Instant Overnight Oats

We love the overnight oats craze. But we find we are always out of an ingredient- usually the milk or nut-milks required to make them. So I developed a recipe for meal prepping my oats that just requires water.

Our instant overnight oats recipe can be made in a large batch- at least 8 servings- and the recipe uses coconut milk powder instead of milk. I did this to make the recipe shelf-stable for meal preppers while ensuring the final product is still creamy and delicious.

If you are avoiding coconut but eat dairy then regular milk powder works fine as well.

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There is a lot to talk about when it comes to overnight oats and instant vs. regular. But we covered all that and more in our everything about overnight oats post.

In that post we also review our 3 other instant overnight oat blends. These are definitely worth checking out if you want to try something new!

• Protein Overnight Oats
• Superfood Overnight Oats
• Grain-Free/ Keto Overnight "Oats"

How to Make Single Serving Instant Oats

We get it, not everyone is into meal prepping. If you just want to make one single serving of oats combine the below ingredients and store in the fridge for at least 4 hours or overnight.

• ½ cup old fashion oats
• 2 Tbsp chia
• 1 tbsp Coconut milk powder, or Nido milk powder
• 1 tsp coconut sugar
• ⅛ tsp kosher salt
• ¾ c water

If you don't have dry milk powder substitute the powder and water for ¾ c milk, regular or non-dairy.

Add your favorite oatmeal fixings or see the next section for inspiration.

The BEST Overnight Oat Flavors

There is no shortage of great ideas for overnight oats.  We put together a list of favorite top 10 flavors.

Note: quantities are for one serving of oats.

1. Chunky Monkey- ½ banana sliced, 1 tablespoon chopped walnuts, and 1 tablespoon Enjoy Life vegan chocolate chips
2. Mexican Chocolate- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder, ¼ teaspoon cinnamon, pinch of cayenne (if you dare!)
3. Mixed Berry- ⅓ cup each of sliced strawberries and blueberries, ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
4. Pumpkin Pie- ⅓ cup of pureed pumpkin (I use canned but fresh works), ¼ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice, ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
5. Pina Colada- ½ cup diced pineapple, 1 tablespoon shredded coconut, ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract (I really like this version for the grain-free)
6. Peanut Butter and Jelly- 2 tablespoons peanut butter (or sub almond butter) and 2 tablespoons of your favorite jam (we like strawberry)
7. Fall Harvest- ⅓ cup sliced apple, ¼ cup dried cranberries, 1 tablespoon chopped walnuts, ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
8. Carrot Cake- ¼ cup shredded carrots, 1 tablespoon chopped pecans, 1 tablespoon raisins, ¼ tsp cinnamon
9. Blueberry Cardamom- ½ cup fresh blueberries, 1 teaspoon ground cardamom, pinch of lemon zest (optional but really good!)
10. Cherry Almond- ⅓ cup dried cherries (or ½ dried cherries, halved), ¼ teaspoon vanilla, 2 tablespoons slivered almonds

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