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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Print Pin CommentIngredients
- 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.
This was my first time trying overnight oats and I really enjoyed them. They are perfect for Florida summers when hot oatmeal just won’t cut it. My bananas weren’t quite ripe enough, riper bananas would have been tastier. I also added 2 tablespoons of ground flax just because. I’ll probably buy vanilla almond milk to use in it next time, but regular milk was fine. I can’t wait to play around with other combinations. This recipe definitely made enough for 3 servings for me, or 1 serving for me and 1 for my husband (who eats bigger portions).
So glad you liked them! Hope you enjoy your experiments! :)
These are delicious. Do you mind if I share on my blog and apple news feed?
Thanks Janice! You’re more than welcome to share a link to my blog post on your blog, or write about the recipe in your own words, all I ask is that you don’t copy and paste my recipe in full :) Thanks!
Here is a well known site with many other options: http://www.eatthis.com/overnight-oat-recipes-for-weight-loss
Sorry Becca
These overnight oats are like my favorite smoothie but in a bowl! I can’t wait to try this recipe!
My wife always has oatmeal before her swim meets. I need to show her this so she picks up on the idea of adding peanut butter.
Uhg, post-travel catch up is the worst! But you feel so accomplished when you get it all done with, so at least there’s that. ;)
This looks really good! I’m not usually an oatmeal person, but I’ll try anything if you stick some peanut butter on there, and I love the cinnamon flavor in this. I might have to jump on this bandwagon too. Pinning!
I’m usually not a fan of sweet oatmeal so I wonder if the different consistency of overnight oats more. Looking forward to trying this!
The consistency is actually pretty similar to cooked oats, but it definitely feels different since it’s cold. I say give it a go once, what do you have to lose :)
I’m always running late, too! This breakfast looks very yummy and versatile, which I like! Thanks for sharing :)
A great way to use up ripe bananas.
I’ve STILL never tried overnight oats, despite drooling over pictures of them on Pinterest for so many months…. need to give them a try and peanut butter and banana sounds like a pretty good place to start – thanks!
I want to eat that whole thing right now, these look so good!