Oats are one of my favourite breakfast options, but as it gets warmer porridge becomes slightly less appealing and I’m always ready for a change in options.
Overnight oats – also known as bircher muesli – is a delicious way to enjoy oats when the weather is warmer. You simply soak oats in a milk of your choice overnight, then mix through your favourite fruits, seeds, nuts and yoghurt plus other bits and pieces to create a delicious summery breakfast. This combination provides a nutritious start to the day – some slow release carbohydrate, fibre and protein to help keep you full, plus some healthy fats. And did I mention it tastes amazing too? I’ve come up with two delicious recipes for breakfast – banana blueberry overnight oats and passionfruit, coconut and raspberry overnight oats
I’ve been trialling a couple of new UNCLE TOBYS oat products and these have been the base of my overnight oat recipes. UNCLE TOBYS Ancient Grains Oats is oats with a bit of a twist. It also contains rye, millet and quinoa which makes a tasty change to original oats as well as adding a bit of a different nutritional profile. I’ve also been using UNCLE TOBYS Steel Cut oats. Instead of being rolled flat after the husk is removed like rolled oats, steel cut oats are oven toasted then cut into pieces using steel discs – hence their name! They have a nutty taste, a hearty texture and have a low glycemic index to give you a nice slow release of energy.
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Blueberry banana overnight oats
½ cup UNCLE TOBYS Ancient Grain Oats
2 tsp chia seeds
½ cup milk (cow milk or almond milk)
½ cup blueberries (I used frozen)
½ cup yoghurt
1 banana
Place the oats, chia seeds, milk, ¼ of the cup of the blueberries and ¼ cup of the yoghurt in a bowl and mix together. Place in the fridge and leave overnight.
In the morning, cut the banana in half and mash. Stir through the oats.
Spoon half the oats into a glass, then add the rest of the yoghurt, then the rest of the oats. Top with the remaining half of the banana cut into slices and the remaining blueberries.
Tip: If you prefer things a little sweeter, stir through a teaspoon of maple syrup through the oats.
Passionfruit, coconut and raspberry overnight oats
1/3 cup UNCLE TOBYS steel cut oats
1/3 cup milk
1 tablespoon coconut milk
½ cup yoghurt
2 tablespoons coconut threads + extra for topping
1 tablespoon passionfruit pulp
1/3 cup raspberries
In a small bowl, mix together the steel cut oats, milk, coconut milk, ¼ cup yoghurt and the coconut threads. Place in the fridge overnight.
In the morning, top with passionfruit pulp, raspberries and remaining yoghurt and add an extra sprinkle of coconut threads.
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Blueberries, chia seeds, yoghurt and banana is my fave!
I juar love oats as a porridge with blueberries and/or banana and a little honey. I also like making my own meusli although I haven’t done that for a while. Must get back into making it.
I like to soak mine in coconut water over night then add grated apple and dried cranberries. Mix in some nuts and seeds and top with a little whipped coconut cream and chia seeds
Mixed with protein powder, simple but tasty 🙂
I’ve been eating as porridge with blueberries, chia and linseed, yummy on a winter morning
I love to eat oats naturally with blue berries or banana with milk and cinnamon.
Whole grain Oates, blueberries, banana, chai seeds, LSA soaked over night in water then add yogurt in the morning is our favourite for myself and little Miss Two!
in a apple & blackberry crumble
Love these with almond milk and a naughty swirl of maple syrup in winter. Am inspired by the above recipes absolutely I would love to make this! Yum!
Any oats soaked overnight in milk with chia seeds. Then add in toasted pumpkin and suflower seeds, toasted coconut flakes and a sprinkle of LSA. Top with yoghurt and kiwi fruit and I’m good to go. My favourite all time breakfast
Strawberries and chia seeds for me. Love your ideas keen to try
Apple, chia seeds , cinnamon yoghurt oats and almond milk. My fav!!
