A lightly sweet overnight oats featuring apples, chai spice mix, and brown sugar. This recipe also include chia seed, which allow the oats to thicken up a bit and provide more protein and omega 3's. However, you can make these oats without chia seeds with good results.
- 1 cup rolled oats gluten free if necessary
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- 1 cup milk of choice dairy, soy, almond
- 1/3 cup shredded apple skin included
- 1 teaspoon chai spice mix see Recipe Notes
- 1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
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Mix all ingredients together in small mixing bowl. Transfer to two portable covered containers (ie., jar with screw-top lid or similar). Let rest in refrigerator for 3 hours or overnight.
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Eat cold or at room temperature. If desired, you can heat in a microwave-safe container for about 30 seconds to warm it up.
DIY Chai Spice Mix: combine 1 teaspoon each of cardamom, cloves, allspice with 3 teaspoons ginger, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper. Mix thoroughly. Use 1 teaspoon of the mixture for this recipe. Store the rest in small jar with secure lid for future use.
Chia seeds add a good dose of nutrition to these oats (particularly protein and omega 3's) as well as providing some thickening. However, you can enjoy this recipe without chia seeds if you have none on hand.
Allergy/Dietary Accomodations: This recipe is gluten free if you use gluten-free oats. It can be made dairy-free as well with use of soy, almond, or other milk alternative. I used soy milk in this recipe.