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Anyone try overnight oats? Or... oat prepping?
- Thread starter MagicWithEarvin
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Do y'all mix the stuff up before or after it's ready to eat?
Seems kinda weird to eat it in that layers fashion, like a big spoonful of peanut butter lol
Seems kinda weird to eat it in that layers fashion, like a big spoonful of peanut butter lol
I see a lot of people adding chia seeds... are they tasteless or something, or just go really well with oats? I'm probably going to do this next week for my dinners (I'm such a rebel) but honestly I'm wondering why people are sticking the chia seeds in there
Texture. Chia seeds soaked in liquid expand and become gel-like. Also they're nutritious and add variety. You can even do overnight chia seeds if you want.
Here's my basic recipe:
20g each of Steel-cut oats, oat bran and chia seeds.
3/4 cup of milk; I like hazelnut
1/2 cup of thick yogurt like greek or quark
From there you can add whatever you want. Frozen fruit, fresh fruit (in the morning), peanut butter, vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg, protein powder, honey, maple syrup. Really, whatever you want.
If you are trying to keep the calories down, vanilla extract, nutmeg and cinnamon are brilliant.
UK here as well, found this and this which explain the difference. Basically steel cut oats have much less processing and are better for it, it seems.
Also found these on Amazon, although there's a few UK based options for buying.
Nutritional value is exactly the same, but the texture is different.
I'm having rolled oats right now, i'll check if I can find a source of steel-cut for my next batch.
Thanks OP, gonna definitely try this. Been looking for quick and easy bfast options.
I do this every Saturday. Make my breakfast for the week, been a great lifehack to get nutritious breakfast quickly in the morning. I feel full and energetic after eating.
http://www.theyummylife.com/Refrigerator_Oatmeal
http://www.theyummylife.com/Refrigerator_Oatmeal
[KoRp]Jazzman
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This is pretty much the Fiance's and I go to recipe and then we throw in berries/bananas depending on what we have. I enjoy mainly just raspberries, but those frozen fresh fruit bags work great (can throw them in frozen even if you are strapped for time).
We buy the 3 pack of Kirkland fat free plain greek yogurt and it makes it so cheap and decently healthy for a filling easy to make breakfast.
MagicWithEarvin
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I'm subscribing to my own topic! Keep those recipes coming.
Not bad OP, not bad at all. Very filling. Been about 4 hours and not even the slightest hint of hunger coming back. Nice even sustained energy levels too.
Yes sir, but I use steel cut oats. Such texture. The great thing about overnight oats is you can throw in whatever seeds, nuts or fruit you have around and it's going to be dope.
Yo mixing a bunch of ingredients together sounds disgusting?
Yo mixing a bunch of ingredients together sounds disgusting?
I like my oats non soaked. I simply mix it with fresh cut fruit, some nuts, pour yoghurt over it and I'm good.
But I'm gonna try it out.
So I gave it a shot last night with 1/4 C old-fashion oats, some whole milk, flax seed, fresh raspberries, and cinnamon. This morning it did not look terribly appetizing, but it was okay taste-wise. Tonight it is oats, whole milk, flax seed, chopped dates, dried blueberries, vanilla, and cinnamon. We'll see how it goes tomorrow morning!
It was faster than cooking oats on the stovetop and less dishes to wash too.
It was faster than cooking oats on the stovetop and less dishes to wash too.
TheCochese
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Some of us don't like our foods to be mixed, so I can see it.
Fried Food
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so when do you mix the whole thing up?
I mixed the oats, yoghurt, flaxseed, milk and maple syrup last night and stirred through apple and cinnamon this morning.
Used to do soaked oats pretty frequently overnight. But we now got a pressure cooker. So in the morning I just put water, oats and some good yogurt in the pot. Cook it for 1 min. And then its ready for more water and cooking on the stove. Apparently pressure cooking is the same as soaking overnight, to break. the oats down a bit.
Then I add cinnamon, raisins or apples, butter, chia seeds, flax seed and then some honey or maple syrup.
Just did this this morning actually.
Then I add cinnamon, raisins or apples, butter, chia seeds, flax seed and then some honey or maple syrup.
Just did this this morning actually.
