Vegan Overnight Oats Recipe – Easy, Triple Berry Overnight Oats

Keep breakfast-time simple, quick, and nourishing with this vegan overnight oats recipe. These overnight oats use fresh or frozen berries to keep them light, refreshing, and still indulgent.

If there’s one thing I dislike it’s rushing throughout the morning. This means I am constantly on my game for anything I can make-ahead (these make-ahead breakfasts being my favs!).

Easy, vegan overnight oats helps take some of the crazy out of a busy morning while still giving my girls a nutritious, fueling breakfast to start their day.

The overnight oats recipe is dairy-free, gluten-free, simple to whip up, and deliciously tasty.

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How Overnight Oats Work

While there’s a lot of benefits to oatmeal, what many people don’t realize (outside of instant oatmeal packets!) is that oatmeal absorbs liquid.

This means, when you combine oatmeal and liquid and let it hang out in the fridge, it makes a parfait-like pudding which is perfect for busy mornings!

This vegan overnight oats recipe also uses chia seeds (another water absorber) to not only boost the nutrient profile of the overnight oats but to help bind the recipe together making it even tastier.

The Benefits Of Chia Pudding

• Increase your fiber intake this helping out your gut
• Help combat diabetes by slowing down digestion
• Improve brain health through their omega three’s
• Improves bones and teeth by containing a hefty dose of calcium
• Help keep you full due to the blend of amino acids

All in just two tablespoons.

Yup, chia seeds are a powerful thing. They’re actually one of the foods I recommend most toddlers have in their diets. And chia pudding recipes are a tasty option?

The Best Liquid:Oats Ratio

A question I get asked a lot and one I need to work out. Because I add multiple ingredients to my overnight oats, there’s not one specific ratio.

Another thing to consider is your texture preference. I have one daughter who prefers overnight oats to be more firm and another who likes them more like a bowl of oatmeal.

How much liquid you add is what will determine how your overnight oats turn out the next day.

For this overnight oats recipe, I use a 1:1.5 overnight oats ratio, however, keep in mind that it also contains chia seeds that absorb.

Fresh Or Frozen Berries

I have made this berry overnight oats recipe with both fresh and frozen berries and it works both ways! Since the overnight oats recipe was initially made with frozen berries, when you use fresh berries it might be a bit thicker.

However, it doesn’t clump or become hard with fresh berries. So, use what you have on hand.

How To Make Them

The basics are that you simply need to combine everything into a jar or bowl, whisk it up and let it sit overnight!

This makes it ideal for busy mornings because then you can simply grab and go with your jar.

While that is still definitely the way I make my overnight oats recipe, I will give you one tip: re-stir. That’s right.

Just like with chia pudding, in my experience, the oats and chia seeds begin to absorb the water immediately. However, a lot of the oats sink to the lower part of the jar and leave the liquid on the top.

When I make my overnight oats recipe, I whish up the mixture, let it sit for five minutes, and then mix it up again before I add my toppings.

I find that this is what helps get better consistency with overnight oats.

Topping The Berry Overnight Oats With Coconut Cream

This triple berry overnight oats recipe is topped with a wee bit of coconut cream or 2-minute coconut whip cream. You definitely don’t need to add this, especially if you’re short on time or don’t have some kicking around in the fridge.

However, it makes the vegan overnight oats recipe taste amazing and extremely decadent. So, if you want a more dessert-like overnight oats experience- add the coconut cream.

Ingredients 

• Regular Oats (not quick oats)
• Almond Milk (or any plant-based milk)
• Chia seeds
• Maple Syrup
• Berries (fresh or frozen)
• Coconut Cream (optional)*

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Triple Berry Overnight Oats Recipe

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A healthy, make-ahead breakfast option for busy mornings. This overnight oats recipe is dairy-free, gluten-free, vegan and delicious.

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 0 mins

12 hrs

Total Time 12 hrs 5 mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings 3 servings

Calories 274 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup oats not instant
• 1 1/2 cups almond milk
• 3 tablespoons chia seeds
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 cup berries fresh or frozen
• 2 tablespoons coconut cream if using

Instructions

 

• Combine all ingredients except the berries into a bowl. Stir to mix. Let sit for five minutes. Stir again and portion into two jars.
• Top the jars with the frozen berries and coconut cream (if using).
• Put the jar lid on and toss it in the fridge and let sit overnight.

Notes

For the coconut cream: you need a full fat can of coconut milk and it needs to be chilled in the fridge overnight. It's the hard part of the coconut milk (drain the water) that is the cream. Personally, I whip mine with a fork a bit before using to make it fluffy and more like whip cream.

Makes three smaller servings or two super large ones.

 

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Nutrition

Calories: 274kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 7gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 4gSodium: 168mgPotassium: 237mgFiber: 9gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 24IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 258mgIron: 2mg

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If you’re looking for a quick breakfast or a tasty snack this is it! These Triple Berry Overnight Oats pack a nutrient punch but taste amazing. Mom and kid-approved.