Oats recipe for healthy skin, overnight

Alright, this is our favorite healthy meal right now! This healthy overnight oats recipe with yogurt, peanut butter and cherries is healthy, creamy, satisfying and a fast and simple breakfast idea that almost makes itself.

Healthy Overnight Oats Recipe

The idea of eating overnight oatmeal never occurred to us. Are you kidding us? Oats soaked in fluid overnight? Gross.

But since oats are one of a reliable foods for your digestion, heart and skin health when summer came we thought we would give those famous overnight oats a try. Even if we had to throw up in our mouth.

“What’s the harm? It can’t be worse than the warm yogurt with sugar our mom used to make for us and our sister when we were kids!”

See, now that we're an adult, we have higher standards. And surprisingly these overnight oats meet all of them. In fact, they surpass them. We thought they’d be like rice pudding, which we always from the bottom of our heart hated. But they’re not.

You know what they are? They’re the creamiest and most refreshing breakfast ever. And when we say creamy, we mean really creamy. You would not expect that from oats because unsoaked they seem dry and lifeless like our hair. But once you soak them, oh our.

Overnight Oats: Warm Or Cold?

COLD. You eat overnight oats cold. You can probably warm them in a microwave, but you don’t have to. And that makes them a solid summer breakfast.

Our Favorite Thing About This Breakfast?

A reliable part is making overnight oats takes about, hmm, like 2 min of our precious time. Then in the morning – BAM! breakfast is served. We don’t need to warm it, don’t need to mix, we don’t need to do anything. We can just eat. There are about a million things we like about this.

How it comes together

Here’s a general, fast method to make a great base for overnight oats:

• Mix oats, liquid of choice and yogurt (can also be vegan yogurt). We use oats and yogurt in proportion 1:1 and then add a little bit less water or milk to losen it up. Keep in mind that the oats soak up a lot of the moisture. As you’ll see in the recipe below, we used 1/2 cup oats, 1/2 cup yogurt and 1/3 cup of water. You might even need to add a little bit more liquid if using milk or dairy-free milk. You can use a jar or any type of airtight container to make overnight oats. You don’t need to buy a fancy jar if you don’t have one to make overnight oats.
• Put the mixture overnight or for 3-4 hours in the fridge.
• In the morning, top with your favorite toppings and enjoy. Speaking of, let’s talk about toppings.

Overnight Oats Toppings

Here are some things you can add to your overnight oats:

• Fruit: berries, apples, pears, pineapple, peaches, banana, mango. You can add pretty much any fruit to overnight oatmeal and it will taste great.
• Chia seeds: in case you want to make your overnight oats thicker or to leave out the yogurt altogether you can add chia seeds (important addition to vegan overnight oats). This also has some additional health benefits, because chia seeds are rich in fiber, protein and omega-3’s.
• Sweeteners: if you need some additional sweetness, add maple syrup or honey to the base recipe.
• Nuts: Chopped almonds, walnuts, peanuts or cashews all add a nice crunch to this breakfast.
• Nut Butter: to make your overnight oats even creamier and more satisfying add a tsp or a tbsp of your favorite nut butter.
• Cinnamon or vanilla to give your overnight oats a little bit of flavor!

Health Benefits Of Overnight Oats

We get chills when we think of all the good things overnight oats do to the human body. They’re good for your skin, heart, digestion and your brain!

Why? Well here’s just the short version of it:

• Nuts and oats are known to assist weight loss and can lower cholesterol and blood pressure. They have anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties.
• Oats are also known to be prebiotic, so they help the good bacteria in your gut grow and thus prevent bad bacteria from overloading the body with toxins.
• Oats also contain a great amount of vitamin E, protein and healthy fatty acids
• Although honey is sweet and we wouldn’t recommend eating too much of it, 1 spoon is enough to boost your immune system and prevent infections, while not overloading you with sugar.
• Berries are among the antioxidant-richest foods in the world. They contain more vitamin C than oranges and thus keep your skin healthy.

Well we hope you enjoy this wholesome breakfast idea, here’s the exact recipe.

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