When I first made Bircher muesli the recipe says to soak the oats overnight in the apple juice, but I just gave them 10 minutes and they were nice - still had some texture to them. I wonder if overnight makes them gloopy/gooey? Need to try it to find out. I might try with rolled oats first as I am familiar with them so it'd give me context for how they come out (also saves me wasting money ordering steel cut on amazon if I don't like it)
Shadax the wizard
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Made my first batch yesterday with vanilla, coconut milk, greek yoghurt, regular milk and homemade blueberry jam. Think I'll take it to work for lunch. Will look weird eating purple goo from a jar though, haha.
Get some red food coloring on that sucker and then when you open the jar, say this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNZ63iwnn5M&t=14
I guess any ol' jar would suffice for this, given it's overnight only? Lately I've been building up a stash of glass jars after finding some good pickles at my local store.
As someone who (now) does both methods, they're not the same.
MagicWithEarvin
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Yep.
I never said they were the same, but the post was mostmy directed at those making porridge on the stove or with a pressure cooker. My gf tried all this overnight soaking for a while, but she gave up after a few weeks, whileI've been having porridge for breakfast evertday for three years.
Shadax the wizard
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I really should invest in a skull bowl!
pretty off topic, but making steel cut oats in the rice cooker is awesome.
you have a microwave in the bathroom
it aint rocket science.
from page 1:
simple. not a real recipe. you'll figure out how you like it best and modify it to suit you.
Ok so trying it now, tastes like bland oatmeal, but not in a really bad way. I went with unsweetened or flavored ingredients so just need to tweak it.
I did rolled oats, unsweetened almond milk, plain greek yogurt and chia seeds, with a little frozen fruit.
Are chia seeds supposed to still be hard for the most part after being in it overnight?
RumblingRosco
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Tried this last night literally because of this thread. I normally make hot oats in the morning, so thought this would be a fun change. Here's what I did:
1 and 1/3 of a cup of rolled oats
1 cup 1% milk
1 overly ripened banana
roughly 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
I mashed up the banana a bunch, then threw in the oats, milk, and cinnamon. I mixed it all up inside a plastic tupperware, snapped the lid on it, and left it in the fridge overnight (~8 hours). In the morning, I opened it, mixed it up briefly, then topped it with some yogurt. It was pretty good even without the yogurt. I'll make it again sometime. Also, I have some frozen fruit I may try to mix in the night before next time to see how that tastes.
You could also use a not overly ripened banana, but I happened to have one handy and it was a bit too soft for me to enjoy eating on its own, but was perfect for this purpose.
1 and 1/3 of a cup of rolled oats
1 cup 1% milk
1 overly ripened banana
roughly 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
I mashed up the banana a bunch, then threw in the oats, milk, and cinnamon. I mixed it all up inside a plastic tupperware, snapped the lid on it, and left it in the fridge overnight (~8 hours). In the morning, I opened it, mixed it up briefly, then topped it with some yogurt. It was pretty good even without the yogurt. I'll make it again sometime. Also, I have some frozen fruit I may try to mix in the night before next time to see how that tastes.
You could also use a not overly ripened banana, but I happened to have one handy and it was a bit too soft for me to enjoy eating on its own, but was perfect for this purpose.
SlickShoes
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I'm the same I just cook my porridge in the microwave, I have 5 tablespoons of oats in a bowl, add milk to cover it, stick it in there for 2 minutes. Once it's done I mix in a tablespoon of Nutella.
It's really quick/filling, there is no mess and you can use a myriad of toppings that aren't nutella.
I tried overnight oats before but it became more hassle than it was worth since nuking some porridge oats in the morning takes almost no time and no thought.
I tried a very simple variation of this today because of this thread and it's pretty good! I used 1 part rolled oats, 2 parts milk, a tablespoon of honey and a few cranberries. I'm definitely gonna experiment with this more because I'm usually too lazy to make breakfast, but if I can prepare it the day before it's a whole other story.
breakfuss
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I'm sorry, maybe I just don't understand the concept (probably). This sounds very unappetizing. So you're leaving uncooked oats in a jar/bowl of milk overnight? The oats then soak up the milk and have the texture of cooked oatmeal? But are...cold. What is the benefit to doing this?
EarsOfASnake
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I find that the longer you leave them the better, I prep my whole week on a Sunday night and by the time I get to Friday they are perfect.
Not really the same as cooked oatmeal but close. Prep time is less and some ingredients don't do well in a microwave oven. Some prefer the texture over cooked oatmeal, some prefer cooked. But basically the same. I switch between them both depending on what I feel like.
It just tastes better to me and takes less actual cooking time. I eat breakfast at work too so it's convenient. I just take my hat out of the fridge and put it in my bag.
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