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Jump to RecipeToday I created again a nice breakfast recipe for you. The good thing: you can prepare your oats one day in advance and enjoy it in the morning. It’s also a perfect dish for your workspace. Don’t waste your valuable time in the morning and try out my Chocolate Overnight Oats!
What are overnight oats?
At their most basic, overnight oats are raw rolled oats that are combined with a liquid—mostly milk or alternatives like almond or coconut drink, or of course yogurt. They’re seasoned, sweetened, and mixed well, then left to soften in the fridge overnight. One of the first Overnight Oats, was the Bircher Muesli, which was developed around 1900 by Swiss physician Maximilian Bircher-Benner for patients in his hospital, it is now eaten as a standard breakfast dish and is one of the first dishes I learned to prepare during my apprenticeship. Always since, it’s well known for it’s nutritional benefits.
Oats in general are high in fiber, this is indigestible material found in foods. Studies show that fiber has various health benefits, including weight loss and improved digestive health. Additionally fiber is supporting the “positive bacteria” within your gut, this bacteria in easy words is burning more fat. Check also this recipe out.
Absolutely yes! Replace the honey with a vegan alternative, like for example coconut sugar and you are good to go.
If you are not as lucky as me in organizing strawberries, just replace the strawberries with a half ripe banana.
Chocolate Overnight Oats
Equipment
- 1 cutting board
- 1 cooking knife sharp
- 1 mixing bowl
Ingredients
Chocolate Overnight Oats
- 100 ml Almond Drink
- 1 tsp cocoa powder without sugar
- 1 tsp honey
- 1 tsp peanut butter unsweetened, fat reduced
- 1 tsp chia seeds
- 6 pcs strawberries small
- 3 tbsp oats steel-cut
Garnish
- 1 tbsp mint
- 1 pcs strawberry small
- 1 tbsp coconut flakes roasted
Instructions
Chocolate Overnight Oats
- Add the almond drink, cocoa powder, honey, chia seeds and strawberries into the blender and blend everything finely.
- Transfer the mixture in a bowl and add the steel-cut oats. After transfer everything into a jar, chill the jar overnight in a fridge. 24 h for the best result.
Garnish
- Next day take the oats and garnish everything with mint, coconut flakes and strawberry.
