Overnight Oats Recipe - Easy, High-Protein, Healthy Breakfast Idea

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This overnight oats recipe takes less than 10 minutes to put together, and guarantees a delicious healthy breakfast for your busy morning! Oats, protein powder, chia seeds, and more healthy, high-protein ingredients blend into a mason jar, so you can take on any challenge in your day! Read on!

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In this blog post:

Are overnight oats healthy?
What kind of oats work best for overnight oats?
Tools you’ll need
Overnight oats ingredients
How to make overnight oats exciting
Instructions
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Nutrition

Are Overnight Oats Healthy?

Overnight oats are highly beneficial to your health!

For starters, oats are high in fiber and protein. They also promote healthy bacteria in your gut, help with constipation, lower blood sugar levels, and help you feel full for longer.

Secondly, the ingredients that usually go into overnight oats, are things like seeds, nuts, fruit, protein powder, etc.

These ingredients contain a number of vitamins and minerals, some of which include manganese, phosphorus, magnesium, copper, iron, and zinc.

So, the short answer is…absolutely yes!

Overnight oats make your gut sing a happy tune, which in turn helps your body be in harmony!

What Kind Of Oats Work Best For Overnight Oats?

The best kind of oats to use for overnight oats are old-fashioned rolled oats.

Old-fashioned rolled oats will soften overnight without getting too mushy. Whereas quick oats tend to get soggier and fall apart.

If quick oats are all you have, you can definitely use them and your overnight oats will still taste divine!

However, if you feel like going the distance, you should definitely use old-fashioned rolled oats.

Tools You’ll Need For This Healthy Recipe

Mason Jar

Overnight Oats Ingredients

For this high-protein breakfast recipe, I used a handful of healthy ingredients that will fill you up and give you lots of energy for hours!

1/2 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
1 scoop chocolate protein powder
1 tbsp chia seeds
1/2 tbsp ground flaxseed
1/2 tbsp unsweetened coconut flakes
1 tsp cocoa powder
1 cup unsweetened almond milk

Toppings

natural peanut butter
1 ripe banana

a hand holding a mason jar with banana overnight oats

How To Make Overnight Oats Exciting

There is absolutely no way you can mess up overnight oats! Let your imagination run wild by mixing and matching different textures, flavours, etc. Here are some extra suggestions for your next recipe:

dried fruit: Think raisins, Medjool dates, goji berries, etc.
fresh fruit: apples, pears, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, peaches, bananas, and so much more!
nuts: sliced almonds, chopped walnuts, pecans, cashews, hazelnuts, etc.
seeds: hemp seeds, chia seeds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, pepitas, etc.
spices: Ceylon cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, ginger, etc.
nut butter: peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter, pistachio butter, etc.
milk or nut milk: skim milk, almond milk, cashew milk, coconut milk, etc.
protein powder: chocolate, vanilla, or any other flavour of your choice!
extra flavour: sprinkle unsweetened coconut flakes, add cocoa powder, vanilla extract, maple syrup, etc.

How To Make The High Protein Overnight Oats

Instructions

In a mason jar, stir together the oats, protein powder, chia seeds, flaxseeds, coconut flakes, cocoa powder, and almond milk.
Let them soak in the fridge overnight.
Top with banana and peanut butter. Enjoy your healthy breakfast on the go!