You'll love these creamy easy overnight oats with cottage cheese layered with berries to make a high protein breakfast for busy mornings!
You'll love these cottage cheese overnight oats!
If you're looking for high protein overnight oats recipes but want a recipe with no Greek yogurt, you're going to love our blended cottage cheese overnight oats mixed with frozen fruit.
We show you how to make these with blended cottage cheese or chunky cottage cheese if you don't have a blender (or don't have the time). Or make them with or without chia seeds.
We've been eating overnight oats almost every single day for 1 ½ years. We are the overnight oats experts. Whether you want them with chocolate protein powder, with Greek yogurt and chia seeds, with applesauce and cinnamon, with bananas, or just as a healthy treat like Oreo or cheesecake, we've got you!
Our overnight cottage cheese oats have a whopping 21 g of protein, 7 g of fiber, and less than 350 calories in each serving.
Here's what you'll need to make these at home.
Key ingredients
- Old Fashioned rolled oats -not quick oats or steel cut
- almond milk or any plant based milk or dairy milk
- low fat cottage cheese blend for best texture - see note below
- Sweetner - honey or maple syrup or golden monk fruit
- vanilla extract
- frozen or fresh fruit - an optional mix-in or topping
How to make overnight cottage cheese oats
- For a creamy texture, we recommend blending the cottage cheese. Add 1 tablespoon of milk with the cottage cheese in a blender or with an immersion blender. If you don't have these, do your best to mash them with a fork.
- In a small bowl combine the oats, the rest of the milk, the cottage cheese, sweetener, and vanilla extract. Add the chia seeds at this step if you're using them.
- Defrost the frozen raspberries in the microwave for 20-30 seconds or until they create a liquid. Mash the berries with a fork.
- Layer your overnight oats with frozen or fresh berries. We added some on the bottom and the top, plus mixed in a few fresh berries in the middle.
Need to know tips
- We tested the cottage cheese oats by mixing the chunky cheese as is with rolled oats, plus we tested it by blending the cheese first before mixing. When you're in a hurry, the unmixed version is good but thicker than most oats since the liquid doesn't as easily absorb into the mixture. You might need to add extra liquid to the unblended oats if they seem to thick for your liking.
- Blending the oats first gives the best creamy and smooth results, wether you add chia seeds or leave them out.
Get your Q's answered
If you're wondering if you can do overnight oats with cottage cheese, the answer is a resounding yes! Most oats recipes seem to call for Greek yogurt or are simply made with milk. Cottage cheese makes a fantastic substitute in oats for Greek yogurt in particular, since cottage cheese is milder and has less of a sour tang than yogurt. You can substitute blended cottage cheese with a 1:1 ratio in any oats recipe calling for yogurt.
Overnight oats last about 4-5 days in the refrigerator. They can go bad if they aren't properly stored with an airtight lid or plastic wrap. Overnight oats can also spoil in less time if you mix in toppings that won't last as long as the oats themselves, such as berries or whipped cream.
Think of the taste of overnight oats like oatmeal but in lots of exciting tetures and flavor varieties. Rolled oats have a neutral taste and are a great base for taking on any flavor you pair them with such as chocolate protein powder, peanut butter, cookies and cream, or even cheesecake.
Oats made with cottage cheese will have a milder yet richer taste than those made with Greek yogurt.
More oats for breakast
You'll love these oats ideas for brekkie whether you're looking for more cold oats inspo or something warm and cozy.
- Cheesecake overnight oats
- Cookies and cream overnight oats with chia seeds
- Peanut butter banana oatmeal cups
- Healthy baked oatmeal with berries
Recipe
Blended Cottage Cheese Overnight Oats
Ingredients
- ½ cup Old Fashioned rolled oats dried
- ½ cup almond milk or any plant based milk or dairy milk
- ½ cut low fat cottage cheese blend for best texture - see note below
- 2 teaspoon honey or maple syrup or golden monk fruit
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
Adding fruit
- ½ cup frozen berries, defrosted raspberries, blueberries, etc
Instructions
- For the best creamy texture, we recommend blending the cottage cheese. Add 1 tablespoon of milk with the cottage cheese in a blender or with an immersion blender. If you don't have these, do your best to mash them with a fork.
- In a small bowl combine the rolled oats, remaining milk, blended cottage cheese, sweetener, and vanilla extract.
Adding fruit
- Defrost the frozen berries in the microwave for 20-30 seconds until they have a liquid syrup. Mash the berries with a fork.
- Layer your overnight oats with the frozen fruit or fresh fruit. We added some on the bottom and the top, plus mixed in a few fresh berries in the middle.
Notes
- With chunky cottage cheese: To make the oats with chunky cottage cheese, increase the milk to ⅔ cup. Proceed with the recipe and skip the blending.
- To add chia seeds: Mix in 1 ½ teaspoon of chia seeds per serving.
- Make as many jars as you want for the week but adding individual servings to each jar or by multiplying the ingredients by 4-5x for your week.
- To reduce the carbs and make these a little more macro friendly: you can swap the honey 1:1 for golden monk fruit or use ⅓ cup of rolled oats instead of ½ cup.
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