Oats cooked with honey, chia seeds and mashed ripe banana. Then topped with dates, freeze dried blueberries,mcooked apple, butter, granulated sugar, and sprinkle of pure delish. Yum! ????
Strawberry and kiwifruit is a favorite combo of mine. I think after reading above that I would like to try adding coconut to it too. Thanks for telling us about uncle Toby’s I didn’t know they made overnight oats.
Traditional porridge with milk and a little homemade berry jam or brown sugar
Love having overnight oats with oats coconut milk chia seeds coconut yoghurt and then in the morning chopping up one banana with tbsp peanut butter on top of the banana heat for twenty seconds then pour the overnight oats mix over the banana YUM
Love overnight oats, usually with blueberries, really keen to try these new Uncle Toby’s ancient grains
Hot Porridge with Nutella stirred through with a splash of cream yummo !
I’ve only just started having overnight oats, I’m pretty lazy though so I just have oats + milk + cranberries + LSA. Previously I had hot porridge but I actually prefer it cold!
Chia seeds with unsweetened almond milk. Blueberries when in season.
I like oats with yoghurt, stewed apple, coconut flakes and some LSA for breakfast. Yum! Keen to try the Ancient grains oats.
At the moment it’s just porridge with fruit for me but I like these recipes. I’m going to try the Passionfruit, coconut and raspberry overnight oats as I’ve got most of those ingredients already!
At the moment just porridge with apple and cinnamon and a touch of brown sugar 🙂
I love the look of the passion fruit, coconut and raspberry overnight oats!
I love using them in my own homemade toasted muesli that I make full of oats, nuts and coconut so yum with yoghurt and blueberries in the morning!
I don’t have a favourite way to eat oats, it just depends on my mood! Sometimes it’s good old porridge heated through with full cream milk and a bit of banana and a few dates, other times I like overnight soaked oats soaked in coconut cream with blueberries… Can’t beat oats!
I love making my grandmothers recipe of stem ginger oat cakes they have a gingery zing but the moreish of the yummy oats comes through too 🙂
Enjoy my oats the traditional way with warm milk, like to add some sultanas and chopped dates so good to full the stomach to start the day.
Porridge with bananas and golden syrup
My daughter (22 months) and I like porridge with banana and almonds. Or oaty raisin and cinnamon cookies!
My favorite thing is to cook it in water, and THEN add the milk and keep cooking, so that it’s extra voluminous and filling! 🙂
Love porridge with cinnamon, honey and banana
Overnight with a mix of almonds, walnuts and sultanas. The sultanas soak up the milk and make it so tasty while leaving overnight helps soften the nuts. Yummo
Oats cooked with mashed banana, nut butter, chia seeds and almond milk- yum!
I just love to add rolled oats as they are to coconut yoghurt, mix until combined, and eat ????
Cooked with blueberries mixed through.
Love to put oats into baking. Adding texture and fibre, lowering GI.
Apple cinnamon porridge! Tastes like stewed apple!
Love a nice warm porridge with some cinnamon and honey during colder weather or muslie/overnight oats in warmer weather, with some fruit and yoghurt
Can’t beat a good comforting fruit crumble ????????
I’m really into using wholegrain oats in my morning smoothie to increase fibre content and keep me fuller for longer!
I always cook my oats in the microwave with water, not milk. I used to just slice up a banana and mix that in when the oats were ready, but lately I’ve been mixing in some protein powder prior to cooking and it’s pretty tasty! I love Bircher muesli in warmer weather so looking forward to trying your banana version.
I love porridge oats topped with natural yoghurt, berries & coconut thread! A great warm breakfast on a cold morning!
Always put oats in our smoothies. Especially for the kids!
I LOVE oats! In the winter I have them with water, berries and a bit of maple syrup. In summer I make overnight oats with natural yogurt, sometimes protein powder and berries. I made overnight oats once with water, oats, white chocolate protein and raspberries – white chocolate Raspberry protein oats! Delicious!
I use oats in vegetarian sausage rolls! Amazing! Also add to meatballs and have them most mornings with greek yoghurt and fruit!
