C&C in the Kitchen

A few weeks ago I came upon this recipe for overnight oats! What exactly are overnight oats? Well, the name pretty much speaks for itself. You put oats and other healthy and delicious things into a jar, pop it into the fridge and overnight your breakfast "makes" itself!

The end result is a jar full of yumminess!

After my first try with the recipe, I decided to create my own overnight oats recipe and share it with you! Since my first batch I have made countless jars of this stuff with a variety of ingredients including berries, raisins and coconut. This recipe is really just a starting point.

C&C Overnight Oats
- 1/2 cup oats (steel cut or rolled)
- 1 tablespoon nut butter (I used Wild Friends Almond Butter..see the post from last week)
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- 1 tablespoon flax seeds
- 4-5 almonds or walnuts
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup or agave (you can use a date as well, but you will need to mash it)
- 1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla Almond Breeze (you can use any type of milk)

Directions (it's really pretty simple)
Add all of your ingredients into a jar (I used a small mason jar), stir it up, put on the lid, now shake it up and place in the refrigerator overnight.

Here are a few photos of the very quick process! I prepare multiple jars at a time. That way I can just grab and go in the morning. These are great for kids, for working women, for breakfast on the road or to eat while you sit at your computer and read the latest post from C&C!

Here is what they look like before going into the fridge! Sleep tight little jars of healthy and yummy goodness!

And here is what they look like when they come out ready for you to enjoy. It's not the prettiest of breakfasts, but it sure does taste good! You can eat your overnight oats cold as is, or warm them up. 

Overnight oats recipes are all over the place. Apparently it's the latest fad in breakfast! Last week I blogged about my new favorite nut butters from Wild Friends. They recently posted their Overnight Oats recipe in a nearly empty nut butter jar! I will definitely be trying this one soon as well. I love the addition of the Greek Yogurt! 

Do you have a favorite overnight oats recipe? 

Products We Love

About a month ago my mother-in-law was at Coscto where two University of Oregon alumni were selling their almond butter. She bought me a jar, and it was love at first bite!

Meet Keeley and Erika, the founders of Wild Friends Nut Butter!

These ladies found themselves in their college apartment scraping the bottom of a peanut butter jar with a spoon. In a quest to extend the life of the jar,  they emptied their cabinets of all their favorite things, like cinnamon, chocolate chips and coconut, into a food processor to create their first nut butter. 

And as they say...the rest is history. Wild Friends Nut Butter now sells six flavors of nut butters including the first jar I received, the Chocolate Sunflower Seed Almond Butter! A-MAZING!

The other flavors include Sesame Cranberry Peanut Butter, Vanilla Espresso Almond Butter, Cinnamon Raisin Peanut Butter, Honey Pretzel Peanut Butter and Chocolate Coconut Peanut Butter! 

You really can't go wrong with any of the flavors. And, they sell them in individual servings which are great for your a snack in the car, on an airplane, for hiking or for a late night snack! 

Wild Friends Nut Butters are sold at Coscto and other stores all over Portland! If you don't live in Portland, you can buy the products on the Wild Friends website and on Amazon, and it's PRIME eligible!

If you want to follow along with the adventures of these "Wild Friends" check out their blog!