PB & J 🥜🍓 Overnight Oats
Missing your favourite childhood PB & J sandwich and wanting to switch up your healthy breakfast? These Peanut Butter Overnight Oats are easy to make with hearty old-fashioned rolled oats, peanut butter, and strawberry jam. PB& J may be one of the most iconic duos to this date.
🍓🥜Peanut Butter & Jelly Heaven🥜🍓
Overnight soaked oats are very high in their fibre content, which keeps your stomach filled for a longer period of time. It even helps in clearing out your digestive tract. The high resistant starch content guarantees faster fat burning and increasing the body's insulin level.
You can soak pretty much any variety of oats, although quick cook or rolled oats are often preferred because they absorb the liquid faster than, say, steel cut oats.
When you soak oats overnight, it’s almost like you’re cooking them, but the process is much longer and slower, and it’s done without heat. Soaking helps the starches break down and reduces the natural phytic acid, which may help your body utilize the oats’ nutrients much more efficiently.
Overnight oats are versatile.
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup rolled oats gluten-free as needed
2/3 cup almond milk or your fav milk
2 teaspoons chia seeds
1/2 scoop vanilla protein or sweetener of choice
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 tablespoons strawberry or raspberry jam plus more for layering
2-3 tablespoons smooth or crunchy peanut butter plus more for layering
1/2 banana sliced for toppings!
1/4 teaspoon chopped peanuts for topping optional
DIRECTIONS
Add oats, milk, chia seeds,(and sweetener if desired) together in a mason jar, resealable container or a bowl. (If you like your oatmeal creamier, you can add more milk and less if you like them on the chunkier side - you can also add an extra 2 tablespoons yogurt (dairy-free if needed) to make them creamier).
Add sweetener (if using), peanut butter, jam, and vanilla to the mason jar. (Alternatively, you can also layer the peanut butter and jam separately as I did in the photos).
Shake jar or mix and combine with a spoon. Seal and chill in the fridge for at least 4 hours or overnight. Enjoy cold or heat up in the microwave or stove-top.
Serve with more milk as desired and top with another layer of peanut butter, jam, banana slices, berries, and chopped peanuts before serving, if desired.
