Strawberry Overnight Oats with nuts and seeds makes for a well-rounded breakfast.
Am I the last person in the world to make overnight oats? Have you made overnight oats? Please tell me I’m not the last remaining soul on this green earth to overnight an oat.
Here I’ve been cooking up hot oatmeal all my life and never realized cold oatmeal is a thing. Did you know it was a thing? It’s a thing. It’s called overnight oats. You just add your choice of milk and oats to a seal-able container and let the whole thing soak in the refer overnight. You then wake up to breakfast that has already done made itself. Because this is such a genius plan, you should congratulate yourself with breakfast dessert.
But this meal is kind of like eating breakfast dessert, because it’s so.freaking.good. AND chia seeds absorb like a million times their weight in liquid and become pudding-y when soaked, so this recipe is sort of like eating chia seed pudding for breakfast. But with oats, too. It’s an oat and chia pudding fiesta. But I digress.
I made these breakfast bowls with gluten-free rolled oats (don’t use the instant kind!), fresh strawberries, chia seeds, slivered almonds, pumpkin seeds, coconut milk, and almond milk. I know. It’s a list. But it’s worth it. It’s pretty much a parade in a bowl and you get to feed it to your body. All that protein, all them slow burning carbs, all the fiber. These bk bowls make for an excellent, well-rounded breakfast to keep the whole family happy and healthy.
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Overnight oats are the best!!!! This big ‘ol bowl is calling my name!
Yeeeeeah, you’d love it, Kelli!
This recipe looks absolutely delicious! I’ve never made overnight oats, but I absolutely love my quinoa flake oatmeal (I have celiac and still can’t eat even gluten free oats). Putting some kind of nut butter in it and chia seeds makes it the absolute best! 🙂
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I must try this quinoa flake oatmeal! That sounds tasty and a great change-up from the oats since quinoa is jam-packed with nutrients. Loving what I’m hearing – must find quinoa flakes!
You’re not the last person to try overnight oats. I have yet to because I’m afraid I won’t like it cold. But it makes perfect sense with this warm weather and I can’t think of a better way to try them then with strawberries and creamy coconut milk. Yum!
Understandable. I think it can be hard to eat something cold when you’re so accustomed to eating the thing warm. I bet you could always throw the overnight oats in a saucepan and heat them up right quick. But that would probably defeat the purpose, ha! Meh. Overnight oats aren’t for everyone 😉 xoxo
That sounds great with the coconut milk. I’m not coeliac but I have Crohn’s and I wonder if it could help. Anyone any knowledge of this.
Can this be made with steel cut oats somehow? I no likey regular oats that much.
Ooooooh, that’s a good question! I’m actually not too sure. I’d say it’s worth a shot, but I bet you’d have to soak the steel cut oats for quite a long time (24 hours?) Dunno. Anyhoo, I’m glad you like the idea of overnight oats and I’ll let you know if I try the steel cut version!!
I LOVE overnight oats! So easy, and so healthy (I think…depending on what you put in them). I usually use a recipe that calls for greek yogurt and then I stir some peanut butter or almond butter into it in the morning. So yummy — and great for summer!
mmmm yogurt and nut butter sounds amazing! Glad you’re on board with the overnight oats! I’ll have to try your version soon.
Ok I think now I* am officially the last person not to try overnight oats – but I’d like to invite myself to this fiesta!
Seems dessert breakfast is trending 🙂
Dessert for breakfast is probably the most brilliant idea ever. Why wait until the end of the day when you can start it off with a big bowl of happy? You’d LOVE overnight oats, lady! Hope you try them 🙂
You know what. You are NOT THE LAST PERSON TO MAKE OVERNIGHT OATS…I AM! I seriously can never get it together with all the FOOD TRENDZ.
I’m too busy with lame food holidays 😉
Also, I haven’t tried chia seeds.
Point proven.
This is GORG!!! Pinned!
I’ll make it sometime when it’s national mint and peanut butter brownie day.
And, I hope that’s not a thing.
Food rebels, unite! Perhaps we should get the Official List of Food Trends and hope that it coincides with national food holidays 😉 Not gonna lie, when I read “mint peanut butter brownie,” my mouth watered a little bit. 😉
Stephie taught me about these a couple of years ago. So simple, but I forget about them. That’s how us old folks are…stuck in our ways. I do have that big ass bag of chia seeds, so maybe I need to make this up for Jer and me one morning soon. Now, to just think about that before I go to bed.
Ohhh that Stephie! I could totally see her loving all up on the overnight oat. Now that it’s warm, I’m boycotting the stove altogether, so I’m enjoying the cold overnight oat. Yes, you gots-ta use them chia seeds! 😀
Is it weird that I kinda like to heat up my overnight oats the next morning? Does that make me a weirdo?
Like it’s the ONLY thing that would make me weird……..
hahahaha! We should start the Crazy Blogger Women Federation 😉 Uhhhh…not gonna lie, if it’s chilly in the morning, I’m nuking them oats in the microwave 😉
I had overnight oats once, a long time ago, and didn;t fall in love, but i wasn’t very into chia seeds then and now I’m obsessed with them. so…thinking it’s time to give them another go!
I can see why overnight oats aren’t for everyone. Truth: I like the idea of making overnight oats and then turning them into regular hot oatmeal by just heating them up right quick in the morning. Enjoy!
If you’re the last, to try this, then I’m the next to last. Always sounded too mushy, but since I’m not losing weight “my way”, I’m going to try something else and oats are filling.
Thanks to Pinterest I found your blog! Our son is getting married in October. He and fiancee live in Columbia, SC. We are having the rehearsal dinner at a nursery called CITY ROOTS and they also have a radish in their logo. Love it!
…and overnight I had this “aha” moment and think the logos are maybe red beets NOT radishes?…makes more sense! Love both, either way! Still so happy I found your blog and yummy food ideas!
Oh how I love Overnight Oats! The best kept secret when it comes to breakfast! There are just so many variations of it to try, and breakfast only comes around once a day! After eating it for two years I still find great versions to try. I love your blog btw! Keep up the effort!
Hello and thank you for a wonderful blog! Question for you: your Strawberry Overnight Oats, do you have some sort of a calorie breakdown on it? I am on Weight Watchers and wondering what the Points Plus would be for one serving of this, do you know? Thank you:)
I made the warm version of this oatmeal today. Oh my, is it delicious.
Woop woop!! So happy to hear it! It’s really tough to beet a huge comforting bowl of steamy oatmeal! xoxo