Vegan Overnight Oat Parfait, it has been too long!
On Wednesday night, I went to make a batch of vegan overnight oats before bed and I realized that I was out of almond milk. It was almost midnight and I was so desperate I considered making almond milk from scratch and then Eric convinced me to stop being a crazed lunatic and go to bed.
Sometimes husbands know best.
Thursday morning, I awoke happy and then my heart sank when I realized I did not have any oats waiting for me.
However, the almond milk is now back baby! All is right in the world again.
Cherry-Blueberry Chocolate Vegan Overnight Oat Parfait
Ingredients:
- 1/3 cup oats
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1.5 tbsp vega Chocolate Protein Powder (yum!!!)
- 1.5 tbsp chia seeds
- 1/3 cup cherries, chopped & pitted
- 1/4 cup blueberries
- cacao nibs, for garnish
- Banana soft serve
Directions: The night before (or 1-2 hours before you want to eat) in a small bowl mix the oats, milk, protein powder, chia seeds, cherries, and blueberries in a bowl. Whisk well to get out clumps. In the morning, remove from fridge and layer in a glass with Banana soft serve (1 frozen banana processed until soft serve forms). Add toppings and enjoy!
This
was
amazing.
I have a ton of amazing health links for you to help pass the time before the long weekend! ;) Enjoy!
Health News Round Up:
- 5 Healthy reasons (and recipes) to love mangoes – Fit Sugar
- New Green Monster recipes are up! – Green Monster Movement
- Are you a pen and paper person? Check out these Eco friendly notepads and planners – LobotoME
- What’s Fresh: How to cook 20 vegetables simply! – Huffington Post
- Celebrate your natural beauty – Faces Of Beauty
- Habits of healthy people: Turn the TV off – Daily Spark
- 5 Habits that are sabotaging your sleep – Thatsfit.ca
- A recipe I want to try: Vegan Green Monster Muffins – The Chic Life
- Turkish bean and herb salad – NY Times
- Boosting immunity after intense exercise- early research – Huffington Post
- 7-year old rides 600 miles for charity – Thats Fit.com
- Training for a marathon? Be sure to listen to what your body is telling you – National Post
- 10 foods to pack for a healthy picnic (or lunch!) – Fit Sugar
- Survey says: More people consult the internet instead of docs – Vitamin G
- Stressed out? Try graphotherapy for relaxation – Fit Sugar
- Help the students: Making student friendly recipes – Zesty Cook
- Check out this free Smart School Time Recipes cookbook! – One Frugal Foodie
Spotted:
- Carrot Cake Scuffins – Women’s Day
- Apple Cupcakes – Vitamin G
- Pumpkin Pie Banana Chunk Oatmeal Cookies – Girl with the pink sneakers
- In A Jiffy Curry Chickpea burgers – Rawtumn
- Fig and Walnut Vegan Overnight Oats – Sweet Salty Spicy
- Vegan Overnight Oat Parfait – Get Natured
- Salt & Vinegar Roasted Chickpeas – Tea Time With Lin
- Gingersnap vegan Overnight Oats – Yo Soy
- Vegan Overnight oats- Kristy Runs
- Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Vegan Overnight Oats – Reshape Your Life
- In A Jiffy Curry Chickpea Burgers – Yum Ventures
- Frosty No Bake Glo Cakes – Spa Bettie
- Carrot Cake Scuffins – Healthy Me
- Nut Butter Crusted Fries – Girl Meets Health
- Roasted Balsamic Green Beans – Vegeneration
- Nut Butter Crusted fries – Making Good Choices
Well, it is Friday and I am determined to get caught up by the long weekend.
One, two, three…break! Happy Friday :)
I love the jar too! Have a fabulous long weekend! :)
Running out of almond milk is a huge fear of mine. I actually hoard it in my pantry for rainy days and buy it even when I have plenty. Thank goodness it stores well!
I buy it in bulk by the case of 12 :)
Yum! I love that jar! And yes, an almond milk void is NOT something I ever want to encounter. ;)
I hardly ever eat overnight oats anymore but yours definitely makes me miss them!
I desperately wanna make my breakfast look like yours! Your parfaits always look so delicious! This is one reason I hate having to eat breakfast at work, because I miss out on making something like this :(
I think parfaits will have to become my special weekend treat!! Good thing today’s Friday :)
best.jar.ever. i am in love :)
thanks for linking back to Faces of Beauty girl!
That looks yummy but I still haven’t tried overnight oats. The idea of cold oats is so weird to me!
I used to think it sounded like the grossest thing in the world!
That parfait looks amazingly delicious!!! Almost too cute to eat! lol
You always make breakfast so, so fun! Love the links. :)
oh i love your health round up posts! they’re so informative!
ps. I’m SO trying your above recipe. Once I receive my order of Chia Seeds, at least. :)
I totally would have gone to the store for my almond milk. Luckily we have a store which is open really late right down the street, so I would have been all over that (or the husband would have gone on an emergency run for me.) I would have FREAKED!!!
Breakfast looks amazing as always!
Have a great weekend :)
I still need to try voo parfaits! Looks sooo good! :)
Thanks for the shout out, Angela!
Ha, I love the bit about you wanting to make almond milk before bed and Eric telling your crazy self to go to bed!
Love the Overnight Oats! I’ll be making a batch this weekend!
Am I the only nut-bag that cringes every time I see parfait dripping down the side. I know it’s supposed to look overflowing and indulgent, but I just want to go get some papertowels! I might need therapy….
hahaha I get this comment quite a bit, you aren’t alone.
I was feeling the same way about missing my oatmeal last night and decided I was going to make hot oatmeal(because it’s comforting in the rainy weather) in a Pb & J parfait! It definitely hit the spot and was absolutely amazing! :)
I know what you mean… once you get into a breakfast you really like, you don’t want anything else!
That parfait looks so yummy! That’s definitely something I’ll be making when I’m at school and need a boost!
My friend Keri made your nut butter crusted fries and loved them! She blogged about it here: http://keribop.wordpress.com/2010/08/31/like-wine-fries-can-cure-anything/
Happy long weekend to you too!! :D :D
Hip, hip HURRAH for three days off in. a. row.
You are the only blogger who has ever made me feel tempted to eat oats–yours always look so good!
And Amen to that husband thing. I only have a boyfriend and he is already really smart, so I can’t imagine how wise he will become if we ever get married!