Overnight oats fans?

I buy the bags of frozen fruits as they are cheaper and keep well. By morning they have defrosted and make a lovely swirl in the yoghurt!

Apple and cinnamon overnight oats are lovely - but my favourite is cherry bakewell.

How do you do cherry bakewell?

My daily routine begins with a 50/50 mix of oars and pinhead oatmeal soaked overnight in pear juice. I add frozen blueberries before leaving it in the fridge. In the morning I take it out and leave it to one side while a mug of tea is enjoyed. After half an hour or so I add two tbs of full fat greek yoghurt and two tsp of home made dukkah. Delicious!

I have Greek style natural yoghurt, chia seeds, oats and frozen fruit which defrosts perfectly overnight.

Only problem is I forgot to do mine last night so it was yoghurt and muesli.

It has conquered my lifelong antipathy to porridge. I discovered that it was the warm milk that was the problem.
I have mine with blueberries and a tiny sprinkle of granola for the texture.

I agree Chocolatelovinggran. I could never stand porridge as the warm claggy texture was nauseating. However, cold slightly crunchy oats with lovely fruit and greek yogurt is delicious.

Aveline

How do you do cherry bakewell?

Usual base with the oats, yogurt, milk (seeds if you want them), then I add a layer of cherries (fresh, frozen, compote - whatever you have, even cherry jam would work) and a few drops of almond essence, topped with some flaked almonds.

Never thought of putting dukkah in my breakfast cereal!
... though I love a big dollop of miso in my porridge!


What herbs/spices/nuts are in yours?

Thanks ViceVersa. I'll definitely try that. Now what about more savoury flavours? I can't quite face putting grated cheese in. I'm open to miso but don't know how to find any. Does it come in jars or bottles or similar. I've not spotted it on sale anywhere.

Been having overnight oats for decades. My fave is oats with raspberries and 100% fat free greek yoghurt. Frozen raspberries are great but strawberries are awful in this. Fresh mango is lovely but frozen are yuk.

I buy my yoghurt in Aldi or Lidl in a big pot with pink lettering. Much, much cheaper and nicer than other shops like Tesco.

All these sound delicious, cherry bakewell ! Can't believe I've never, ever done this.
Could someone please please please post an
Overnight Oats for Dummies?

Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Waitrose, Ocado, Dolphin Fitness - pretty much everywhere stocks miso now.
You used to have to buy in bulk or from a wholefoods type shop.

I like the darkest miso on porridge (which I prefer made with water).
Yum.

Keepcalm - overnight oats is,to me just Bircher Muesli (as you may have had years ago) - but with (usually) fewer fruits.

My son used to like to make it for the family at the weekend when he was a teenager - he used pinhead oats with lots of grated apples in and lots of almond flakes and lots of raspberries.
It needed extra apple or pear juice to swell the oats.
He used to mix in cream for "special days" such as birthdays but otherwise it would be yoghurt.

He also put a spoon or two of honey or maple syrup in.

Frankly it was very expensive for 7 of us!
...but delicious.

Re miso. What does it look like on the supermarket shelf? What dept is it in? Sorry to be so thick but I just don't know.

Aveline

Re miso. What does it look like on the supermarket shelf? What dept is it in? Sorry to be so thick but I just don't know.

It usually comes in smallish jars or pots and is usually beside the Oriental foods - soy sauce, chilli sauce, etc.

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This one seems to be available all over...

But there are lots of different ones, different flavours.
I tend to have a couple of different ones open at once as we like different flavours/intensities.

I think it's usually in the "world food" aisle - but I admit to usually buying online as part of a bigger shop.

Here's a screenshot of the top of a list of misos in Ocado...

Thanks. I'll look out for it. I've always enjoyed food featuring miso in restaurants but never known what it looked like to buy. Now I hear there are differents types!! So much to learn.

My daughter and teenage granddaughter love their overnight oats. Most of the above combos sound like the way they have them. This thread has inspired me to give it a try.

I remember many years ago I was on a coach tour to the west of Ireland with friends. The hotel served a delicious cooked breakfast and on the side was a table with cereals, fruits and a large container of porridge. Only one from our table of 6 opted for porridge the first morning .

On day 2 there was a queue at the porridge pot once word was out there was a help yourself jug of double cream next to it and guess what else. A bottle of Irish whiskey for anyone who fancied a nip in their porridge 🥃

Ooh. I might try a drop of Bailey's in my overnight oats for a treat one day.

I add cooked apple to mine. I read that apple is one of the foods that is healthier after being cooked ( and I don’t really like eating apples for some reason, possibly because of my dodgy teeth) so I boil it up with a few blueberries and cinnamon. I add cocoa to it so I get my chocolate fix, too.

On a slightly different note, I buy the organic jumbo oats for my breakfast and was shocked recently to find them full of moths when I opened a pack, even though it had always been well sealed.

I suggest buying Waitrose/ supermarket frozen berries as so much cheaper than fresh. Waitrose blueberries 3.50 yesterday! 😕

I have recently started having Greek yogurt sprinkled with mixed seeds, blueberries, raspberries and drizzled with honey.
Delicious.
I didn’t think that would be a filling breakfast, but it is.
Will now buy the frozen mixed fruits as well.