Easy to make overnight oats for a busy week! Throw everything into a jar, shake and refrigerate for a few hours or overnight.
Ingredients
2cups milk (almond, coconut or dairy)
1 1/3cupsold fashioned oatmeal, not steel cut
2tablespoonschia seeds
1/4cupcoconut, sweetened and shredded
2 tablespoonsmaple syrup
2 tablespoonsunsweetened cocoa powder
2teaspoonsvanilla
1/4cupmini dark chocolate chips (optional)
Instructions
Pour 1/2 cup milk in each of the 4 jars. Add the remaining ingredients, dividing evenly between the jars.
Stir with spoon or place lid on jar and shake. Make sure oats and chia seeds are mixed well with milk.
Place sealed jars in fridge for 8 hours.
Will keep for 3-5 days without fresh fruit added. Serve with fresh fruit, granola, nuts, or additional coconut.
Notes
If adding yogurt, use unsweetened Greek yogurt or vanilla Greek yogurt.
Any type of clean container may be used to mix and store overnight oats. Plastic containers with tight fitting lids, old jam jars, even a glass or bowl with a lid or tight fitting plastic wrap.
For sweetener, I prefer pure maple syrup. Honey, brown sugar, stevia or other sweeteners may be used. Chopped dates also work well as a sweetener.
You may layer the oats with fruit in the jar.
I wait to top the oats with granola and nuts until just before eating to keep the granola crunchy.
For a warm breakfast, heat the oatmeal up for a few seconds in the microwave after refrigeration. I do not recommend heating the oatmeal if yogurt is added.