Overnight oats, three ways
Five minutes on a Sunday night and Monday-to-Wednesday breakfast is already in the fridge. These are the three we actually rotate — nothing exotic, all from a corner shop.
The base never changes: oats, milk, a spoon of yoghurt, a pinch of salt. The toppings are where the three ways live.
Ingredients
- Base (per jar): 50g oats · 100ml milk · 2 tbsp yoghurt · pinch of salt
- Apple & cinnamon: grated apple · cinnamon · drizzle of honey
- Banana & peanut: sliced banana · spoon of peanut butter
- Cocoa & cherry: 1 tsp cocoa · frozen cherries · dark chocolate shaving
Method
- Mix the base ingredients straight into each jar — oats, milk, yoghurt, salt. Give it a proper stir so nothing's left dry at the bottom.
- Stir through the flavourings, lid on, fridge overnight (they keep three days happily — the texture gets better, not worse).
- Eat cold from the jar, or 60 seconds in the microwave if the morning needs a warm breakfast. Loosen with a splash of milk if it's gone too thick.
Kit for this recipe
Jam jars with lids — set of 12, £12.99 at Lakelandthe whole point — prep, store, eat from one jar
A fine grater — Microplane EcoGrate, £19.99grated apple disappears into the oats — grated, not chopped
A long spoon — Viners set of 4, £6.99reaches the bottom of the jar where the dry oats hide
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