Sunny Overnight Oats

I made these oats in the yoghurt container because there was just the right amount of yogurt left in the container, and why use more dishes to wash than you have to? Especially when you live in an apartment with a 1970’s kitchen, complete with 8-inch, incredibly shallow sink, with no dishwasher – and even less counterspace – in 2026!

Friends have told me I should live-stream from my kitchen. Maybe I should, just to show folks you don’t need a massive ultra-modern, homestead-style kitchen with huge marble-topped island, incredibly deep double sink, giant double door stainless steel fridge, and three different types of ovens to prepare delicious and nutritious food.

But I digress from the recipe and these oats which are absolutely delicious.

I figured it being almost summer,  and the weather being warm, this would be a tasty, refreshing overnight oats to eat in the morning – and these ones I did soak overnight to eat in the morning, even though sometimes I let them soak during the day to have as a bedtime snack to digest overnight.  Ha ha ha! Overnight Oats. I put them together when I got home from the Fernwood open Mic, where I did a 10-minute performance of BegonY’as, in modified costume.

Sometimes I read other recipe sites, and people write long stories about why they make what they make, with multiple perfect photographs.  I typically rapidly scroll to the recipe which is really all I want…but maybe some people like to read all about the recipe and every ingredient?

And maybe some people didn’t get home economics in school, or grew up eating take-out, or instant meals from the freezer, and really do need step-by-step detailed recipes. I typically scan for quantities and unusual ingredient combinations. For these Sunny Overnight Nights, I used my own imagination and what I had in my fruit bowl waiting to be used up!

My Mom said we kids learned to cook in self-defence because her cooking was so bad we would have starved otherwise! Tho she baked the absolute best scones, the flakiest pie crust that also held together perfectly, delectible merengues sometimes stuffed with whipped cream and cherries, and could put together a remarkable trifle – and wow! Although those baked goods were always cooked to perfection, she somehow excelled in over-cooking whatever was landing on the plate for main course. Maybe that was more about her personal preference for a diet of desserts? She really detested vegetables! Not surprising: they were always scooped onto the plate as pure mush!

So, I scraped down the sides of the yogurt container with a rubber spatula, to whisk together – with an ordinary table fork – right in the yoghurt container:

• 1/2 cup Greek yoghurt
• 1/2 cup skim milk powder
• 1/2 cup ordinary tap water 
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• a generous drizzle of honey

Then the dry ingredients were added:

• 1 T whole golden linseed (flaxseed)
• 1 T pumkin seeds
• 1 T hemp seeds
• 2 T broken walnuts
• 1 T chia seeds
• 1-2 T chopped fresh mint
• 1/2 cup large flake rolled oats

I stirred all that together with the wet ingredients, then added:

• 1 mandarin, peeled, cut in half (so the segments are halved, cutting the membrane so the juice releases into the mixture when it gets stirred) the halved segments are taken apart with your fingers and added to the mixture
• 1/2 a honey dew melon. After scooping out and discarding the seeds, I scooped slivers of melon with the same dessert spoon. No fancy utensil necessary.

I stirred in that fruit, then stirred in:

• 1 T psyllium husk

I add the psyllium husk at the end because it quickly absorbs liquids.  

Lastly, I put the yoghurt lid back on the container (now that makes life easy!) put it in the fridge and this morning ate it right out of the container.  Using the yoghurt container is great if you’re on the run, and want to take it with you. If you do, put it in a plastic breadbag, along with a spoon, and tightly tie it closed to secure the lid during transport, or you might end up eating your overnight oats out of your backpack or whatever.  Then you’ve also got a bag for your dirty spoon and container.  Note: I used to use glass mason jars, until one broke when I put down my bag. Since then, I always pack to-go meals in plastic, in spite of all its evils, it typically doesn’t break!

Wow, Sunny Overnight  Oats! Just the thing for my late-morning meal!