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Vegan Overnight Oats
Yield
1 bowl
Soak time
overnight or 2 hours
Prep time
Cook time
0 minutes
Total time
Vegan Overnight Oats are the time-crunched person’s breakfast secret weapon, since they take just a couple minutes to make at night before bed. When you mix together rolled oats, chia seeds, and almond milk, the chia seeds absorb the milk and the oats soften, creating an effortless chilled porridge. Place it in the fridge at night and forget about it until morning, when you’ll wake up to a cool, creamy bowl of oats that’s just perfect in the spring or summer. This is my go-to overnight oats recipe, but feel free to change up the fruit and other mix-ins as you like.
Ingredients
- 1 large ripe/spotty banana, mashed
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup gluten-free rolled oats
- 3/4 cup (180 mL) almond milk
- 1/4 teaspoon (1.25 mL) pure vanilla extract (optional)
Suggested Toppings:
- Granola
- Fresh fruit
- Coconut flakes
- Pure maple syrup
- Cinnamon
- Nuts and seeds
- Banana soft serve
Directions
- In a small bowl, mash the banana until almost smooth. Now stir in the chia seeds and cinnamon until combined.
- Stir in the oats, almond milk, and vanilla (if using). Cover and refrigerate overnight, or a minimum of 2 hours.
- In the morning, stir the oat mixture to combine. If your Vegan Overnight Oats have a runny consistency even after they soak, simply stir in an additional 1 tablespoon chia seeds and place the mixture back in the fridge until it has thickened up. If the oat mixture is too thick, simply add a splash of milk and stir to combine.
Tip:
- Not a banana fan? Try swapping the mashed banana for 1/4-1/2 cup of your favourite yogurt and liquid sweetener, if desired.
The picture is gorgeous as always!
I love how you added chia seeds for even more protein! The oats and chia helped keep me full for hours after I made this.
I added chocolate to the oats when they were warm — it melted and made the oats taste like chocolate chip banana bread! It was SO YUMMY.
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Do you microwave it to warm it up? The chocolate bits sound like a heavenly addition, I’m intrigued!
No, it warms up over time.
How does it warm up over night? Do you make it in a crock pot?
Thanks for the alternative Ellie!
I suggest using dates to sweeten the oatmeal, especially if you’re on a raw, natural, or Raw Till 4 vegan diet like me.
Simply…
3/4 cup Old Fashioned Oats
Unsweetened Vanilla Soy Milk – enough to cover the oats and dates
6 Dates – diced into small pieces
8 Strawberries – diced into pieces
Pinch of Cinnamon
And you can dress this up with whatever fruit or nuts you’d like to add!
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Sorry if this is a stupid question…but do you just use raw oats? Do you cook them? I always use steel cut oats and never tried rolled oats before so that’s why I was wondering what to do for this recipe. Thank you so much!
Hi Ish,
I use uncooked rolled oats. Hope you like the recipe!
I used uncooked rolled oats and I hated this. Is there something wrong with me? I’m going to try cooked and see if I like it better.
I’m sorry to hear that, Arianne! What was it that you didn’t like about it? I may be able to offer some suggestions for tweaking the recipe to more in line with your preferences. I’d love to help if I can! :)
Sorry if this is a silly question, but is it possible to make enough for the week / a few days and keep it? Or can it be frozen? …or does it have to be made fresh every evening?
Hi Jill,
I’m a majorly lazy morning person so I make enough for 4 days’ worth on Sundays when I make my breakfast. Works great! To reward myself one of the mornings I’ll make a parfait. Angela has amazing posts on here for them…
That’s really helpful – thank you so much :)
Have more faith in yourself…nothing like that would be a silly question.
Jill, The only silly question is the question that’s never asked. You can get Quaker brand rolled oats (NOT the minute-type) at any supermarket. I see them in the cereal aisle. I’ve also seen them in the bulk section of some stores like Whole Foods and Sprouts.
