Recipe:
Overnight Oats with Honey & Raspberries
and a
Mornflake Goody Bag Giveaway
I am an avid lover of all things oaty and love my breakfast bowl of porridge, especially when it is cold……my favourite recipe is my mum’s recipe for “Teacup Apricot and Honey Porridge” which is easy to make and is a great start to any day. I am also a huge fan of oats when used in baking and cooking such as biscuits, bread, pancakes and even stuffed tomatoes as my recipe for Stuffed Tomatoes with Herbs & Oats (Gluten Free) highlights. It’s such a versatile ingredient with an exemplary pedigree for health and well-being, as the information shows below:
Oats Lower Cholesterol Levels
Unique Oat Antioxidants Reduce Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Oats can Prevent Heart Failure
Oats have Significant Cardiovascular Benefits for Postmenopausal Women
Oats Enhance Immune Response to Infection
Oats Stabilise Blood Sugar
Oats and Other Whole Grains Substantially Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk
However, when the weather was blistering hot and muggy recently – just before the summer storms hit, even I was too hot and bothered to enjoy my morning bowl of porridge – so, I decided to create a “no-cook” overnight oatmeal recipe for sunny days. Not only did I use some wonderful organic oats by Mornflake in my recipe for Overnight Oats with Honey & Raspberries, but I added some fabulous home-grown raspberries, some creamy vanilla yoghurt and some British organic honey to my oat pots too. This recipe is so easy to make, it requires no cooking as I mentioned before and sits quite happily in the fridge (overnight) whilst developing in to a thick, creamy and unctuous breakfast delight…..the added honey and raspberries give it an almost Atholl Brose kind of flavour, minus the whisky of course……but now I come to think of it, whisky would make a fabulous addition for a very cold day perhaps.
This recipe is a basic blueprint – you can use any fruits that are seasonally available and to taste, as well as flavoured yoghurt and maybe some added seeds and grains too……almond or soya milk would be great substitutions for cow’s milk, and in place of honey, agave syrup could be used. I have also discovered that frozen fruits work very well in this recipe and there is no need to defrost them before adding them to the oat layered mixture. Although I used organic oats this time, I have also used jumbo oats, and I love the texture that jumbo oats give to this simple breakfast recipe……and even better if they are Scottish jumbo oats.
With thanks to the lovely team at Mornflake who gave me a goody bag that was packed with their tasty oat products to play with, and another big thanks to them for offering the very same goody bag as a giveaway for all Lavender and Lovage readers…..this fabulous prize comprises:
• Mornflake Organic Oats
• Mornflake Scottish Jumbo Oats
• Mornflake Superfast Oats
• Mornflake Coarse Oatmeal
• Mornflake Oatbran
• Mornflake Oatbran Nuts & Seeds Granola
• Mornflake Hessian bag
The recipe for my Overnight Oats with Honey & Raspberries is shared below and I hope that you will enjoy this fabulous, quick and easy breakfast dish if you make it……..please do let me know what fruits and flavour yoghurt you used……..and DO have a go at entering the giveaway below. That’s all for today, see you soon with more new recipes, reviews and kitchen/travel chat. Karen
Overnight Oats with Honey & Raspberries
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| Serves | 2 jars overnight oats |
| Prep time | 24 hours, 5 minutes |
| Allergy | Milk |
| Dietary | Gluten Free, Vegetarian |
| Meal type | Breakfast, Snack |
| Misc | Pre-preparable, Serve Cold |
| Region | British |
| By author | Karen S Burns-Booth |
Ingredients
- 2 x 125ml vanilla yoghurt (or plain yoghurt)
- 100g porridge oats (jumbo oats are best)
- 6 tablespoons of milk mixed with 4 tablespoons honey
- 50g to 75g fresh raspberries (or mixed berries, frozen berries also work well)
Note
This tasty gluten free breakfast is so easy to prepare and requires no cooking. Adjust the fruit according to season and taste, and try to use jumbo oats in this recipe for the best results. Flavoured yoghurt are also wonderful in this recipe. These overnight breakfast oats are perfect for anyone who wants breakfast on the go, or for camping and caravan holidays.
