Overnight Oats with Berries

Overnight oats with berries is delicious, nutritious and hands down the easiest way to make sure you start your day off right.

Monday through Friday I have no time for a sit down breakfast, I’m literally up at an ungodly hour just so I can get a workout in and my workouts are non negotiable, then when I get to work its immediately go time… so overnight oats are perfect for me. First off let me just say that I don’t like oatmeal at all. A warm bowl of oats- not my thing but cold overnight oats, hell yea!! I know, I’m weird lol.

There are so many flavor combinations out there. This one by far is my favorite. Its basically a smoothie poured over some oats in a jar left overnight so the oats swell up a bit but they still keep their texture (I hate mushy oats ). Then topped with copious amounts of berries and granola…. sooooo good! Sometimes I add almond butter or nutella, more often than not its nutella lol. I gotta have my daily dose of chocolate so why not put it in my oats 🙂

Overnight oats with berries has truly been my savior in the mornings… and all it takes is a few minutes prep the night before. The effort, if you can even call it that, is 100 percent worth it. Give these oats a try, I pinky promise you that you will love these oats as much as I do. Now let’s go make some oats!

Overnight Oats with Berries

Yield: 2

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Additional Time: 6 hours

Total Time: 6 hours 10 minutes

Overnight oats with berries is delicious, nutritious and hands down the easiest way to make sure you start your day off right.

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Ingredients

• 1 cup of oats
• 1/4 cup frozen cherries
• 8 oz kefir or non fat greek yogurt
• 8 oz almond milk
• 2 tsp chia seeds
• 2 tsp flax seeds
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp honey
• 1 tsp almond butter or nutella, optional
• 1 banana
• granola
• handful of your favorite berries

Instructions

1. Divide the oats into the 2 mason jars, set aside
2. Add the cherries, kefir or yogurt, almond milk, chia seeds, flax seeds, vanilla extract and honey to your blender and blend till smooth
3. Divide the smoothie in btwn the two oat jars and stir. Screw the lid on and place in the fridge overnight.
4. In the morning, take the oats out the fridge and plop the almond butter or nutella dead center in the middle of the oats
5. Slice the banana and divide it btwn the two jars, layer it on top of the almond butter or nutella
6. Add in some granola and the berries on top then more granola. Screw the lid back on and off you go.
7. Enjoy!

Notes

will need 2 16oz mason jars or pint containers

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 2 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 340

nutrition information is not always accurate

If you like these oats, you also like my Breakfast Salad with warm tomato vinaigrette.