Here's a great breakfast no-bake recipe that you can prepare for yourself the night before!
I've only just recently got into making these, and it's really easy and I can change it up often!
For overnight oats all you need is:
- a container
- milk/dairy alternative
- yoghurt (best is plain)
- some type of jam
- any fruit
Now you don't need to have fruit or jam in it, but I like doing jam as it's a nice sweetness factor!
So, like the name suggest, these are done the night before! I usually try do it at about 9pm, so that by the time I wake up (7am), it's ready!
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step 1
To start, I get my clean container (I use a small glass tupperware) and pour a thin layer of oats. You can adjust this to your appetite, I just don't tend to eat too much in the morning. I use just porridge oats, I've seen online that many say to use rolled oats, but there doesn't seem to be that much of a difference.
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step 2
Next, I pour in my milk, to just cover the oats. When you add more water, it will make your overall oats more wet and liquidity, but I prefer it to be quite thick.
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step 3
Now comes the yoghurt, I have tried to use flavoured yoghurt before, but it clashed with the jam I used so I'd recommend using plain yoghurt - greek style! Again, the amount of yoghurt you use will affect the consistency at the end. Here you will need to mix the yoghurt, oats and milk well to make a nice mixture!
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optional!
You can stop there but I like to add some flavour! Here I used apricot jam and ground cinnamon! I usually mix this bit in the morning.
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result!
And here's how it comes out in the morning and all mixed together, as you can tell the apricot jam does disappear but I can assure you its taste is still there. A really easy breakfast to prepare the night before!