My (Current) Favorite Overnight Oats

Because my mouth is picky and likes to switch things up.

Hello, hello my name is Emma and I am a college student.

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Sadly, being a college student means that some days you have to get up early for class. (Goodbye late night Netflix, I shall miss you.) On those days I don't have time to be making myself breakfast because I love sleep and sleep loves me and I end up with only twenty minutes to get ready and eat and then head to class.

I will teach you the secret to my success. The almighty overnight oats!

My preciousss.

Now, young padawan, I shall tell you the ingredients and teach you the ways of the Force- I mean oats...

You will need:

1 cup of oats

1 cup of milk (your choice, I used soymilk)

1 (very) ripe banana

2 tbsp of peanut butter

1 tbsp of honey

To start- Pour your milk into a measuring cup!

It is very important that you use this 1/2 quart measuring cup. You will see why later.

Next, take that banana that you have and SMASH! it with a fork. (Remember to take the peel off first)

Having a ripe (in my case, very ripe because I almost forgot about it) banana makes it so much easier to SMASH!

Now that your milk and SMASHed bananas are ready, put the bananas into the measuring cup. In fact, why don't we put the rest of the ingredients into the measuring cup.

This is why we are using the 1/2 quart measuring cup. (Not because I didn't want to have to wash a bowl. No, of course not...)

Now... WHISK! Whisk like your life depends on it!

I recommend using the fork we SMASHed the banana with. Less dishes to wash...

Once you've mixed the oats as well as you can it is time to pour it into some nifty mason jars.

See, see look at how the oats perfectly measure at 2 cups. I bet you wouldn't have figured that out if you used a bowl.

Now that you've made your two jars of overnight oats...

Which btw, a ton easier to do with the pouring spout from the measuring cup.

It's time to let them take a nice long nap in the fridge.

Yes. A nice long nap. One could even say it happened... overnight.

Cue the next morning...

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And you have an awesome jar of overnight oats for breakfast.

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You can eat them plain...

(boring, yet simple)

Or, like me, you can add chocolate chips because chocolate makes everything better

The world is your oyster. Get creative with your toppings. Go nuts.

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