Easy, 3-ingredient overnight oats without yogurt. This quick recipe takes only five minutes to prep, so you can spend your time picking out your favorite toppings!
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Meal prep friendly: Prepare multiple servings at once for an easy make-ahead breakfast throughout the week. You can add different toppings to each jar to make them unique.
- Pantry friendly: Made with staple ingredients you likely already have in your kitchen (or pantry).
- Quick: Minimal preparation time means more time for your morning routine.
Nutrition For Mental Health
Oats are rich in manganese and a good source of complex carbohydrates, fiber, copper, vitamin B1, zinc, phosphorus, and magnesium.
Here at Raepublic, we focus on how nutrition can impact mental health. Let’s dive into oats! β-Glucan is a soluble fiber found in oats. A randomized control trial found that participants who consumed β-Glucan from oats experienced decreased severity of headaches, anxiety, and feeling cold.
Ingredients + Notes
This healthy breakfast recipe uses simple, plant-based ingredients.
- Oats: Rolled oats are the perfect base that provides fiber to help maintain a feeling of fullness.
- Milk: Unsweetened almond milk adds a light, nutty flavor and creamy texture without overpowering the oats.
- Maple syrup: The perfect natural sweetener brings a subtle hint of maple flavor.
Recipe Variations
This vegan overnight oats recipe is simple and delicious and made without yogurt! Here are some recipe variations if you need them.
- Oats: This recipe uses rolled oats or old-fashioned oats, but quick oats would also work well. I do not recommend using steel-cut oats at all. It will not turn out well.
- Milk: Experiment with various plant-based milks like oat milk, soy milk, coconut milk, or cashew milk for different flavors and nutritional profiles.
- Vanilla extract
- Seeds: Add chia seeds, hemp seeds, or ground flax seeds for an excellent source of plant-based omega-3 fatty acids.
- Nut butter: For a different taste and added healthy fats, drizzle almond butter, peanut butter, or cashew butter on top.
- Protein powder: Boost the protein content with your favorite plant-based protein powder.
- Sweetener: Consider natural sweeteners like coconut sugar, agave syrup, or date syrup as alternatives to maple syrup.
How To Make Overnight Oats Without Yogurt
This overnight oats recipe without yogurt will be ready in minutes.
- Add raw oats, milk, and maple syrup to a glass jar and stir until well combined.
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- Cover with lid and store in the fridge for at least 1 hour.
- Serve with fresh berries and almond butter drizzle on top (optional).
Servings Ideas
- Toppings: Fresh fruit, nuts, and seeds are great topping choices, and they’re easy to add.
- Muffins: Vegan muffins are the perfect on-the-go breakfast to pairing for this yogurt-free overnight oats recipe. Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins or Easy Vegan Blueberry Muffins.
- Scones: Who doesn’t want a scone? These Vegan Raspberry Scones are my favorite! (If you don’t have raspberries on hand, you can use a different berry, don’t worry.)
- Smoothie: Pair this easy overnight oats recipe with a smoothie to-go. Try this Easy Pineapple Spinach Smoothie or Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie.
Here are some more tasty Vegan Breakfast Recipes to try!
Storage Tips
For best results, store your overnight oats in an airtight container in the refrigerator. A glass container can help maintain freshness and prevent any odors from affecting the flavor. (If you make this overnight oats without yogurt recipe in a glass jar to start, just store it in that.)
FAQ
You can enjoy creamy overnight oats without yogurt by using different types of milk and adding ingredients like chia seeds for thickness. (You can even make them with water too!)
It really just depends on personal preference. Both options can be creamy overnight oats. However, using dairy-free milk makes it easier to adjust for dietary restrictions.
The texture or flavor may be off if your oats aren’t fully soaked, the proportions are incorrect, or the ingredients aren’t combined well.
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Recipe
Overnight Oats Without Yogurt
Ingredients
Overnight Oatmeal
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup non-dairy milk
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup
Toppings
- 1 tablespoon nut butter of choice
- fresh berries
Instructions
- Add oats, milk, and maple syrup to a glass jar and stir until well combined.
- Cover with lid and store in the fridge for at least 1 hour.
- Serve with fresh berries and almond butter drizzle on top (optional).
Notes
Nutrition
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Reference
Wolever, T. M. S., Rahn, M., Dioum, E. H., Jenkins, A. L., Ezatagha, A., Campbell, J. E., & Chu, Y. (2021). Effect of Oat β-Glucan on Affective and Physical Feeling States in Healthy Adults: Evidence for Reduced Headache, Fatigue, Anxiety and Limb/Joint Pains. Nutrients, 13(5), 1534. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13051534
This was delicious!
So glad you enjoyed it!