https://therealfooddietitians.com/protein-overnight-oats/Protein-Packed Overnight Oats Recipe
my name is bubby. I cook real food. I have made this overnight oats maybe three hundred times for my crew for catering. for my sister who says she’s on a diet but eats my leftovers at midnight.
biko you want the oats again? okay let me do it different. I’m not gonna write proper. I’m just gonna talk record this in your head like I’m shouting from the kitchen.
first thing if you use instant oats I will find you. not kidding. instant oats soak up milk like sponge and turn into wall paste. I did it once by mistake. the next morning I opened the jar and the spoon stood straight. I had to throw it away. my boy said chef you make cement? I wanted to cry.
So, rolled oats the flat ones. one cup.
get a bowl. any bowl not too small you need room.
put the oats inside. add one scoop of protein powder vanilla. if you use chocolate don’t add honey later unless you want sugar high and crash. I had a client who did that. she was bouncing at 8am and sleeping by 10. not good.
add one tablespoon chia seeds. biko chia is not optional chia makes it thick no chia means water soup. I tried flaxseed once. it worked but not the same so buy chia.
add small salt quarter teaspoon if you forget salt the oats will taste like raw flour. I don’t know why. God made it that way just add it.
now mix the dry things. use your hand. I use my hand mix until you don’t see white powder clumps because if you leave clumps and pour milk, those clumps will stay clumps. tomorrow you will bite dry powder and curse me. I won’t hear you but still.
now pour one cup milk any milk except coconut coconut milk makes everything thin. I used it once for a vegan client she said chef this is like water. I had no answer.
add half cup Greek yogurt full fat not the skinny one skinny yogurt tastes like chalk and lies.
add one tablespoon honey or syrup or two soft dates. I like dates because they add fiber but you do you.
add half teaspoon vanilla. if you have if not skip it. no big deal.
now stir stir hard scrape the bottom. if you see white streaks of yogurt you are not done. keep stirring. thirty seconds. most people stir ten seconds and wonder why it’s lumpy. don’t be most people.
now taste it yes raw dip your finger it should be sweeter than you want. it should be thin like pancake batter because tomorrow morning after fridge the cold will kill sweetness. if it tastes perfect now it will be boring later. I learned this after my sister said bubby your oats get no taste. I argued. she won now I always add extra honey before fridge.
now pour into two jars any jar with lid old jam jar. mason jar anything leave space at top. two fingers. because tomorrow you need to stir no space means you stir and it spills on your hand then you are licking oats at 6am not professional. I have done it.
close lid put inside fridge. don’t open for six hours. go sleep. if you open to check you let warm air in. just trust the fridge. patience is free.
morning. open jar. stir once if too thick like cold eba add small milk. two tablespoons. stir again. perfect.
now add toppings. banana. berries. nuts. peanut butter. chocolate. whatever. but add them NOW. not last night.
why? because berries leak water. overnight they turn your oats into pink soup. banana turns black and soft. I made this mistake for a brunch. the woman opened the jar and said what is this? I wanted to disappear. never again.
now eat.
what can go wrong? plenty.
if your oats are watery like rain you used too much milk or forgot chia. next time reduce milk by two tablespoons.
if you see dry lumps you didn’t mix dry first next time sift protein powder. yes extra work. worth it.
if it tastes like raw flour you forgot salt. I said it already add salt.
if it’s too thick to stir you used too much yogurt or too much protein powder different brands behave different next time reduce yogurt.
how long? four days in fridge day two is best. day four is loose but still okay.
freeze? no. don’t. Greek yogurt splits when frozen you will open it see water on top and throw it away waste.
taking to work? put toppings in small nylon tie to jar with rubber band. add when you eat no soggy mess.
make this tonight fridge sleep. eat tomorrow then message me and say bubby I see you.
