To make overnight oats, just use our base recipe below and add your favourite ingredients. Just get creative and enjoy your favourite fruit, nut butter, nuts and seeds, granola, chocolate chips, spices like saffron, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, and more in your overnight oats.

Use a clean mason jar and always use slow cooking rolled oats. Below is the base recipe for an individual and quick add on recipes. You can pick and choose from each section to make your favourite combination. Pictured is our favourite saffron, pistachio overnight oats.

Overnight oats last up to 5 days in the refrigerator and are great for meal prep.

Ingredients: (serves 1)

• 1/2 cup rolled oats (slow cooking-old fashioned)

• 1/4 tsp sea salt

• 1/2 cup milk (plant milk or any milk)

• 1/4 cup Greek yogurt

• 1 teaspoon chia seeds

• 2 teaspoons maple syrup or honey

• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)

Directions:

In a clean mason jar mix the above ingredients and choose any of the following toppings below, stir well, cover and refrigerate overnight. You may want to add more milk depending on the consistency as the oats soak up all the milk.

1. Saffron, pistachio overnight oats (add 1/4 tsp cardamom powder & 5 strands saffron) stir well with base recipe and refrigerate overnight. Top with crushed pistachios

2. Chocolate banana overnight oats (add 1/2 banana mashed, 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder,) stir well with base recipe and refrigerate overnight. Top with almond butter and chocolate shavings

3. Apple cinnamon overnight oats (add I/2 apple shredded, 1/2 tsp cinnamon ground,) stir well with base recipe and refrigerate overnight. Top with chopped walnuts.

4. Peanut butter and jelly overnight oats (add 2 tbsp peanut butter and 2 tbsp fruit jam) stir well with base recipe and refrigerate overnight.(Top with roasted crushed peanuts)

5. Spicy pear and walnut overnight oats (Bake 1/2 a pear drizzled with a teaspoon of maple syrup and 1/4 tsp cinnamon for 5-7 minutes at 375 degrees or just toss raw into base recipe and refrigerate overnight. Top with chopped walnuts.

6. Add fresh fruit like blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, bananas, peaches, pears, pomegranate and apples. Add dried fruit like raisins, cranberries, goji berries, chopped dates, mango or papaya. Add Nuts and seeds like sliced almonds, chopped pecans or walnuts, hemp seeds, sunflower seeds, Add Spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, turmeric, cardamom, or nutmeg. Add nut butters like almond butter, and peanut butter, for that extra protein boost