Overnight Oats with Flax and Chia Seeds | Inquiring Chef (2024)

Super simple, satisfyingOvernight Oats with Flax and Chia seeds can be made in fiveminutes with only sixpantry ingredients. They are vegan, gluten-free, 250 calories per serving and totally customizable. Top with dried fruit, granola and a drizzle of honey for a superfood breakfast that you’ll feel great about all day.

Super simple, satisfyingovernight oats with flax and chia seeds can be made in fiveminutes with only sixpantry ingredients. They are vegan, gluten-free, 250 calories per serving and totally customizable. Top with dried fruit, granola and a drizzle of honey for a superfood breakfast that you’ll feel great about all day.

I’m never one to rush into a trend. For as much time as I spend thinking about, cooking and photographing food, I like to give most food trends plenty of time to settle in and do a few laps around the internet before I jump on the bandwagon. Add overnight oats to that list.

If you’re not familiar with overnight oats, I’m here to tell you that it’s worth trying thisstyle of oats, which are “cooked” simply by soaking in liquid overnight. They are completely customizable. This version uses almond milk which I like for its subtle nutty flavor, but you can use regular milk, coconut milk, or even water with a little yogurt.

My full conversion to the overnight oats club happenedin Palo Alto for work (shout out to theCook Smartsteam) last month. Sitting out in a sunny California courtyard one morning with a perfectlatte, my laptop and a book of ingredient conversions, I figured that the setting causedto my instant love affair with this bowl of overnight oats from trendyBlue Bottle Coffee.

But since returning home, I’ve made these oats again and again, with equally satisfyingresults. The texture is creamy, the flax and chia seeds add crunch (and some great nutrients to boot) and they are so much simpler to make than stove top or even microwave oatmeal.

When yourush into the kitchen first thing in the morning, it’s a great feeling to pull these oats out of the refrigerator and know that they will be perfect every time.

Even Molly and Clara willhappily eat bowl after bowl of overnight oats, making me feel like I’m winning at the toddler breakfastgame.

Though they prefertheir oats with world’s most gigantic spoonful of peanut butter and a drizzle of honey.

But toddler approved healthy breakfast? We’ll take it.

And later…we’ll eat all the cookies.

Frank and I bothlivedin Eastern Europe after college. Frank was in Bulgaria for Peace Corps and I was in Romania volunteering at an orphanage. One of my favorite memories is of the children in the orphanage celebrating St. Nicholas Day on December 6. The night before, they’d clean their shoes and set them by the door to receive small presents and sweets.

St. Nicholas visited Molly and Clara this weektoo. In addition to a piece of chocolate and a new outfit, the generous saint left them a very fuzzy, very pink surprise. Can you tellwhat it is? 😉