Hot mixed with peanut butter and banana mmmm yummy! ????
Making yummy toasted muesli with Oats, almonds, wheat germ, cinnamon and dried fruit!! So good
My favorite is porridge with almond or coconut milk, fresh fruit and cinnamon
I love to have it with chia seeds and berries cooked is water and a bit of coconut milk
I find my porridge blends so much better if I add chia seeds.. and then on top I add yoghurt and sliced banana with a mix of pumpkin seeds, cashews, flax seed and cranberries!
Its so yummy, and I love the added nutrients from the grains!
I love porridge on a cold day, yummm!
I put oats, aLomond milk, mixed berries, coconut protein powder and chia seeds into an oven proof dish. I bake for 30 minutes or so and once cooled, divide into 5-6 containers and freeze. Easy breakfast for the week
Homemade museum is my favourite but I will be trying these two recipes – they both sound tasty!
With yoghurt and chocolate protein powder – tastes like pudding!
Steel cut oats quickly heated in the pan then soaked overnight in almond or coconut milk, served up with blueberry topping (frozen blueberries + lemon juice + a tiny bit of maple syrup heated til well reduced) and a toasty nut/seed combo (almonds, sunflower seeds, flaked coconut, chia). YUM
I love to cook cherries with chia seeds to thicken, then add a dollop onto my hot porridge and some thick Greek yoghurt – so delicious!
Porridge is still my favourite way to eat oats. I usually make it with water and cook it until it’s firm. For an extra treat maple syrup is really nice as a topping. These sound like an interesting way to try something other than porridge 🙂
Toasted with honey in homemade Museli!
I love mixing oats with grated apple, yogurt and cinnamon, then soaking it apple juice overnight.
I always bake with them and love porridge on cold mornings. My kids do too. But I’ve been in the clouds about this overnight oats. I’m so trying this tonight. Where have I been??? Can’t wait to try. 🙂
I love eating oats with banana.
I love my oats cooked I love to add brown sugar and cream (not so healthy) with hot toast on the side but an all time favorite that my nanny use to make for us as we were growing up
Yum!!!! I’m a huge oats fan and these two recipes sound delicious. I’m giving them a go right away. Thanks Uncle Yoby!
I place oats with chia seeds and nuts into my Nutri bullet and grind them together. I then place them in my Tupperware microwave bowl with almond milk and cook in the microwave for 2 minutes. Lastly I add a teaspoon of lemon curd, mix it all together and eat. YUM
With a tablespoon of mixed nuts, coconut thread and coconut cream. Or just as they come for a quick office breakfast
Oats, banana flavoured protein powder, almond milk, chia seeds, sunflower seeds and almonds zapped in the microwave for 2mins ????
I had oats to my fav smoothie….. Unsweetened almond milk, oats, banana, peanut or almond butter, cacao powder and sometimes a natural choc protein powder if before or after a workout. Yum!!
Hot or cold oats are great. I love adding dried fruit for a sweet treat and fruit in season or frozen berries. A bit of cinnamon with Apple is a great combination too.
Overnight oats with chia seeds, raspberries and blueberries is delish! Going to try adding coconut threads now for an extra texture yum!
I love my oats with banana, Lsa and Cinnamon
I love porridge mixed with a LSC mix and served with some fruit yoghurt and half tsp of cinnamon. Looking forward to trying the recipes above 🙂
I have a fantastic muffin recipe using oats and yoghurt… Very moreish and the kids love them too!
I love porridge in the winter with blueberries, almonds, pumpkin seeds and coconut.
Porridge in the winter
I like oats at lunchtime but also like using them to make oaty ginger crunch 🙂
Porridge-peanut butter and date has been a new combo of mine this winter
I love my morning porridge. Love the sound of both these. Filing them away for summer.
I bake them on seasonal fruit and have fruit crumble with yoghurt for breakfast.
