Blueberry Banana Overnight Oats

Juicy blueberries and ripe sweet bananas are the stars in this delicious wholesome overnight oats recipe!

This delicious recipe marks the end of blueberry season for me. Well kinda… I still have a couple big bags of blueberries in my freezer but as for blog recipes this is it. Over the last couple months I made a slow cooker blueberry banana steel cut oatmeal recipe, a blueberry banana baked oatmeal cup recipe, and a blueberry banana greek yogurt muffin. I also used countless blueberries in smoothies and plan to make many more smoothies with the blueberries I have left. It has been blueberry heaven over here. Banana heaven too I guess considering each recipe has a ripe sweet banana in it.

This is the thing with bananas. I love them. I always have a couple on my counter needing to be used up so more often than not bananas will find their way into my recipes. Especially, breakfast or baked good recipes. Here’s a post on using up ripe bananas.

Blueberries and bananas were meant to be. Truly. The slight tartness of a blueberry goes perfectly with the sweet flavor of a ripe banana. And when you combine those flavors you don’t even need a lot of added sugar because the fruit provides most of the sweetness.

I don’t know why I never thought to make an overnight oats recipe with blueberries and bananas before. It seems like such a natural combination. I should mention that this recipe will most likely be the last of the overnight oats recipes for a while. I tend to eat cold oatmeal more in the summer and now that back to school is right around the corner my mind is starting to go toward breakfast burrito recipes. Don’t fret though because I’m leaving you with 3 amazing overnight oat recipes. Last week I shared an almond joy inspired recipe that is killer. Today I’m sharing this blueberry and banana one. And in a couple days look for a new overnight oats recipe with juicy strawberries.

Overnight oats recipes are so simple to put together and can be made 3 – 5 days ahead of time. I don’t make more than 3 at a time but I’ve had readers tell me their oats are fine at 5 days.

For this recipe I just mixed together rolled oats, chia seeds, and unsweetened coconut milk. Chia seeds add extra protein and fiber to the recipe. They also create a delicious pudding-like texture with the oats. I’ve made overnight oats without them so if you don’t have any or don’t want to use then leave the chia seeds out. For the milk you can use whatever milk you like.

BLUEBERRY BANANA OVERNIGHT OATS

Prep time : 10 mins

Cook time : 8 hours

Total time : 8 hours 10 mins

Author : Organize Yourself Skinny

Serves : 1

INGREDIENTS

• ½ cup rolled oats
• 1 teaspoon chia seeds
• ½ cup unsweetened coconut milk
• ¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• ½ of a banana, peeled and chopped
• ½ cup of blueberries, fresh or frozen
• 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup

INSTRUCTIONS

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