Directions
| Step 1 | Mix the oats with the yoghurt and honey milk in a mixing bowl. Stir well to combine. |
| Step 2 | Spoon half of the oat mixture in to 2 x jam jars, I used 450g (1lb) size jars. |
| Step 3 | Scatter over half the raspberries and then cover them with the rest of the oat mixture. Finish the layers with the remaining raspberries and cover before storing in the fridge overnight. |
| Step 4 | Keeps fresh for up to 2 to 3 days. These overnight oats are best enjoyed cold. |
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Karen
Your beautifully photographed breakfast recipe looks like a decadent dessert, but I know it’s more virtuous than it lets on! X
Thanks so much Deena! This is such a great recipe and it is pretty virtuous as you say! 😉 Karen
Hi Karen, just tried your Overnight Oats and they were lovely. I used 0% fat/0%sugar peach flavour yoghurt with fresh peach chunks (from our French garden!). Would certainly make them again with any variety of fruits. Do you happen to know the average calorie content? (Obviously it will vary depending on the yoghurt used…) 🙂
Hi Sarah! I am so pleased you tried this recipe and I LOVE your fruit combo too! Yes, the calorie count will depend on the fruit amd yoghury used, but I DO have a 5:2 diet one I have created to share soon! Karen
The 5:2 Overnight Oats recipe is eagerly awaited then! And I forgot to mention – chewy flapjacks are a must, and always milk with porridge!
I tend to only eat oaty breakfasts in the cooler months, but oats make superb crunchy crumble toppings and flapjacks anytime
They are fabulous as you say in crumbles and for flapjacks! And, yes, I usually only eat porridge in the cooler months which is why this recipe was so welcome, oats and fruit and NO cooking!
Karen. I am def bookmarking this one. I love oats so perfect.
Thanks Bintu! Perfect for the days you need to work away from home? 😉
My Favourite Oaty recipe is flapjacks & I love Porridge with milk or water xxx
I LOVE flapjacks too Tracey!
I love flapjacks. I always have milk with my porridge!
I am a milk on my porridge kinda gal too as well as a flapjack addict!
I LOVE overnight oats! (when I can remember to make it) It’s definitely one of my favourite breakfasts. I find almond milk and greek yoghurt make a great combo with whatever fruit I have lying around in my kitchen. I keep frozen mixed berries in my freezer specifically for overnight oats too!
Thanks Beth! I am a total addict for overnight oats myself now too…..and a big yes for almond milk!
I love oaty flap jacks with honey! I always make my porridge with milk! Thank you x
Another vote for milk with porridge!
Having just recently had a surprise heart attack (!!!) oats are my healthy option for brekkie – this recipe if fab for summer!
So sorry to hear about your heart attack and carry on eating oats Val!
THIS LOOKS DELICIOUS, OATS GO DOWN WELL AT ALL TIMES OF DAY IN OUR HOUSE
I hope you try this recipe Sarah! 😉
I have porridge every morning and will cook as usual during the warmer months and add a fruit yogurt and fresh fruit to sever, never though of doing it the night before. Though given how the weather has turned I may need to wait until next year to try this.
Do give this recipe a go Tracy – it’s so easy and very tasty!
I love the look of this although i’m not a big oat fan, I never really ate porridge until recent years… the rasperries make it look so modern and delicious!
This tastes like a decadent dessert Dom! A creamy pot of uncteousness!
I’m trying to switch to eating porridge every morning instead of sandwiches 🙂 This looks perfect for me! Lovely photos 🙂
Thanks Sylvia! I’m sure you would love this recipe!
That looks like one of the scrummiest breakfasts ever. I adore birchermuesli and this is pretty much it. BTW, I prefer porridge made with water, then I don’t have to feel guilty about adding clotted cream 😉
Lol! You really made me laugh Choclette with your water and clotted cream comment!
My favourite oaty breakfast is Yoghurt and Oat Pancakes. And I do make my porridge with water, but then I drizzle it with double cream and a knob of butter before eating!
I also love oat pancakes too!
I like milk with my porridge and love flapjacks too
Another milky vote for porridge!
I’ve only ever had milk with porridge. I love porridge, I work very long shifts and it’s ideal for cold dark mornings,
Perfect as you say for a cold, dark morning!
Flapjacks are my favourite oat recipe. I have soya milk with my porridge.
Soya milk is very popular right now – I quite like it as a substitution for cow’s milk.
Love flapjacks . Not a big porridge fan but given the choice I’d use water.
Flapjacks seem very popular!
Oaty buscuits and milk on my porridge
Oaty biscuits and oatcakes are favourites of mine too!
My favorite oatie recipe is flapjacks. And I always make porridge with Milk. Thank you.
Flapjacks and milk rule again!
It has to be good ol’ flapjacks!
Yay! Another vote for flapjacks!
i love granola yogurt and berries!!!
Another favourite of mine too!
I love traditional oat cakes and porridged cooked in the scots fashion with water!
I adore oatcakes too – especially with a wedge of good mature cheddar cheese!
I like milk in my porridge, my son Loves flapjacks x
Another vote for milk and flapjacks!
CRanberry and oat muffins
Those sound absolutely delicious!
Milk!!
🙂
Has to be milk in my porridge and a touch of honey
LOVE honey in porridge too!
Love flapjacks.