I usually keep it simple with oats, cinnamon, banana, water, pinch of salt all mixed up and cooked. Then I stir some milk through and it goes all creamy and delicious. Great to have some summer oats ideas as porridge starts to be less appealing about now
I eat some oats with almond milk and then mix in frozen blueberries that slowly defrost in the oats. Then I sprinkle cinnamon on top! Delish
I like oats the traditional way – made with milk in the microwave with a pinch of salt. I used to liberally sprinkle brown sugar but now I top it with in-season stewed fruit and Greek yoghurt. My fav weekday breakfast.
Love feijoas so froze heaps last season so my favourite is oats, sunflower seeds, and frozen feijoa soaked overnight and yogurt and a blob of black currant jam or lemon honey in the morning.
I love my oats with Apple, banana and cinnamon. Topped with a little bit of sugar of course!
Either as porridge, or made into a topping for apple crumble. Yum!
I whisk half a cup of oats with a couple of egg whites, a whole egg, some cinnamon and lsa and dry fry it like a pancake. Top with Greek yogurt, more Cinnamon and blueberries. So good, and keeps you full for hours!
Porridge with banana but would like to try something different like this ????
I love oats in so many forms! I have overnight oats for breakfast most days (with almond milk, vanilla protein powder, cacao powder, Chia seeds, flaxseed, PB, half a banana and yoghurt) and I also love to use blended oats instead of flour in lots of baking recipes (perfect for muffins, slices etc!) Would be great to try this new range!
I just love oats in general. Hot in the winter and overnight oats in the summer. So good!
I’ve only eaten oats as porridge so I’m excited to try your banana berry recepie!! Need a healthy, alternate beakfast for summer! ????
I like to cook my oats in 1 2:1 water-to-oats ratio, and when it’s thick, add another 2 parts milk to the oats to make them extra creamy and filling! 🙂
Porridge is usually my favourite, with frozen blueberries added before cooking, ground linseed stirred in at the end, then topped with reduced eat Greek yoghurt. Yum! Like you, though, I’ve not been feeling much like porridge on the warmer mornings recently. The recipes above look right up my alley – thanks for sharing! 😀
I use loads of oats in my baking, whether it be cookies (can’t go wrong with a classic oat and raisin cookie), slice (I’ve got a fabulous recipe for Anzac slice with a layer of homemade feijoa jam in the middle) or muffins (banana, oat and choc chip is always a winner). My husband and daughter really enjoy porridge with sliced banana and a bit of local honey stirred in, but I’d rather have some homemade granola.
classic porridge with some canned peaches
This is my go to breakfast every morning!! Even on my birthday.
Its my fav food ever!!
I love having PROATS after my workout in the morning.
A packet of oats cooked for 90 seconds then let cool and add protein powder!
Adds flavour and is so good for you!
At the moment I’m loving oats cooked with chia seeds and a grated apple, I then stir maple syrup and almond butter through and tip with yoghurt and almonds. So yum and so filling!
I think my fav is gonna be the blueberry and banana when I try it ????
Always love a classic porridge, with nuts and yoghurt – or cream if I’m feeling particularly extravagant.
I’m loving the easy option of throwing oats into my morning smoothie, now the days are warmer. So easy and nourishing. i love both rolled oats and steel cut oats.
In a berry smoothie or toasted with nuts as a cereal! Yummy!
Traditional Porridge made with soy milk, with LSA sprinkled on top and soy milk and banana.
Definitely w peanut butter, dates, melted squares of dark chocolate, shredded coconut and soy milk! Eating some this moment, in fact!
Brown sugar and oats – can’t beat it
I add oats to my smoothies, they help keep me more full for longer. Also nice cos they help thicken up my smoothies too!
I’m yet to try overnight oats, these recipes sound delicious!
I love overnight oats too…in winter I warm up in the microwave before adding my yoghurt.
I love overnight oats they are super versatile and easy to mix up!!
I love to cook my oats up in a pot and stir through grated carrot, sultanas, cinnamon, maple syrup and walnuts – it’s like carrot cake porridge!!!
