Monday, June 13, 2011

Overnight pumpkin oats

I've seen a lot of buzz in the healthy "blogosphere-sphere" about these things called overnight oats. Have you heard of them? 


Apparently you put oatmeal in the fridge overnight with milk or Greek yogurt and it's a delicious meal in the am. Hmmmm.. You've got my interest. Quick oatmeal in the morning that doesn't require a pan. I'm in.


Maybe it's because I'm blonde, but I kept scouring blogs to see if you heat the oats in the am or if you still eat them cold. Seriously. I never saw a definitive answer. I know. I should be smarter than that. So I ate mine cold. It definitely was different. But fast and good.


The base recipe I used came from one of my favorite blogs - PBfingers


The pumpkin flavor made me miss fall. But it was tasty, but I would've liked it a little sweeter.  Now I have 2 cups of leftover pumpkin in the fridge to use! Haha! Look for more pumpkiny blogs this week!


Pumpkin Overnight Oats

  • 1/2 c. oatmeal
  • 1/2 c. almond milk
  • 3 oz. vanilla Greek yogurt (I didn't use but it's recommended)
  • 1/2 c. canned pumpkin (I used Libby's)
  • Pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon
  • In the morning I added 1 scoop of vanilla protein and walnuts
Like I said, the combination are probably endless.  I'm thinking a chocolate oat bowl could be in my future.  Or something what granola on top?  Except I never buy granola...but I'm just brainstorming here.

Give it a try- let me know what you think!

Love and cold oats, 
Carissa & Kyle

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