Carrot Cake Overnight Chia Oats

Substitutions and add-ins

• Quick oats or old fashioned rolled oats
  • If you don’t have large flake oats you can substitute quick or rolled oats instead. I recommend reducing the milk by 1-2 tbsp so that it’s not too liquidy or mushy.
• Flavoured Greek yogurt
  • If you prefer a different flavoured Greek yogurt, you can use this in place of the vanilla or plain Greek yogurt in this recipe. If you’re looking for a flavoured yogurt, I recommend pineapple or coconut flavoured yogurt for the quintessential carrot cake flavour.
• Regular yogurt
  • Instead of Greek yogurt, you can use regular yogurt. However, this tends to be more liquidy than Greek yogurt so I recommend reducing the milk by 1-2 tbsp.
• Alternative milks
  • If you are looking for a higher protein option, I recommend using dairy milk or soy milk. Other plant-based beverages like oat milk or almond milk will still work in this recipe but provide much less protein.
• Alternative nut or seed butters
  • Instead of peanut butter, feel free to add almond, cashew or sunflower butter.
• Protein powder
  • If you want to add an extra boost of protein to overnight oats, you can use protein powder. I recommend adding a small amount to start with to make sure you enjoy the taste and texture. 
  • If you need help choosing the best protein powder for you, check out my blog posts on this topic here and here.
• Maple syrup, honey, vanilla extract, coconut flakes
  • Add any of these ingredients to increase the sweetness of this breakfast.

Dietary considerations

• Gluten free: opt for gluten free oats.
• Dairy free and vegan: choose plant-based yogurt like soy, almond or oat milk instead of dairy milk.
• Nut free: use a seed butter instead of peanut butter and omit the added chopped walnuts.