Overnight oats – 4 ways

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Creamy, filling and versatile, itʼs not hard to see why overnight oats is a popular recipe! And our dessert-themed twists have just made a classic even tastier…

About Time 

  • Total Time 5 minutes plus 12 hours soaking overnight

Ingredients

  • 160g plain whole rolled porridge oats
  • 800g fat-free natural yogurt
  • For peach melba flavor:
    • 300g fresh peaches, peeled and sliced, a few slices chopped into smaller pieces
    • Fresh raspberries, some extra chopped or sliced fresh peach and fat-free natural fromage frais, to serve
  • For banana-berry flavour:
    • 1 banana, diced
    • 1 tsp lemon juice
    • Fresh blueberries, some extra chopped banana and ground cinnamon, to serve
  • For carrot cake flavor:
    • 1 small carrot, grated
    • 1 ripe pear, diced
    • 100g fat-free natural fromage frais
    • 100g plain quark
    • 2-3 level tsp sweetener granules
    • Extra diced ripe pear and ground cinnamon, to serve
  • For hot apple pie flavour:
    • 1 tsp mixed spice
    • 1 red eating apple, finely diced and sliced
    • Fat-free natural yogurt and mixed spice, to serve

Ingredients

  1. Put the porridge oats in a large bowl. Mix the fat-free natural yogurt with 340ml water and add to the bowl.
  2. Stir it all together, then cover and chill overnight. In the morning, stir, then divide between 4 bowls or glasses and top with your favorite chopped Speed fruit.
  3. To make peach melba oats: Follow step 1 above, then stir through the peach, cover and chill overnight. The next morning, divide the mixture between 4 bowls or glasses, then top with the raspberries, extra peach, and dollops of fat-free natural fromage frais.
  4. To make banana-berry oats: Follow step 1 above, then toss the banana with the lemon juice, add to the oats mixture, and stir through. Cover and chill overnight. The next morning, divide the mixture between 4 bowls or glasses, then top with the blueberries, extra banana and a little cinnamon.
  5. To make carrot cake oats: Follow step 1 above, then stir through the carrot and pear. Cover and chill overnight. The next morning, divide the mixture between 4 bowls or glasses. Mix the fat-free natural fromage frais with the plain quark and sweetener. Divide over the oats. Scatter over the extra pear and sprinkle over a little cinnamon.
  6. To make hot apple pie oats: Follow step 1 above, then stir through the mixed spice. Cover and chill overnight. The next morning, microwave the oat mixture in a heatproof bowl on high for 1 minute to warm through, then divide between 4 bowls or glasses. Top with the apple, fat-free natural yogurt and a sprinkling of mixed spice.

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