MORE flapjacks for the tea time table!
Definitely water, why add unnecessary calories?
Very Scottish! My mum prefers water too!
Another vote for flapjacks and milk with porridge!
YAY! I may open and flapjack and milk bar!
Wow, that looks amazing!
My favourite oaty recipe is homemade chocolate hobnobs. Porridge has to be made with milk. 🙂
OH yes for HOBNOBS! I love them too!
I make lots of flapjacks with maple syrup. Not very healthy but hey ho!
They sound divine and why not push the boat out now and then too?
Flapjacks! Water with my porridge
Water is my mum’s favourite way to make porridge too!
Milk with porridge with honey and raisins… Berty bee powwidge as my 3 year old says! 🙂
LOL! Love the name your 3yr old calls porridge!
flapjacks and i have to have milk
Flapjacks and milk are the winning combo it seems!
Me too!
Flapjacks and cold milk on my porridge x
My husband likes cold milk on his porridge too!
flapjacks are my favourite oat recipe
MORE flapjacks!
i love to make crunchy fish fingers with oats. i prefer hot milk 🙂
What a GREAT recipe idea, I also coat mackerel fillets in oats too, love it them that way!
I love flapjacks. Still warm from the oven and I like milk with my porridge.
It seems flapjacks are the run away winner for an oaty snack!
i love flapjack and prefer just water with porridge
Saving calories with water to have more flapjacks eh? 😉
I like an oaty crumble and have to have milk with my porridge
Oats in a crumble mixture is just wonderful!
Love flapjacks and I have porridge with milk- the only way!
I agree that milk is best, well IMHO!
Porridge with milk, mixed berries and a drizzle of honey.
A PERFECT combination Paul!
I love porridge made with mainly milk, maybe a splash of water with loads of raisins
Raisins are a great addition to porridge.
I have porridge with milk and stir in some fruit – love it with stewed apples, Also like to use them to make oaty cookies
I bet your porridge taste amazing with stewed apples!
Twinks hob nobs
Porridge made with milk & splash of water
Oh yes to Hobnobs!
Maple Syrup and pecan with porridge and milk
I have a recipe for pecan and maple syrup porridge and we LOVE it in Chez Lavender and Lovage!
I love oat topped fruit cobbler. I like my porridge with milk. I could never eat porridge with just water.
Oats in a cobbler topping sounds wonderful……Mmmm!
I like flapjacks and porridge has to be with milk and lots of syrup
I LOVE golden syrup in porridge!
I love baked oatmeal with bananas and blueberries!
One of my favourite fruit combinations too!
raisin flapjacks- and porridge with milk
Mmmm…….yes to raisin flapjacks!
porridge with milk. Would love to try the overnight method.
Do try this recipe, it’s so easy and tastes delectable!
I have a nice lemon-drizzle style cake, made with rolled oats, it’s really tasty and light
That sounds amazing – must add oats to one of my cakes next time I am baking.
these oats look delicious! im usually not a breakfast person so i love how they can be prepared overnight. my favourite way to use oats would definitely be blended in a smoothie in the morning!
You can also have these oaty pots of goodness for an evening snack too Thalia!
i like oats in my chocolate chip cookies with some raisins and cinnamon and even nuts!
Oats added to cookie dough is epic!
I always use milk for my porridge – then add blueberries and cranberries
I am a BIG lover of all types of fruit added to porridge!
Flapjacks 🙂
Another vote for FLAPJACKS!
I like rice milk with porridge.
oaty granaola in the morning with milk
I’ve got a breakfast loaf recipe which is half flapjack, half brownie. That’s pretty darn good. I like water porridge most days with milk as a treat.
LOVE the sound of your breakfast loaf recipe Gill!
I love flapjacks, and milk in my porridge!
Milk and golden syrup on my porridge and I always have oat fruit crumble
Flapjacks and porridge made with milk is best.
How very delicious, love oats soaked in yogurt and the raspberries would add a nice tart juicy addition.
Thanks Janice – I have rasps coming out of my ears this year, so have been adding the to everything!
Always Milk & lots of honey!
My favourite oat recipe is chocolate covered flapjacks. And I’m a water with porridge person.
I like Porridge with milk and sugar. I love putting oats in my cookies.
A fantastic idea for a prepare-ahead breakfast 🙂
Thanks so much!
I love flapjacks. I make porridge with milk and golden syrup
I love porridge with honey, or with nutella! Preferably with lots of cream too 😉
flapjacks
Oaty biscuits are yummy, I have milk with porridge
Milk & honey
Great pictures, you just made me really hungry!
