Overnight Oats in a Jar

I love breakfast and lately I am in love with oatmeal. On a normal day, I will have eggs, toast, and cottage cheese for breakfast. Not so long ago though, I discovered baked oatmeal and I liked it so much I've had to include it in my weekly breakfast rotation. That is why when I saw overnight oats in a jar on Pinterest I got curious.

At first I wasn't sure if it was going to turn out any good, but this week I decided to try it. Oh, I am so glad I did! I made it the night before with high hopes, and the next morning I decided it was a keeper! My husband concurred :)

Overnight Oats in a Jar (or any container you can seal!)
Adapted from Kath Eats Real

Serves 1

Ingredients

1/2 cup old fashioned oats (you can use quick oats, steel cut, rolled oats)
1/2 cup of milk (any kind you like, even almond or soy)
2 spoonfuls of your favorite yogurt (I used plain because that was all I had but I will try greek vanilla soon)
Sweetener of your taste, aka splenda, sugar, honey, maple syrup
Handful of blueberries (any berry fresh or frozen)
Half banana
Flax seeds or chia seeds (optional)

Directions

Mix all the ingredients in the jar, shake, and refrigerate overnight!
When you are ready to eat you can add granola, cereal, nuts, more fruit. The possibilities are endless. Just don't add pineapple ;)

I love cooking!

My name is Andrea and I am from San Pedro Sula, Honduras. I moved to the United States last summer with my husband who goes to med school in Cincinnati, Ohio. I love baking, I love cooking, I love food. I love healthy meals that taste good, because who says eating healthy has to be boring? Our kitchen always has beans, corn, chicken, fruits, and dessert! Because what is better tasting than black beans and sugar?

I started working in the kitchen when I was younger and I would spend a lot of time with my aunt. She baked back then and let me help with mixing cupcake batter. After a while, I became a Betty Crocker expert, impressing my friends and family with my baked goods, while Betty got no credit. One summer my grandma gave me a recipe for carrot bread and a honduran coffee cake called quesadilla (not like the mexican food) and I baked and sold my goods! After that summer I never put my baked goods for sale again, but I never stopped baking.

I can't quite recall when or why it happened, but cooking became on of my favorite things to do.
Food became my passion. I dream about food, I talk about food, I eat food.

I hope you all enjoy the recipes I will be sharing with you as much as I will enjoy sharing them with you.