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overnight oats three ways in mason jars with fruit toppings

Overnight Chia Oats

Jenni Cole
Our overnight oats with chia seeds and Greek yogurt start with a base layer and we show you 3 different mix-ins to change up the flavors including peanut butter banana, apple cinnamon, and mixed berry.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Additional Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 10 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 6 servings
Calories 241 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Old fashioned rolled oats, dried 180 g
  • 1 cup non-fat milk or almond milk 240 ml
  • 2 cups non-fat Greek yogurt 454 g
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 12 ml
  • ¼ + cup honey 84 g
  • 2 ½ Tablespoons chia seeds 30 g
  • ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions
 

Basic Overnight Oats


  • Mix the base ingredients together in a medium size bowl, which includes rolled oats, yogurt, milk, vanilla, honey, chia seeds, cinnamon, and salt.

Flavor Ideas

  • Mixed berry - add ¼ cup each of fresh blueberries and strawberries. Defrosted frozen berries can be used too but they'll turn your oats purple. We like to add 1 teaspoon of fresh lemon zest too, but this is optional.
  • Peanut butter banana- add ½ of a mashed banana mashed, 2 tablespoons peanut butter (or almond butter), 1 tablespoon chocolate chips, and 1 tablespoon coconut flakes, and mix well. The chocolate chips and coconut are entirely optional but they add a fun kick.
  • Apple cinnamon raisin- add ¼ cup of raisins to the overnight oats base. The cinnamon and apple get added right before serving for the best consistency.

Chill

  • Divide the overnight oats into 6 (8 oz) mason jars or leave them in the bowl. Cover. Place in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours up to overnight to chill.
  • Just before serving, add the extra toppings of your choice. Get creative or try our ideas below!

Topping ideas

  • Mixed berry - chopped strawberries, blueberries, granola
    Peanut butter banana- add sliced bananas, a drizzle of peanut butter, unsweetened coconut flakes, and chocolate chips (optional).
    Apple cinnamon raisin - chopped apples, a sprinkle of cinnamon, raisins, a drizzle of maple syrup

Notes

  • All flavors are easy to customize, we often just eat the base layer without all of the toppings since it's great on it's own.
  • Serve with: egg white bites, an egg white scramble, or chicken breakfast sausage to increase the protein.
  • These will keep up to 5 days in the fridge, our recipe makes 6 portions of oats for the week.
  • Each serving is 167 g, and the total grams per batch is 1001.4 g if you need the weight for making this by the bowl and not mason jars.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 241kcalCarbohydrates: 39gProtein: 15gFat: 4gFiber: 5g
Keyword high protein, with chia seeds, with greek yogurt, without protein powder
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