Banana and Peanut Butter Overnight Oats
Here’s a super quick recipe – banana and peanut butter overnight oats! Have you ever had overnight oats? They’re a huge trend at the moment, and while I’m jumping on food trend bandwagons, I thought I’d give them a try. I do like to see what all the fuss is about with these things.
Turns out, I’m a fan! (really, there are very few foods that I’m not a fan of…)
If you’re not familiar with overnight oats, they’re so-called because they’re left to soak in milk overnight. It softens the oats right up and gives a porridge-like consistency – you’d never believe that the oats haven’t been cooked. Overnight oats are eaten cold, so it’s a different experience to eating porridge (look at me talking about oats as an experience, I’ve become one of those people) – it makes a really nice change.
You can add whatever flavours you fancy – fruit, nuts, maple syrup or honey, chocolate spread, seeds… I went for banana and peanut butter overnight oats, since PB+B is undoubtedly one of the best combinations ever (none of this PB+J rubbish), and it seemed a good place to start.
These banana and peanut butter overnight oats are the perfect make-ahead breakfast for people who don’t have much time for faffing in the mornings. 2 or 3Â minutes of effort the night before, then in the morning you can grab the tub straight from the fridge and you’re all set – much quicker than cooking up porridge. They can even be eaten on the go if you’re running late. Which I usually am.
Banana and Peanut Butter Overnight Oats
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Ingredients
- 2 bananas
- 100 g rolled oats (~ 1 cup)
- 250 ml milk (~ 1 cup) – use vegan milk if necessary
- 1 tbsp peanut butter
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Thoroughly mash the bananas in a bowl or tub. Add the remaining ingredients, and mix well. Cover, and leave in the fridge for 8 hours, or overnight. Serve cold.
Nutrition
Nutritional information is approximate, and will depend on your exact ingredients. Please calculate your own nutritional values if you require accuracy for health reasons.
Hi Becca, could I use another fruit in place of the banana.
I haven’t experimented with this recipe yet so I can’t say for sure. If you want to keep the peanut butter, just skip the banana altogether. Or, if you want a different flavour entirely, maybe something like finely chopped apple with walnuts and maple syrup? Or crushed peaches or berries? I bet most fruits would work :)
Adding peanut butter is a genius idea Becca. PB goes so well with bananas too. Love my porridge, but overnight oats make a great alternative in summer.
This is basically muesli! Long ago when I was young (and dinosaurs roamed the earth), we were served it once a week or so at school, where it was called “Swiss breakfast” – I learnt that it was called muesli on a trip to Switzerland. This was many years before packet muesli was invented (and if you soak that overnight, it’s infinitely nicer). I then found a recipe for a fruit muesli, which I have adapted and can be found here.
Yes I think when it’s mixed with milk and left it’s usually called bircher muesli – overnight oats are very similar :)
This sounds delicious, I’ve tried the overnight oats with a yoghurt and frozen fruit but it wasn’t for me – this recipe sounds right up my street
What a beautiful simple recipe. Those bananas look absolutely beautiful and who woulda thought to add peanut butter to oats! I add peanut butter to sauces but would never have thought to add to porridge like this. A great idea and one I shall be stealing this week.
Would love this including an extra heaping of nut butter.
This looks amazing, a great filling breakfast idea – would be perfect before a day out exercising, lots of lovely slow release energy! Mmmm peanut butter and cinnamon, yum!
Have heard of overnight oats and tried with yoghurt before (no milk needed) but I’m liking the sound of banana x
I LOVE the sound of the peanut butter and banana combo! Have never heard of “overnight” oats but it sounds a lot quicker for the morning rush than the usual faff! :)
Omg that sound amazing!! And really healthy as well. I might make this at some point. xx