My favourite at the moment is 1/2 of oats 1/2 of almond milk a mashed banana and a teaspoon of peanut butter sometimes I add a bit of Greek or vanilla yogurt too!
The Overnight Oats concept is a great one for Summer Breakfast & Brunch! I’m going to try it as my own ‘Humming Bird’ variation: (Pineapple; Banana; Coconut & Brown Sugar).
Also I can visualise it working well as a ‘Peach Melba’ creation: Just imagine it, with fresh raspberries & luscious peaches topped with a dollop of yoghurt!
I love to keep Uncle Toby’s Oats in the pantry. Not only for breakfast -but also as a wholesome, handy & economical ingredient in making meatballs, fishcakes, stufing for roast chicken and lovely fruit crumbles. (My own favourite crumble is Rhuberry (rhubarb & raspberry topped with a quick crumble mix of butter, brown sugar, Uncle Toby’s Oats & a little flour all rubbed together & enlivened with a dash of mixed spice)
Passionfruit raspberry and coconut looks great to me.
Just good old fashioned porridge – but made with oat milk! And cinnamon! So yum!
Overnight oats are so great! Otherwise in smoothies, energy balls or just stirred through yoghurt with berries for a snack. They’re always in my cupboard at the flat and our pantry at home 🙂
Hot oats with cinnamon but I’d love to try cold passionfruit raspberry ????
I love pumpkin protein oats-vanilla protein powder, pumpkin pie spice(cinnamon ginger all spice nutmeg combo) mashed pumpkin, oats and milk-delish hot or cold
Passionfruit, coconut and raspberry overnight oats sounds really good 🙂
Blueberry smoothie with oats chia seeds and yoghurt yum yum
We love warm oats with cinnamon, walnuts and banana. Will have to try the overnight oats recipes too!
Love in baking and in smoothies!! Or just on top of yoghurt 🙂
Yummy I’m going to try these recipes but my favorite at the moment is oats made with coconut cream sprinkled with brown sugar.. yum yum
Warm with almond milk, cinnamon and banana. Then topped with blueberries, more banana and sprinkled with some nuts. My favourite!
We have been experimenting with different ways to eat oats still love oats with brown sugar and cream but these recipes look like they are going to be on my list for sure!
Love having a banana and a sprinkle of brown sugar with mine
I just love porridge, winter or summer…
Im in love with the brown sugar and cinnamon porridge from uncle tobys atm, so thats the favourite for now.
Anzac Biscuits. I really need to find healthier alternatives.
I blitz oats, apple and an egg, then make amazing little apple oat hotcakes with them in a non-stick pan! I have written out the full recipe for myself.
I’ve recently discovered cottage cheese and porridge is yummy. But apple or bananas, LSA and cinnamon is my staple during Winter.
My favourite combo is banana, raspberries and cashew butter with almond milk
I love oats on top of baked apple! So yummy !
These sound yummy, I’m going to try them.
I love a homemade Apple Crumble.
Main ingredient – Oats ! with sliced almonds, sunflower seeds, and coconut thread.
My favorite or go to overnight oats would have to be leaving oats, chia seeds and other nuts (almonds/cashews) over night in the fridge and in the morning adding a blend of cinnamon, bananna, almond milk.
My breakfast smoothie is a yummy mix of half a banana and half an apple or some mixed berries with either spinach or kale or beetroot, with a spoonful of chia seeds, and a spoonful of LSA powder, and 3 spoons of oats, blended together with coconut water and sometimes even a scoop of plain yoghurt… a perfect start to my day!!
My husband & I have tried many different ways with Uncle Toby’s oats for breakfast ( & in my baking) But our favourite breakfast flavour is overnight oats with 2 TBS chia seeds, 2 TBS LSA, chopped dried apricots, almond slivers with coconut milk – soaked over night & then topped with toasted coconut & a drizzle of coconut cream prior to consuming… OMG its apricot creamy & delicious 🙂