I usually love flapjacks in the morning and I have some milk and honey in my porridge 🙂
I love my oats in flapjacks, or made with milk and topped with golden syrup
porridge with water then fresh fruit & yoghurt on top
It looks delicious, perfect for those who have a plan for diet, and the pictures, just amazing, what a wonderful capture… Angela | twitter – @uniqueofsheff
Milk with honey
My son loves his porridge with golden syrup
made with water with honey
Milk and soft brown sugar for me.
Flapjacks
Milk on my porridge and my favourite recipe is apple crumble using oats in the crumble
I love mine with milk and salt!! Cranachan is my favourite recipe using oats, proper yum!
i love flapjacks and water with porridge
I love flapjacks. I always have milk with my porridge
Fruitand chocolate flapjacks, and defineately milk with my porridge
Oaty flapjacks made with condensed milk,loads of nuts,raisins,dried banana,papaya,coconut.. very filling and delicious! And I always make porridge with milk!
I love oat cookies. Milk for me in porridge.
Blackberry and apple crumble is my choice for my ultimate best oat recipe. I couldn’t imagine oat porridge without milk.
I love flapjacks, my partner likes porridge with milk and syrup.
I love using oats in flapjacks.
And always milk in my porridge.
Flapjack -I don’t eat it often enough! Milk with porridge
With milk warm and with raisins and cinnamon
Porridge with Milk and Sugar,yummy
I go half and half with water and milk in porridge.
I always replace some of the flour with oats in crumble topping – loads more taste and texture
I like porridge with milk and strawberries
Chewy flapjacks and definately milk with porridge
Milk with porridge x
I’ve started having half an half.
A good flapjack, and milk with my porridge, but not too much!
Water with my oats
I love my porridge with milk and sugar
Definitely milk with some cinnamon and blueberries Mmmmmmm 🙂
Hi,
Just prepared these oats, but I used frozen raspberries. Looks a lot less, would I use more if frozen?
Thanks Nicole
No, I don’t think so……just add a few more if you feel there aren’t enough, it’s all down to personal taste! Karen
I think I would make oatmeal cookies. I like milk with my oatmeal.
i always have my porridge with milk and then spinkle cinnamon on top and sometimes with banana slices, too! 🙂
faye xx
I use oats in a crumble topping or flapjack. Milk on porridge
milk!
Flapjacks! We eats porridge every morning though, honey and coconut milk
i love porridge
as it is a way of art
milk, water, fruit
but the best for me
but its got to be
milk added for me
The only oaty recipe I have ever attempted was flapjack and it came out pretty well 🙂 Porridge should be made with milk but I try not to think of the extra calories!
My fave oaty recipe is flapjack! YUMM! 🙂 & I love my porridge with milk! 😀
Crunchy granola 🙂 & definitely milk! 🙂
milk, oats and a dollop of jam
I’ve just got into the overnight oats thing and it is a godsend in the mornings. I do it with honey, chia seeds and whatever fruit I have which is blackberries at the moment. Always milk with porridge.
I like using oats for porridge, especially in Winter. I like porridge with milk purely because of the calcium!
Milk x
Chocolate Flapjacks; ALWAYS milk with porridge.
Porridge with raspberries and milk, always milk
My favorite oat recipe is flapjacks and i always have milk with my porridge.
My favourite oat recipe is flapjacks, but the way I use them most is in my daily porridge, made with milk & water (half & half)
I wish I’d seen this recipe before my holiday – I couldn’t face making hot porridge in the Spanish heat!
I leave my porridge to soak overnight with a handful of sultanas – come the morning the sultanas are lovely and plump, heat it up on the hob serve with sprinkling of Demerara sugar on top – utter bliss.
Flapjacks and definitely milk with porridge and plenty of sugar
Wow, these look amazing 🙂
Thanks so much!
Porridge made with milk, with some fresh fruit.
Flapjacks! And with milk, unless I’m trying to watch my weight
Crunchy granola
Love a bowl of porridge with desiccated coconut
My favourite is nutty flapjacks! And most definitely milk with your porridge!
Its got to be milk for me .
Love making flapjacks with the grandchildren.
Milk for me
It has to be flapjacks, I absolutely love flapjacks but have yet to attempt making my own. I love oats with milk best 🙂
Definitely milk with my porridge. My favourite oat recipe is banana and sultana flapjacks, yum
Milk with my porridge and plenty of golden syrup
Love flapjacks especially with a little chocolate added, milk on my oats
Would be an oaty energy bar for me I think, something with chia seeds and sunflower seeds. Oooh yum!
Cold oats recipe
Homemade granola is my favourite – and always milk rather than water with porridge!
I add milk and fruit to my porridge.
got to be milk
Another milk on porridge and flapjack nut here!
I love making banana flapjacks with my oats and its always porridge with milk for me!
Has to be with milk for me.
Definitely flapjacks, I’m hungry just thinking about it!!