Peak breakfast pot

[nanila]

I’ve been making overnight oats in jars for the bloke and me since the start of the year, and have experimented with varying ingredients and quantities. I think I’ve finally found the balance I like best, so I’ve carefully documented this below in case I ever stop making them regularly.

1. Base layer is 3 medium-sized strawberries, chopped into 1cm pieces. For the bloke, 4 tablespoons of oats, for me, 3 tablespoons.
   
   
2. Shake the jar to mix oats and strawberries. This is especially important if using the jumbo oats (as shown here), otherwise I end up adding too much milk.
   
   
3. Add milk to just below the top layer of oats. For him, whole milk, for me, oat milk.
   
   
   
4. Add full-fat Greek yoghurt. For him, 3 heaping tablespoons, for me, 2. This helps to moisten the top layer of oats, and also gives a smooth layer between the oats and the crunchy bits at the top.
   
   
5. Add Linwoods Milled Flaxseed, Sunflower, Pumpkin & Chia Seeds & Goji Berries. Two teaspoons for both of us. I used chia seeds on their own for a while, but I found that I didn’t much care for their crunchy texture and tendency to get stuck in my teeth even after soaking them briefly in water to activate their mucilaginous properties. This mixture is much nicer.
   
   
   
6. Add 3-4 teaspoons of pomegranate seeds. These have the right balance of juice and crunch after the yoghurt layer.
   
   
   
7. Finish with granola. I prefer the stuff that has freeze-dried strawberries mixed in. For him, 2 tablespoons, for me, one.
   
   
8. Put lids on jars, store in fridge until morning. I find these fill me up sufficiently that I’m rarely hungry before lunch, although I often eat a banana around coffee time just to give myself a little boost.
   
   

Comments

[angrboda]

I might have another go at this, although without chia seeds. We tried those once, and neither of us liked the mucilaginousnessnousens. Felt like we were trying to eat uncooked dough. Especially Husband did like the recipe I tried that didn't have them, so perhaps I should have another go and spoil him.

[nanila]

It's definitely better without whole chia seeds. In the mixture pictured above, everything is ground up and mixed together, so you don't get any surprise unwanted textures!

[cosmolinguist]

That looks DELICIOUS.

[nanila]

It is! Highly recommend. :)

[silveradept]

That looks like excellent overnight oats. And that it would be tasty to eat on the regular.

[nanila]

I had exactly this pot this morning. :D