A cozy and filling way to start your day that requires minimal prep. The nutrient-packed ingredients support your health and keep you full and satisfied.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Refrigeration Time1 hourhr
Total Time1 hourhr5 minutesmins
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: easy, meal prep, quick
Servings: 2
Author: Ashlen Leonard
Ingredients
⅔cuplarge flake oats
2tbspchia seeds
⅔cupplain Greek yogurt
1cupdairy milkor 1 ⅓ cup soy or almond milk
1mediumbananasliced
¼cupwalnutschopped
2tbsppeanut butter
1/2tspground cinnamon
Instructions
In a small bowl add the oats, chia seeds, yogurt and milk. Stir until combined.
Place the mixture in the fridge for at least 1 hour, ideally overnight.
When you're ready to eat, add the peanut butter, banana, sliced almonds and cinnamon on top. Enjoy!
Notes
Substitutions
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 flavoured Greek yogurt, you can use this in place of the plain Greek yogurt in this recipe. I recommend vanilla, banana or coconut flavoured yogurt.
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.
Strawberries, blueberries or blackberries
You can use a variety of berries in this recipe if you prefer them to bananas.
Almond butter or other nut or seed butters
Feel free to add an alternative nut butter if you’re not a fan of peanut butter.
If you’re trying to manage a nut allergy, opt for a seed butter or disregard altogether.
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.
Maple syrup, honey, vanilla extract or chocolate chips
Add any of these ingredients to increase the sweetness of this breakfast.
Dietary preferences
To make this recipe gluten free: make sure you opt for gluten free oats!
To make it nut free: opt for a seed butter instead of peanut butter. For example, tahini or sunflower seed butter.
To make it vegan: choose plant-based yogurt and milk like soy, almond or oat milk instead of dairy milk.