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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aha, soy milk has a lot more protein than I realized. 8g per cup vs 1g for same amount of almond milk. And that made all the difference. So, “milk of your choice” should come with a disclaimer then.
Hi Val! That’s a good point, we’ll include that.
17g of protein is impossible given the potions of each ingredient you’ve listed. Can you do a breakdown of how you got 17g of protein?
Is 12 hours too long ya think?
Absolutely not, you could keep them in the fridge for up to 3 nights 🙂
Thank you kindly!
Sure thing!
What is that gorgeous wrap? Did I miss something?
Err I’m not sure. I feel like I’m missing something now. Wrap?
Hope you are still around ‘cuz I would love to know where I can get the jars & especially the decorative lids that you used in your Overnight Oatmeal recipe.
Hi Toni! We usually recommend these jars: http://amzn.to/2EoCM2K. I’m not sure exactly where the pretty lids came from, but I’ll certainly ask Hauke when he’s back from holidays!
Ridiculously delicious… OMGGGG! The agave is genius 😀
A new jar for me, use of my descriptive food word ‘creamalicious’! Sounds fair!! ha ha!
No, really, go right ahead and use the word – so glad you like it too. Hope it catches on like wildfire….like the overnight oats sensation.
Well, I won’t be going to Germany any time soon, so a mason jar it is. Sorry they are so expensive there – rather cheap in the US – around $10 for a dozen pint size.
Just bought some lovely raspberries and will try the recipe tonight (and enjoy tomorrow). Thanks again!