Kat’s Vegan Overnight Oats in a Jar (3 Minutes)
- Updated on Oct 14, 2015
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What’s the next best thing to someone bringing you breakfast in bed? Collecting a ready made breakfast from the fridge, obviously!
These delicious, Vegan Overnight Oats in a Jar only take a couple of minutes to throw together, then ‘cook’ themselves overnight.
Well not so much as cook, but soak I suppose. Whatever you want to call it, they’ll be ready for breakfast.
Last month we posted this ‘How To Make Overnight Oats in a Jar Tutorial’ along with 28 Tasty Recipe Ideas from around the globe, and we also promised we’d follow up with some of our personal favourites.
Without further ado, here’s Kat’s…
Just grab a (clean!) jam jar or equivalent, and begin by putting the oats and chia seeds in the bottom.
Add the soy milk and yogurt and give it a stir. That’s it for now. Bung it in the fridge ‘til morning.
When it’s ready for the eating, throw in the chopped almonds, berries and a spoon of maple syrup, give it a stir… and you’re done!
That’s it! Three minutes of prepping and you’ve got an amazing breakfast ready to go.
You can even do both steps at the same time the night before to save even MORE time, though the almonds won’t be quite as crunchy.
Health Benefits – Vegan Overnight Oats in a Jar
This dish contains a bit of everything.
Porridge oats themselves are excellent blood-sugar stabilisers and have well documented effects on diabetes patients (1).
They’re a great way to start the day as they lower cholesterol and greatly reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
On top of that, the sheer amount of fiber in the dish (61% of the RDA!) adds to these diabetes and heart disease benefits (2), as well as keeping you feeling full for longer – which can help with weight loss or staying slim.
Chia seeds deserve a whole book to themselves, but for now I’ll limit them to highlighting the huge amounts of omega-3s, protein, fiber, calcium, manganese and loads of other nutrients! (3).
And finally – this lovely vegan breakfast uses no animal products at all – an incredible bonus for all involved (or rather not involved).
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ cup rolled oats (about half the jar)
- 2 tsp chia seeds
- 2-3 tbsp soy yogurt (vanilla is delicious)
- 1 cup soy milk (or milk of choice)
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp almonds (chopped)
- ½ cup raspberries, fresh (fresh or frozen)
Instructions
- Put the oats, chia seeds, yogurt, soy milk into a jar. Stir until everything is mixed together nicely. Pro tip: If you have a big enough jar you can also just close it and shake. Boom!½ cup rolled oats, 2 tsp chia seeds, 2-3 tbsp soy yogurt, 1 cup soy milk
- Then off it goes into the fridge for the night (or for at least six hours).
- The next morning add a little more soy milk to loosen up the mix.
- Next, just mix in the raspberries, maple syrup and chopped almonds and voilá – breakfast is ready!1 tsp maple syrup, 1 tbsp almonds, ½ cup raspberries, fresh
- Bón appetité
NOTES
- The breakfast can also be made porridge style. Just add all ingredients into a pot and let it simmer on low heat for 10 or so minutes.
- Feel free to swap out the berries for a banana or any other fruit you fancy really!
- You can use any milk you like – soy or rice, for example, or whatever you have to hand (just keep it gluten-free if needed).
If just overnight oats are your thing, go to our post “How to Make Overnight Oats in a Jar Tutorial” for 28 more overnight oats recipes!
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Oh my, this jar of creamalicious (yes, a totally made up super-descriptive word!) oats and fruit looks absolutely luscious! I’ve tried a few oats in a jar recipes and most don’t cut it, but this one I am totally tempted to give a try.
But first, gotta find out where you picked up the adorable jar though (this one and the ones featured in an earlier oats in a jar post with the fruity lids). I use mason jars for everything in my kitchen – presentation and organization is addicting!
Hi Rose! Haa, love the word creamalicious! Will use it somewhere for in my next blog post, if that’s alright 😀
Looking forward to see what you think about this recipe.
Well, those jars are from a grocery store over here in Germany. I guess they’re quite difficult to get where you are, haha. But either way just the “standard” mason jar looks great in my opinion (ridiculously expensive here in Germany though).
Do you have to use chia seeds? I’ve been looking for some recently but can’t seem to find them, would it be possible to still make these overnight oats without them?
Hi Caitlin,
yes sure! Chia seeds are pretty awesome, but not super essential. On that note, you could use flax seeds instead, texture wise they are similar to chia seeds and they even have similar nutritional benefits 🙂
If you neither have those, give it a shot without those two ingredients. Overnight oats are still really tasty by themselves, haha 😀
Your recipe is amazing! I always get tons of compliments when I make it. thank for sharing it.
Mmmm, it looks so delicious! 🙂 I can’t believe I haven’t tried this combo yet. Thanks for the idea.
hahaha, you’re welcome, Chris!! 🙂
You know you want to Cris! 🙂
Thank you so much for all your lovely comments and ratings!! I loooove this recipe because its so easy, healthy and quickly prepared in the morning, especially because I’m always running late 😉 Our son Joshua also loves them and I always have to share my jar with him which I don’t mind at all because it’s also so very filling. Thanks to our amazing photographer Howie the pictures do this beautifully delicious meal justice 😀
Love Kat
Looks delicious! I’ve recently become obsessed with overnight oats thanks to your round-up post recently. I’ll have to try this recipe next!
hahaaa, that’s really great to hear, Marissa!!! Glad you like this “mourning strategy”
Almost too pretty to eat….. I’ll take two please!