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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.
Hi Angela, this is a great recipe! You might like my cool weather version: mix dry ingredients into a small jar (clean jam jar) and top with hot (soy) milk. Screw on lid and eat at the office still warm a good hour later. No microwave! Great for using fresh hot soy or almond milk straight from a soymilk maker. For making the night before, cool to room temp, put on lids, then refrigerate. Heat when ready to eat. This works great with steel cut oats or whole groats. I also like it with some protein powder added to it to keep hunger at bay (I bike an hour to work so am pretty hungry on arrival).
Yum, just made some for my breakie tomorrow! :)
Lennae xxx
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This breakfast is delicious! I put it in a jar and took it to the office. My entire family gobbled it down this morning. Last night I made the mixture put it in a bowl in the fridge. Then threw in a pile of berries into jars for everyone and put the lids on. This morning I mixed up the oatmeal (nothing needed to be added as it was a perfect consistency) and I let my daughter take her lid off the mason jar and fill it up! The “cold” got to her a little so I warmed it for her and she gobbled it down. Hands down one of my favorite new recipes! Thanks for sharing.
Could I substitute something else for the banana? Applesauce maybe?
i have tried many varieties of overnight oats in the past 6 months. there is no question that this recipe is the best!! i even ate it cold… which has never before pleased my palate. thank you!
Eating these overnight oats this morning. Cold. With no toppings. I was going to add some toppings and then I realized there’s a whole banana in the recipe! I’m totally enjoying them and loving the fact that I didn’t have to make them this morning. Easy peasy. Awesome recipe!!!
Made my second batch of this recipe last night/this morning! Delicious! Love it with frozen berries and hemp seeds.
(bowing at your feet) THANK YOU!
I am always trying tricks for a speedy breakfast routine and have been unsuccessful achieving any consistency – or long-term palate satisfaction.
No lie – I was extremely apprehensive. Cold oats turned mush in almond milk? I was motivated by the idea that if this was good my breakfasts would be earning me a healthful gold star AND I would SAVE so much time and MONEY.
Angela I couldn’t have been more blown away at how convenient and delicious your recipe turned out! It was fantastic cold and the variety can be changed so easily with all kinds of fruits and nuts.
I eat this every morning during my work week. Thanks for the help!
Hi, this looks amazing!
It’s getting cold where I am now…do you have suggestions on making a warm version, and/or do you think this one can be warmed in the morning?
Thanks!
Does anyone have recommendations for substituting the banana with an alternative ingredient? I love the idea of this breakfast, however i can’t stomach banana.
This is my all-time FAVOURITE go-to recipe for breakfast! It’s fast, it’s easy, it’s delicious! I recommend it to everyone who is looking for a new breakfast idea on the run!
For all of you that have asked what to sub for bananas. I make mine without bananas. I just use flax seed and chia seed, put in sliced strawberries (about 3) and small hand full of blueberries. Then top with almond milk and stir and place in refrig. Don’t miss the bananas!
Can I substitute the milk with cashew milk?
I was wondering could I make this recipe without Bananas?
Hi Angela, I’ve made this for my partner in crime and he raves about it! Thank you :)
Angela! I’ve been an avid reader of your blog since the beginning of 2015. It started when my friend posted a pic of her green monster smoothie on instagram and tagged you in it. After that, I started following you and I have read your posts and your stories. About 5 weeks ago, I had 4 major attacks with my stomach and terrible pain. Nonetheless, I spent a lot of time on the couch/ going to hospital/ specialists/ doctors etc. so when I was feeling a little bit okay and had to leave the apartment before I went crazy, I went to chapters and picked up your amazing cookbook. After reading it, I’ve been using it in a “meal-prep” fashion to be able to eat well a bit easier. I also, am a researcher, grad student under a lot of pressure, research assistant and supply teacher with a background of similar eating disorders. I have been using your cookbook for a week for meal prepping and having my mother and grandmother over for dinner tonight, my mother said “you are looking so much better, you have a glow about you” and my grandmother agreed and said “yes, your color is looking so much better”. Thank you for this, one of my fav recipes! And thank you for your cookbook so I can have my glow. Happy New Year :)
Hi Stef,
I’m so glad to hear that you are enjoying the cookbook and feeling better! Thanks for your support!
I love this recipe any time of the year!!
These overnight oats are amazing! The sugar from the bananas makes it sweet enough to eat without adding any type of sweetener. They are also so easy to prepare and ready for breakfast in the morning which makes these oats so nutritious and convenient :) Thank you Angela!
This was delicious!! I did not have chia seeds so did not use and I did not use the vanilla or any topping and it was amazing. And I don’t like oatmeal. This was so good. Thank you so much! I’m feeling healthier already :)
Such an amazing, classic, easy recipe! I am not vegan but I am enjoying your recipes immensely. Photos are also so gorgeous, they encourage trying out new things!