Wake-up to a blissful and filling blueberry oatmeal dish made overnight for a wholesome start to your day.
Raw old-fashioned oats are refrigerated overnight in a spiced almond milk mixture and ready when you are awake, making for a good morning.
Overnight Oats Ingredients
- Old-fashioned oats
- Blueberries
- Almond Milk
- Cinnamon
- All-spice
- Chia Seeds
- Maple Syrup
How to make overnight oatmeal
There are no real steps as this is a pretty simple cooking approach. Simply mix the ingredients well, place in a bowl or glass jar, cover and refrigerate overnight. However, if you’re new to oatmeal and want more detail or interested in different approaches to making oatmeal, check-out this guide for making oatmeal.
Serving Suggestion
If using fresh blueberries, I reserve some until the end and top the finished oats with them.
Cooking Tips
- This recipe was intentionally dairy-free, but you can use your liquid base of choice. Regular dairy milk is perfectly suitable for this recipe, as are other nut-based milks
- I chose maple syrup as the sweetener in this recipe as I find it works well with the spices used, however honey and agave or even brown sugar are great substitutes.
- Either frozen or fresh blueberries work fine. There is no need to defrost frozen berries ahead of time, as this will occur during the overnight cooking process.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Can this oatmeal be heated?
Yes, if you must! Microwave the bowl for about 45 seconds on medium power.
Are Oats gluten-free?
Not always, partially because in some cases the facilities where they are processed produce other ingredients that aren’t gluten free. It’s always best to check the label.
Can you use quick oats?
Quick oats can be used, but I’m not a fan of the texture which is very soft, too soft for me.
Can you use steel-cut oats?
Steel-cut oats will work but require a bit more thought. You’ll definitely need to increase amount of liquid. You’ll also possibly need to account for a bit more time as in like 2-3 hours so adjust your cooking start time accordingly.
For other oat based recipes you might like, try these:
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Oats (old fashioned)
- 1/2 cup Blueberries
- 1 cup Almond Milk
- 2 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 tsp All Spice
- 1 tbsp Chia
- 1 tbsp Maple syrup
Instructions
- Add oatmeal, chia, almond milk, all-spice, cinnamon, maple syrup and half the blueberries to a glass bowl or large glass jar. Mix well with a spoon. Cover with lid or plastic saran wrap and refrigerate overnight.
- Remove from the fridge, add reserved blueberries then eat as is or allow to warm to room temperature.
Notes
- This recipe was intentionally dairy-free, but you can use your liquid base of choice. Regular dairy milk is perfectly suitable for this recipe, as are other nut-based milks
- I chose maple syrup as the sweetener in this recipe as I find it works well with the spices used, however honey and agave or even brown sugar are great substitutes.
- Either frozen or fresh blueberries work fine. There is no need to defrost frozen berries ahead of time, as this will occur during the overnight cooking process.
Super delicious recipe.
Thank u!