Overnight oats is made just by soaking oatmeal in milk and topped with dates and nuts.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: Not specified
  • Total time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 1
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Cuisine: world

Ingredients

  • ½ cup rolled (or ¾ quick cook oats)
  • Milk (or fresh fruit juice as needed (can use vegan milk))
  • 1 handful almonds (Chopped Nuts or seeds (almonds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds))
  • sweetener (or dates as needed (6 to 8))
  • 2 to 3 tbsp coconut (Grated, (fresh or frozen))

Method

  1. Add oat and milk to a jar. Add half of the nuts and dates. Top with little more milk to immerse the ingredients.
  2. Refrigerate overnight or at least for 4 hours.
  3. Just before serving, add coconut and the rest of the nuts, seeds and dates.
  4. Serve with in 2 hours of taking out from the refrigerator.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.