Overnight Oats

Overnight Oats is a healthy and delicious no-cook dish that serves as a perfect make-ahead breakfast, especially for Summers . It is made by soaking oats and chia seeds in milk or coconut water overnight. When ready to serve, just top it with chopped fruits, berries and nuts of your choice and you are sorted. Overnight oats makes for a nutritious and filling breakfast, perfect for those busy mornings. With a simple recipe this creamy, pudding like dish can also be served as a dessert or a mid-day snack. I have used gluten-free rolled oats in this recipe, but quick cooking oats can also be used.

The recipe can be customized as apart from oats all the other ingredients can be used as per choice. Both quick cooking or rolled oats can be used, here i have used gluten-free rolled oats. Quick cooking oats require less time for soaking. Jaggery powder, sugar, maple syrup or honey can be used in this recipe or the addition of sweetener can be skipped altogether. I have used fruits like strawberries, mangoes and bananas which are readily available in this season. You may use any fruit of your choice. If you do not have chia seeds, you may use sabja seeds or skip addition of seeds completely. I have used walnuts, pistachio and almonds here, you may add any nuts or even raisins. Vegans may add plain water or coconut water in place of milk or may use any plant based milk for soaking the oats. Overnight oats tastes great when served chilled and thus makes a perfect breakfast treat during Summers. 

                                  

Oats are among the healthiest grains on earth. They are a gluten-free whole grain and a great source of important vitamins, minerals, plant-based protein, fiber and antioxidants. This makes it a powerful meal for gut, heart, and brain health. Studies show that oats and oatmeal have many health benefits which include weight loss, lower blood sugar levels and a reduced risk of heart disease.
Consuming overnight oats also has many health benefits. Lets have a look at them Source

• Adding overnight oats to your daily diet can boost your fiber intake and metabolism.
• Overnight oats contain good amounts of healthy carbohydrates.
• Overnight oats helps reduce Type 2 Diabetes.
• The resistant starch in overnight oats offers fat-burning properties.
• The fiber present in overnight oats helps fight Diarrhea.
• The B vitamins present in the overnight oats can boost brain function.
• The plant-based proteins in overnight oats prevents heart disease in children.
• Overnight oats are an excellent sources of Zinc to fight hormone imbalance.

Preparation Time: 6-8 hours
Cooking Time: 0 minutes
Serves: 2

Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup quick cooking oats or rolled oats
• 1/2 cup milk / water/ coconut water
• 1 tablespoon chia seeds / sabja seeds
• 2 teaspoon honey / sweetener of your choice
• 1/2 cup chopped fruits/ berries
• 2 tablespoon chopped nuts

Method:

1. Take oats in a small jar or individual serving glasses. Add milk or water to it and mix well. Add honey and stir. Now top it with chia seeds or sabja seeds. Cover and refrigerate. You may skip the seeds all together if you do not have. 

2. On overnight soaking, we can see that both chia seeds and oats have absorbed the milk. You may add more milk at this stage.

3. Now add chopped fruits and berries of your choice. Lastly top it with chopped nuts and serve the overnight oats.

Recipe Notes:

• Overnight oats tastes great when served chilled and thus makes a perfect breakfast treat during Summers. 
•  Both quick cooking or rolled oats can be used, here i have used gluten-free rolled oats. Quick cooking oats require less time for soaking. 
• Jaggery powder, sugar, maple syrup or honey can be used in this recipe or the addition of sweetener can be skipped altogether. 
• You may use any fruit and nuts of your choice in this recipe. Just make sure you do not add citrus fruits or melons which may not work well with milk.
• If you do not have chia seeds, you may use sabja seeds or skip addition of seeds completely. 
• Vegans may add plain water or coconut water in place of milk or may use any plant based milk for soaking the oats. 

Taking this healthy and delicious overnight oats to the #195th #FoodieMondayBlogHop where the theme for the week is Third Letter Magic. This lovely theme was suggested by Amrita Iyer. As per the theme, we had to cook a dish starting with the third letter of our names. As "O" is the third letter of my name , i chose this overnight oats for the challenge, in which both the main ingredient and the dish name starts with letter O. 

                                        

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