refrigerator oatmeal
 

Anyone else do this? Its been A HUGE hit with my girls they are loving creating their own flavors and they are eatting it up unlike the hot version that they just poke at and ignore.

Deanna

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I haven't heard of this. Tell me more :nosy :shifty

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its basically soaking rolled oats (not the instant but not steal oats eaither) in a yogurt/milk mixture over night

basic recipe makes a one cup serving

1/4 cup rolled oats
1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt (or flavored I have vanillia right now)
1/3 cup milk
flavor mix ins of choice
sweetener of choice

combine ingredients in covered container I just use a small tuperware type refrigrate overnight in the AM the oats will have soaked up the liquid and be creamy and very yummy! You can just grab it and eat.

Some flavors we like
apple cinnamon above but add apple sauce (I jsut use a organic snack size container) and cinnamon I sweeten with a litle raw honey

peanutbutter and bannana 1 TS PB one sliced bannana 1 ts honey added

berries and maple 1/4 cup fresh or frozen berries any kind or mixture
2sih tsps (my girls liek it a little sweeter than I do) maple syrup

I haven't personally tried it but according to some research THe above can be done with milk alternitives such as Almond milk soy milk cocnut milk ect as well as alternitve yogurts Soy ect you jsut might need to play around with the rations a bit.
These can also be warmed if one desires but were loving it cold.

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this sounds awesome! and easy enough for my DH to serve in the morning after I've gone to work ;)

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I think I'm gonna need to try that!

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I have some recipes pinned on pinterest & keep wanting to try it but for some reason I'm afraid it'll ICK me out. I just looked at it again this week & think the next grocery trip I just might buy some greek yogurt (don't really care for it though) & try.

here are some pins for it.

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I'm normally not a Greet yogurt fan eaither but I love this..
I was going to add this site for ideas http://www.theyummylife.com/Refrigerator_Oatmeal which is refered to in the PIN above.

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this morning for me was some berry flavored greek yogurt (snagged one form my kid) with some sliced strawberries a little honey and some chopped walnuts (well crumbled into pieces by my hand) It was sooo yummy!

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Can't wait to try this. I already have chia seeds and the old fashioned oats. Just happened to buy plain Greek yogurt today.

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I havent tried it with the Chia seeds yet as I haven't seen any locally yet.

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YES!! We love vegan overnight oats!! I first learned of them from the Oh She Glows blog.... and oh man does she have tons of yummy recipes for them!!! I eat VOO at least once or twice a week!

There is also another blog called the Oatmeal Artist that also features tons of Overnight Oats recipes (in addition to hot oatmeal)...

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We love it here. We use plant milk, or sometimes a spoonful of vegan yogurt. There are endless variations. It's the original muesli.

Oh, and it's also our favorite pancake recipe. Take the soaked oats and fruit, add a little more milk or water and maybe a TBS of flax (or and egg), and cook.

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ohh I'll have to try that that! :rockon

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Oooh this stuff is addictive. I've been eating buckets of this....

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I'm making a pumpkin chocolate version for tomorrow morning by adding chocolate sprouted rice protein powder, canned pumpkin, cinnamon, a spoonful of mini chocolate chips... can't wait for breaky!

Now, I have a question... as a Sally Fallon/Weston Price fan, I'm so used to soaking oats in whey... I supposed we can add some whey to our recipes, right? :scratch

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I don't see why not.. I'd assume you could even subsitute the yogurt for the Whey.

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so found a recipe that didn't use yogurt & it's soaking up all the goodness in my refrigerator waiting on morning.

I don't have chia seeds so didn't use them but I think it'll be just fine with out them

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what are you using.. The yogurt I think is really more for texture than anything else (and added protein etc)

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Sounds yummy. May need to try this. :think

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We have a muesli recipe that I really love (it uses shredded apples and orange juice in it) that sounds really similar. I skip the honey, fwiw.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/fo...-Muesli-356950

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rolled oats, blueberries, stevia, banana, & skim milk

Want to get out of bed now and do this but its 3:31AM! Tomorrow for sure!!!!

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You may have to adjust the amount of milk then? I find that the chia seeds help to thicken things up quite a bit...

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Verdicts in.

I'm not overly impressed.

Pros: the banana flavored the milk nicely

Cons: I thought/was hoping, the blueberries would break down a bit & they didn't. It was cold, which was why I was hesitant of trying in the first place but I could remedy this by heating it up a bit or let it set out a bit before eating but that kind of defeats the purpose of a quick breakfast for me. I thought the oats would be a little softer as well & they weren't.

I'll try again with the yogurt & possibly chia seeds to see but I think it's something I probably won't be eating often.

I don't mind that it's not thickened as someone suggested the chia seeds would do so that wasn't a problem for me.

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The texture will be much different with the yogurt added it will come out creamy almost liek a pudding.

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I picked up some sheep milk yoghurt for T and we'll try this in the morning :)

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Unless the oats soften up with the yogurt, I don't think it'll make a difference for me. I don't mind chewy oats, it's just not what I was expecting.

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I think it does but I'm not sure.. Let us know