Could something else be used to substitute the chia seeds? I can’t find them in my local grocery store :(
Hi Emily,
Unfortunately there is no substitute.
Okay – is there a link you could provide to where you get yours? Thx!
I got some from a local health food shop – I have seen them around but rarely in supermarkets
Hi Emily,
Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods have them.
You can also order them from Amazon.
Emily,
do you happen to have a sprouts (or as a last resort, whole foods) near you?
(https://www.sprouts.com/) They generally have all of that in bulk.
Isela
Aldi’s now carries chia seeds too! You can also order them on Amazon.
I buy my chia seeds from Amazon :D cheaper too!
AMAZON girl!!! Or thrive.com or doortodoororganics….hope you found them by now!
You could add hemp seeds in place of chia seeds… I actually add both! So good!
Emily- you could substitute flax seeds, they are cheaper than chia and have omega 3s. Find them literally anywhere- Bob’s Red Mill has a package at Walmart, Target, etc.
Thanks for the tip!! I, too, don’t have chia seeds on hand (though I know where to find them here). I, too was wondering if flax seeds would work for a substitute. I just might try this one tonight!! Thank you, thanks you!!
I just bought some Chia seeds from Wal-Mart! (Who knew..)
I wonder…do you have any nutrition facts?
Eat whole, healthy foods instead of being worried about nutrition facts. If you have a medical condition that requires careful monitoring of food intake, there are many sources online for ingredient nutrition facts.
Such an ignorant comment… eating natural foods doesnt magically make calories, sugar, protein, etc not count!
I have type 1 diabetes, so nutritional information is paramount for my health. Carbs need to be counted, if not calories!
Hi
I get my chia seeds from Amazon :-)
Holland and Barrett shop has chia seeds
This recipe looks great! I’m allergic to bananas, unfortunately. Is there a substitute or a way to adjust the recipe to compensate for that texture? Thank you for all of your delicious recipes! They have truly helped transform my life :)
I have an oat allergy and I have noticed that you use oats or oat flour in many of your recipes. I have your cookbook as well, which makes use of oats and oat flour as well. I was wondering if you have any suggestions for oats or oat flour substitute.
Thanks
Approximately how many grams of protein would this yield?
Hi! I was just wondering what size mason jar you use?
Thanks!
I just used the small “Jam” jars, I believe they were 8oz. And I did fill them all the way to the top. My 8 yr old ate about 2/3 of the jar.
Sooo good. There is something about the texture of oatmeal my son doesn’t like but he loved this!
Oh this one is AMAZING! I needed it for a meal on the go! Thank YOU!
xx
Krista
www.hundredblog.com
can this be heated as a hot porridge? cold porridge a don’t always appeal to my palette.
Try it. I haven’t made this recipe but I’ve made similar recipes that I only liked heated. Experiment yourself to suit your own taste.
I’m way late in a response to this, but you can always throw this in the microwave in the morning when you’re ready to eat it to heat it up. That’s what I do with mine – especially in the winter when a cold breakfast isn’t very appealing. You can heat it for about 30 seconds on high to slightly warm it, or 1:30 or so to heat it all the way.
Could steel cut oats be substituted for the rolled oats?
Looks delish!
I was wondering the same thing. Did you try it? How’s it go?
I’ve tried it before (admittedly in a different recipe) and it does not work. The steel cut oats were barely softened overnight.
I will be trying this for breakfast, too! Thanks so much for sharing your fabulous recipes.
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I was just wondering how important is the refrigeration step? I am looking for breakfast foods to take hiking so I won’t have access to a fridge. Thanks!
Hi,
What is a portion size once the overnight oats have settled? Also what is the calorie content more or less of that?
Thanks!
you don’t happen to have the nutrition info on this do you? husband diabetic, looking for carb info. thanks.
I use a diet tracking app (like LoseIt) to enter a recipe, then the app can calculate nutritional values for you. It may not calculate to the milligram or micronutrient, but it has done an adequate job tracking my protein.