Overnight Oats

[Artaxerxes]

Leaving aside the lack of need to soak oats overnight, whether consuming them raw or spoilt cooked, I wonder at all the people who know the night before what they fancy eating the next day. I've never been good at planning my appetite, though I appreciate more ordered and successful people have mastered the art.

It's just routine, I cannot be fucked messing around in morning so porridge set up ready for morning. Simple, cheap good to go.

Commute days I struggle cos I don't like eating at work and I know I'll be hungry by time I arrive anyway so it's usually a meal deal before I get to office. If they don't have my usual I struggle and panic

 

[Orang Utan]

It's just routine, I cannot be fucked messing around in morning so porridge set up ready for morning. Simple, cheap good to go.

Commute days I struggle cos I don't like eating at work and I know I'll be hungry by time I arrive anyway so it's usually a meal deal before I get to office. If they don't have my usual I struggle and panic

I find it easier to just not have it, unless it’s the weekend. And then I usually forget anyway.

 

[lazythursday]

Went through a phase of these a few years ago but it only really works for me at the height of summer. On a typical damp drizzly Pennine morning I want something hot and savoury, not cold and congealed. Though I am remembering that I did have a really lush dried mango and coconut variation.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

So what are overnight oats exactly? Is it just oats in water left in the fridge overnight? How much water?

 

[Biddlybee]

Teaspoon of oats, pint of water.

 

[strung out]

So what are overnight oats exactly? Is it just oats in water left in the fridge overnight? How much water?

You can use water, but most people do it with milk (or non dairy substitute) and/or yoghurt. Proportions of each vary depending on what consistency you like.

Apart from that, yep, just mixed and left overnight, maybe with some mixed fruit, seeds, honey depending on what you fancy.

 

[Orang Utan]

Teaspoon of oats, pint of water.

That can’t be right!

 

[oryx]

I am so going to try this - this thread has convinced me after meaning to try it for ages.

I almost always have granola for breakfast but I'm not convinced that ready-made granola is the healthiest of breakfasts if you eat it every day.

I always wake up starving and have to eat NOW. Occasionally I will make what I call freakporridge which is porridge with extra milk, yogurt, honey, raisins, chia seeds and sometimes banana on top. Overnight oats, especially with all the trimmings, sound like a good substitute.

I was going to go downstairs and do it right away then remembered we don't have any oats

 

[74drew]

Frozen fruit too. ftw

 

[sojourner]

Yeh I like to keep it very simple of a morning. Usually porridge or homemade granola, very occasionally toast. OO are a summer porridge now, in my mind, but without the 3 mins in the microwave.

 

[Chilli.s]

So my verdict on the initial recipe on the thread is less than totally positive. The chia seeds, cacao powder and chock chips kinda ruin it for me, too bitty and too much sugary shit. Also being in the fridge overnight, whilst it does streamline breakfast, is a bit unnecessary if your yoggie and milk are cold already, and the oats arnt dreadful pony food.

Im sticking with my formula with spoonful of muesli and small amount of honey all self assembled and guzzled down in seconds

 

[sojourner]

So my verdict on the initial recipe on the thread is less than totally positive. The chia seeds, cacao powder and chock chips kinda ruin it for me, too bitty and too much sugary shit. Also being in the fridge overnight, whilst it does streamline breakfast, is a bit unnecessary if your yoggie and milk are cold already, and the oats arnt dreadful pony food.

Im sticking with my formula with spoonful of muesli and small amount of honey all self assembled and guzzled down in seconds

Ah,I used golden linseeds not chia and cocoa powder not cacao. Well, leaving them overnight changes the consistency considerably.

You eat how you prefer

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Ooh I poached some pears the other week in a syrup with vanilla pod, cardamon pods and a cinnamon stick. I kept the syrup and am using it in the overnight oats and it is great.

 

[Chilli.s]

Yeah, I add ground linseed to lots of dishes, sweet and savoury. Its just the best way to get enough fibre, Ill even swalow it down by the spoonful if I feel Im not fibrous enough.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Dates soaked in milk overnight turn the stuff syrupy sweet so if you just want to liven your granola do that as well

 

[Chilli.s]

Dates soaked in milk overnight turn the stuff syrupy sweet so if you just want to liven your granola do that as well

Thats a great idea that Im going to do, next time dates are in store

 

[sojourner]

Ooh I poached some pears the other week in a syrup with vanilla pod, cardamon pods and a cinnamon stick. I kept the syrup and am using it in the overnight oats and it is great.

Cor! That sounds absolutely delicious

 

[Sue]

Cor! That sounds absolutely delicious

Yes. Damn you with your poached pears and deliciousness, Mrs Miggins .

 

[pbsmooth]

These are tasty

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Yes. Damn you with your poached pears and deliciousness, Mrs Miggins .

 

[RubyToogood]

My standard version is a couple of tabsps of frozen raspberries or cherries at the bottom of a plastic pot, about an inch of my home made muesli, couple of tabsps of Greek yoghurt, then quite a lot of oat milk. I usually add a drizzle of maple syrup but really you don't need it as the dried fruit in the muesli sweetens it overnight.

I wasn't convinced about the theory until I once put some leftover muesli in the fridge and tried it later and found it was delicious. baldrick is correct that soaking oats overnight is better for you.

The carrot cake one looks good, will have to try that. sojourner mixed spice is just the standard stuff sold as mixed spice for making cakes.

 

[RubyToogood]

Hm, not convinced by the carrot cake recipe. The proportions seem all wrong. It makes enough for two, is very liquidy and not very sweet or flavourful. The theory is good though.

 

[Chilli.s]

Anyone made savoury porridge? supposed to be nutritious and easy to make, Ive read about it but never seen it. Made with fish too...

 

[iona]

Anyone made savoury porridge? supposed to be nutritious and easy to make, Ive read about it but never seen it. Made with fish too...

I occasionally do spices like turmeric/cumin/ginger and a bit of grated or finely chopped veg.

 

[kalidarkone]

Right, had my very first overnight oats this morning, very nice indeed! Summer porridge

I made this one (with Skyr and oat milk) and topped it with blueberries:

Chocolate Overnight Oats - Healthy Fitness Meals

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and whilst I wouldn't normally eat choccy for brekky, this was absolutely fucking gorgeous, so, overnight oats devotees, give me your fave recipes here (WITH PROPORTION/MEASUREMENTS), so I can start making more.

Just made this for tomorrow. Even before going in the fridge it was delicious

 

[sojourner]

Just made this for tomorrow. Even before going in the fridge it was delicious

Ooo enjoy! I had my last portion this morning, with extra Skyr mixed in cos was going on a long walk, and it was still fit as fuck.

I've got a bag of mixed dried fruit here that I use for making spiced loaf. Reckon that would be ok to use and add some sweetness.

 

[Biddlybee]

Hm, not convinced by the carrot cake recipe. The proportions seem all wrong. It makes enough for two, is very liquidy and not very sweet or flavourful. The theory is good though.

I just make my usual oo with mixed spice added and some walnuts, then finely grated carrot stirred in.

 

[RubyToogood]

I just make my usual oo with mixed spice added and some walnuts, then finely grated carrot stirred in.

When you add cardamom, do you use ground or seeds/pods?

 

[Biddlybee]

Ground. I put it in my porridge too

 

[domestos]

Wasn't this called bircher a few years ago? My kids loved it with mango pulp