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Overnight Soaked Oats

Cold Oatmeal with Yogurt and Fresh Berries

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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Chill Time: 8 hours
Total Time: 8 hours 20 minutes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Healthy Spa Cuisine
Keyword: Berries, Oatmeal, Yogurt
Servings: 6
Calories: 202kcal
Courtesy Of: Adapted from Dr. Janet Brill: 8 Foods, 8 Weeks to Reverse Heart Disease (Three Rivers Press, 2011)
A delicious bowl of -- cold soaked oatmeal?  Oh yes.  It's like a chewy rice pudding with fruits and nuts. Delicous for breakfast.

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups quick-cooking oats
  • ¾ cup fat-free vanilla yogurt
  • ½ cup orange juice
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • ¾ cup fresh raspberries - optional
  • ¾ cup diced strawberries - optional
  • ½ cup fresh blueberries - optional
  • ½ sliced banana - optional
  • ½ medium apple - peeled, cored and coarsely grated
  • 3 tablespoons flax seed (ground)
  • ¼ cup walnuts - chopped
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
  • OR diced and sliced fruits of your choice!

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, combine the oats, yogurt, orange juice and honey.
  • Let stand 5 minutes.
  • Gently fold in the raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, banana slices, apple, flax seed and walnuts -- or the fruits of your choice (dried is best, for the mix-in portion).
  • Sprinkle with cinnamon.
  • Cover and refrigerate overnight.
  • Serve cold, garnished with berries, yogurt, or nuts and seeds if you have them, for crunch, or, sliced fresh fruits.

Spa Index Kitchen Notes

We use old fashioned oats (not quick), and we like to add some steel-cut oats as well, just a handful, for additional texture. We prefer this blend as it stands up more to soaking than quick oats. But, use what you have!
We also love this with good quality dried berries and fruits, because they don't bleed fruit juice, and it's easier to tote to work for breakfast on the go.
For a Hawaiian version, use coconut milk, and add shaved coconut, dried pineapple, and dried or fresh banana. Fresh pineapple tends to bleed too much.
Lastly, we love fat free Greek yogurt, but pre-flavored Vanilla versions tend to have too much sugar. Really you just need to mix vanilla extract with plain, fat free Greek Yogurt and you'll have plenty of sweet taste from the honey and fruit.
muesli - cold oatmeal
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Nutrition

Serving: 1 Serving | Calories: 202 kcal (10%) | Carbohydrates: 31 g (10%) | Protein: 7 g (14%) | Fat: 7 g (11%) | Fiber: 6 g (25%)