Morning Glory Overnight Oats

Are you ready for a bowl of morning glory overnight oats that are filled with apples, carrots, coconut and raisins?!

This nearly hands-off breakfast recipe is insanely delicious and loaded with flavors and textures.

It’s the perfect meal when you’re on the run and want something more substantial than a coffee shop muffin!

How to make morning glory overnight oats

Featured Ingredients

• Oats: The main ingredient of this dish = old-fashioned rolled oats!
  • They're filled with fiber and other nutrients. What better way to start the day?
• Chia: Don’t forget the chia seeds! Itty bitty chia seeds plump up when they’re in liquid, which makes them a pretty amazing natural thickener!
• Milk: You can use dairy milk like I did, but you can also use plant or nut-based milks!
  • Unsweetened almond, cashew, or coconut milks would be amazing with these oats!
  • And oat milk would be absolutely scrumptious!
  • But definitely make sure the oat milk is unsweetened.
  • It has an intrinsic natural sweetness, so you don’t need any additional sugar.
  • The oat milk checks the “sweet” box, for the overnight oats!
• Apples: Some delicious apples to keep on hand are Honeycrisp, Gala, and Pink Lady.
  • Honeycrisp apples are sweet with a nice crunch that lends them to overnight oatmeal.
  • And Gala and Pink Lady apples have a bit of bright tanginess that pairs incredibly well with this oatmeal.
• Raisins: I love raisins in this oatmeal!
  • I used brown raisins, but swapping out half the brown raisins with golden raisins would be a fun and colorful addition too!
  • You could also use dried cranberries, dried dates, or even dried prunes!
• Walnuts: I love the lightly savory and buttery flavor that walnuts bring to these morning glory chia overnight oats.
  • But almonds would be a great swap-in, and you can’t ever go wrong with pistachios in oatmeal!
• Coconut: Keeping unsweetened coconut on hand is like always having a helping hand in the pantry or cupboard.
  • It’s flavorful, it’s beautiful, and it adds the perfect amount of coconut goodness to desserts, granola, fruit salads, and even savory dishes like chicken and coconut curry!
• Maple syrup: If you don’t have natural maple syrup on hand, feel free to substitute honey as an alternative.

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together oats, chia seeds, maple syrup, milk and salt.
2. Stir in half of the carrots, apple, coconut and raisins.
3. Transfer to jars with a lid and refrigerate overnight.
4. Top overnight oats with remaining carrots, apples, coconut, raisins and walnuts and serve with a drizzle of maple syrup.

Storage Instructions

• Store overnight oats in airtight containers in the refrigerator up to 3 days.
• Add toppings like fresh fruit just before serving.
  • Heartier fruits like the apples, raisins and coconut in these morning glory overnight oats can be added when the overnight oats are mixed together.

How to enjoy overnight oats

• One question people ask is, “Should I eat the overnight oats cold, or do I heat them up?” My answer is: Eat them any way you want to!
• You can heat them up in the microwave, or you can eat them cold from the jar.
• But, my recommendation is, even if you think you would like them better heated – try a bite of them as is.
  • As in, cold. It’s like eating the best cold cereal you’ve ever tasted!

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