Overnight oats recipe

Everything I need for overnight oats

Do you love oatmeal but have no time in the morning to whip up a batch? Here's my quick and easy recipe to make cold overnight oats.

Prep time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

• Old-fashioned rolled oats (not quick oats or instant oatmeal)
• Ground flaxseed
• Plain yogurt (leave it out to make it dairy-free)
• Cinnamon
• Almond milk (regular milk, coconut milk, soy milk, etc. all work too)
• Slivered almonds
• Raisins
• Jam

Instructions:

In a small container (I use a mason jar), add:
- Plain yogurt (about 1/4 of the jar)

- 5-6 almonds, slivered

- A small handful of raisins or other dried fruit

- A few dashes of cinnamon

- 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed

- 1/4 teaspoon of jam for a hint of sweetness

Fill the rest of the jar with old-fashioned rolled oats

- Pour in milk until oats are covered
- Mix all the ingredients well
- Cover and put in the refrigerator overnight

Here's the finished product. The oats soaked up most of the liquid and yogurt overnight. The almonds give a little crunch and the jam and plumped raisins add a little sweetness. It's filling and delicious!

Add your own twist and vary up the recipe, just remember that whatever you add will get soggy overnight. I've been experimenting with other ingredients like peanut butter, vanilla, or other dried fruit. Sometimes I'll add some granola right before I enjoy it so there's a little crunch.

Make it gluten-free: Use gluten-free rolled oats
Make it dairy-free: Leave out the yogurt, instead use any type of non-dairy milk like soy, almond, cashew, coconut, hemp, etc.

Enjoy!