JUMP TO RECIPE The easiest and best high protein oatmeal you’ll ever make! Thick and beautifully creamy, this healthy breakfast is a great way to start your day.It’s completely customizable with endless flavor variations… And you need less than five minutes to make it!     The first time I heard about them, overnight oats completely confused me.You added oats and milk to a mason jar, left it in the fridge overnight, and then… Unscrewed the lid and stuck in a spoon the following morning? I tilted my head as my mind tried to process.

I pictured a bowl of bran flakes or my childhood favorite Fruity Pebbles.“After eight hours, wouldn’t that turn out like cold, soggy, practically disintegrating breakfast cereal?” I silently wondered.Although very skeptical and on a tight graduate student budget, I finally caved and decided to give it a try one weekend.

After my morning run and hopping out of the shower the following day, I reached for a spoon and the container in the fridge.My eyes widened in shock.    The oats were plump and soft — as if I had cooked them the traditional way on the stove! For my next jar, I added in some yogurt.

Being thicker than milk, I crossed my fingers and hoped it’d give my overnight oats an even thicker and creamier texture… And I almost squealed in delight the following morning.That’s exactly what happened — and my oatmeal had an almost pudding-like consistency!     And this is my basic healthy protein overnight

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