Origin:
Adapted from Oh She Glows.com

So... if you know me you will probably be aware of my almost obsessive love of rolled oats. I often joke that it started when I was a kid and my parents couldn't afford meat so we ate porridge for dinner a bit... years later when I often eat breakfast at dinner time and am not a fan of red meat it all seems to make sense... I'll take an oat biscuit over a chocolate biscuit any day and cake can only be better with oats in it...

But even I was a little bit scared of trying the idea of overnight oats. Mostly because of the banana in it, I didn't like the idea of a mashed banana left in the fridge in a bowl of milk overnight (I'm rather picky about banana as it is, not a fan of mushy super ripe ones). But in our house we have a rule, granted mainly designed for the children but can't be a hypocrite now! The rule is "You don't have to like it you just have to try it" ... cant say you don't like something if you've never tried it. So try it I did, and boy am I glad... it's one of my favourite breakfasts and has become my weekend treat. It's a rather high calorie meal for those that count calories but I have it in the weekend when I have a bit of a sleep in and my day starts a bit later... You can add and remove what works for you, to a degree... please don't add chocolate syrup and tell everyone I told you to! But give it a go and tell me what you think!

Peanut Butter Coconut Overnight Oats

Prep time:
00:04
Cook time:
00:00
Serves:
1
Complexity:
very easy

Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup rolled oats
• 3/4 cup trim milk (you can use almond, soy, hemp whatever milk is your preferred choice)
• 1 tablespoon chia seeds (these can be found in the pick n mix section of supermarkets. They look like poppy seeds... watch out for an article to come on the nutrition value of foods you haven't heard of!)
• 1 tiny ripe banana, or half a large one, peeled and smashed
• 1 scoop of protein powder (one with no extra rubbish, I use a chocolate one)
• 1 tablespoon of natural peanut butter
• 1 tablespoon of coconut
• 1 tablespoon of natural maple syrup

Directions:

1. The night before (I do this just before going to bed) mix together rolled oats, milk, chia seeds, banana, and protein powder. Once all mixed whack it in the fridge and off to bed for your 8 hours of sleep you go!
2. In the morning stir in natural peanut butter, coconut... and mix well. The original recipe is a Tbspn of maple syrup (the real deal not the flavoured stuff) so if you don't like coconut try that. (I use both cos I'm naughty!)
3.  Ignore how it looks and enjoy!

Nutritional info using homemade peanut butter and NFS Pure Whey protein powder:

Calories: 415  Carbs: 42g    Sugars: 17g   Protein: 28g  Fat: 16g   Saturated Fat: 6g (this is mostly in the coconut so not    animal fats!)

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