberries, apples, peaches, more banana… the possibilities are endless.
They’re really good eaten straight from the fridge, but in this weather there’s no way I’m eating something colder than me. I microwave them for 58 seconds (yes. 58.), stir, microwave for 58 more seconds, add cottage cheese (trust me, it’s good) and blueberries, then microwave for 26 more seconds. Then I top with peanut butter.
Please go do yourself a favor and stop looking at pins of cute kittens and hot guys and dream vacations and go make tomorrow’s breakfast. You’ll thank me in the morning. 🙂
If you look closely at the spoon, you can see my name and birthday. And a baby face!
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- 1 banana
- 2/3 cup greek yogurt
- 2 tbsp ground flax seed
- 1/2 tsp chia seeds
- optional: cinnamon, canned pumpkin, cottage cheese, protein powder, cane sugar, peanut butter, blueberries, etc.
- Start with a little almond milk on the bottom of your cup or bowl. Layer oats, yogurt, banana, flax meal, and chia seeds in whatever order you please. Refrigerate for about 3 hours or overnight.
- In the morning, either microwave for a few minutes or eat straight from the fridge! Top with peanut butter, blueberries, banana, nuts... you get the idea.
- Use flavored greek yogurt to get totally new flavored oats.
I make two at a time so I get two breakfasts in about 10 minutes. Sometimes I even go crazy and make a whole week’s worth!
What are your favorite oatmeal toppings?
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Thanks Lee!!! I bought a design from Etsy last month I think? It’s not exactly what I want but it’ll do for now! 😀
I have been totally craving oats recently, but haven’t had the time in the mornings to make a stovetop batch – I don’t know why I didn’t think of something like this! These look perfect. I love the idea of cottage cheese! 🙂
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The cottage cheese totally adds a creaminess! You’ve gotta try overnight oats 😀
Yum! I just had Overnight Oats this morning! Except mine were peanut butter overnight oats… mmmmm
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Me too! Mine were in an empty peanut butter jar… perfection!
Overnight oats are my fave!!! I love the idea of putting it in a jar – I haven’t in a while. Your pictures are gorgeous, by the way. 🙂
My favorite topping is nut/seed butter!!!! Duh. 😉
Have a fantabulous day!
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Thank you 😀 I’ve never tried almond or sunbutter in my oats, only peanut… they sound so yummy though!
MY FAVORITE! Overnight oats are the quintessential healthy and convenient breakfast. I haven’t added flax or blueberries to mine in a while— I gotta do that again once blueberries are back in season!
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I have like 5 bags of frozen blueberries in my freezer, so I’m set all the way through winter 😀
I still have a similar baby spoon! This would be a fabulous breakfast to wake up to. Thanks for sharing at Simple Supper.
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These look awesome 🙂
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Hey Leigha! I have been looking through your site and I love it! Good for you for living a healthy lifestyle! Your superfood oats look so yummy btw!
Hey Maddi! Thanks for stopping by 😀 Your blog is adorable!
I love how precise you are with the microwave times 😉 Overnight oats are one of my favorite breakfasts. I used to not like them but they’re seriously the best for breakfast in a pinch!
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Haha, the exact microwave time is what makes the oats perfect 😉 I can’t believe I waited so long to try overnight oats!
I made these the other day!! I used your recipe and just tweaked it a little. I loved the addition of flax seeds! 🙂
Thanks for the inspiration- and your pictures are gorgeous, as always! You made the oats look pretty, and let’s face it, Overnight Oats aren’t always pretty (;
Emily @smilemilegirl recently posted…Monday Miles #3
YAY I’m so glad you tried them! Except I used ground flax seeds – not whole ones! Hahaha I totally agree overnight oats aren’t the prettiest. That’s why I used a cute mug! 🙂
Your pictures are awesome! Thank you for linking up at Tasty Tuesdays! Your post has been pinned to my Recipes from Tasty Tuesday board. I can’t wait to see what you link up next week!
Have a terrific weekend!
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very unique and creative! love blueberries!
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thanks for sharing your recipe. This is something I’m going to have to try soon. I usually do 2 scramble eggs and grits – it’s a fav staple of mine but it’s nice to change things up a bit every once in a while. I don’t have any chia seeds right now and can’t stand greek yogurt so will have to stick with the good ol regular kind but it’s customizable so should work out just fine. Guess what I’m having tomorrow for breakfast?
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I don’t like greek yogurt either, but for some reason I like it in my overnight oats! I had a 2 egg scramble for breakfast yesterday 🙂
I’m a huge fan of overnight oats. your recipe looks delicious!
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Overnight oats are my favorite! So happy you stopped by! 😀
Nice recipe. Way to go-I think it’s so awesome that you have the ambition to write your own blog as a high school student. I am so impressed. Keep it up! 🙂
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Thank you so much! That means a lot 😀
tomorow morning will be the first time i have overnight oats i usually have porridge every morning so it will be anice change 🙂 think im going to go down the road of banana and peanut butter yum is it filling? as i find i hav to hav a snack between breakfast and lunch which i kind of want to stop Thank you for this amzing recipe! x
Banana and peanut butter is a wonderful way to go 🙂 don’t worry about having a midmorning snack – there’s nothing wrong with that!
yea i usually have fruit for a snack anyway 🙂 ive actually found out from calorie counts that im eating 2 little! but it feels like im eating loads any idea what i should do?
i dotn really worry about calories and all tho cause i excercise but my cousin did it just 2 c nd i ate very little! ;P
I would try eating calorie dense foods!
ok i will i do try 2 as i eat oats and other things thank u so much i love how your reply 2 comments 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing this awesome (and versatile!) recipe. How much cottage cheese and peanut butter do you use?
I don’t measure, but typically about 2 big spoonfuls of cottage cheese and a big spoonful of peanut butter. 😀
Great, thanks! So far, my fave combinations are:
– oats, chia seeds, skim milk, banana, walnuts, honey, and vanilla; and
– oats, chia seeds, skim milk, apples, cinnamon, pecans, maple syrup and vanilla.
I am (very unfortunately) allergic to yogurt 🙁 But I’ll definitely have to give the cottage cheese and peanut butter a try.
HI,
Just came across your site looking for recipes. Looks Good 🙂 Just bought a tub of RAW linseeds & RAW Chia seeds however it says not to leave Linseeds open for long as Oxidization occurs and it will cause harm to the body then doing Good. — http://www.curezone.org/forums/am.asp?i=50218
So I’m unclear of how I should eat these because this looks delicious. Some Sites saw do not eat Raw (Chia and Linseed) and some say they’re fine.. lol. Any advise would Help 🙂
thanks