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Golden Milk Overnight Oats

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Easy Golden Milk Overnight Oats. Inspired by the superfoods turmeric latte but turned into a healthy meal prep breakfast! Vegan and gluten free.

Easy Golden Milk Overnight Oats. Vegan-friendly with anti-inflammatory properties! A super healthy grab-n-go breakfast.

I’ve found my new favorite quick breakfast: GOLDEN MILK OVERNIGHT OATS.

The coziness of a “Golden Milk” turmeric latte combined with oats for a simple breakfast. You can enjoy these overnight oats cold from the fridge, which makes for a great meal prep quick breakfast.

OR easily enjoy warmed up with just a few minutes on the stovetop.

If you’re not sure of turmeric but love cozy spices (think similar to a chai latte) you’ll love this recipe!

What is Golden Milk?

Are you familiar with this super healthy drink? Golden milk, or turmeric milk, originally comes from India. Turmeric has been used in Ayurvedic medicine for centuries and has anti-inflammatory properties, thanks to the main active ingredient in turmeric, which is curcumin.

You may have seen westernized versions of golden milk at coffee shops. Usually they’re a combination of coconut milk (or another dairy free milk), turmeric and spices (like cinnamon and ginger), coconut oil, and traces of black pepper. Why black pepper? It is said it increases your body’s ability to absorb the nutrients from turmeric.

What makes golden milk so special?

And it tastes delicious!

In the winter time I often like to make Golden Milk Lattes, but adding golden milk flavors to more recipes is a delicious way to incorporate these healthy spices into your everyday life.

Golden Milk Overnight Oats ingredients in small bowls

Golden Milk Overnight Oats in 2 Steps

First Warm Up Milk + Spices

You first warm up the spices and milk together to make the golden milk. Whisk in the spices into the milk as it’s heating up, then the coconut oil and sweetener. This will help give the golden milk more flavor.

Then Combine with Oats + Chia Seeds

Once you warm up the golden milk on the stove, all that’s left to do is mix in the milk, oats and chia seeds in a jar and let the mixture soak in the fridge overnight.

golden milk overnight oats in jar

To Re-Heat

You can enjoy this recipe cold straight from the fridge, which makes this breakfast a great meal prep option for busy mornings, OR if you prefer warm oats, you can reheat on the stovetop in a few minutes by addings a few splashes of milk and stir while it heats.

Add Your Toppings

I love to top off oatmeal with extra toppings like blueberries, nut butter and some hemp hearts.

It makes for a super hearty breakfast that can keep you full for hours.

Golden Milk Overnight Oats with blueberries in teal and orange bowl with spoon

What Kind of Oats to Use

The original recipe calls for steel cut oats, which gives this oatmeal a chewy texture. I love steel cut overnight oats.

If you’re looking to make these golden milk oats with quick oats or rolled oats, I would increases the amount of oats to 3/4 cup, and then also increase the coconut milk to 1 1/2 cups.

Golden Milk Overnight Oats with blueberries in teal and orange bowl

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If you make this recipe, I’d love to hear from you! Please leave a comment and rating below. It helps the recipe reach more people and helps Fit Mitten Kitchen out a ton too! Xx Ashley

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Easy Golden Milk Overnight Oats

Golden Milk Overnight Oats with blueberries in teal and orange bowl
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Easy Golden Milk Overnight Oats. A super healthy drink turned into a quick grab-n-go filling breakfast! This meal has healthy fats, good carbs, fiber and protein. Plus anti-inflammatory affects thanks to turmeric. Vegan and gluten-free friendly.

  • Author: Ashley
  • Prep Time: 8 hours
  • Total Time: 8 hours
  • Yield: 2 1x
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Method: Refrigerator
  • Cuisine: American
  • Diet: Vegan

Ingredients

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golden milk

  • 1 1/4 cups coconut milk*
  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon cardamom
  • 1/4 teaspoon ginger
  • 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/2 tablespoon coconut oil
  • maple syrup, agave syrup or honey, to taste (I used about 1 tablespoon)

for the oats

  • 1/2 cup steel cut oats*
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons chia seeds

add-ins

Instructions

  1. Make Golden Milk: In a small saucepan over low-medium heat, whisk together milk and spices until warm. Add in sweetener and coconut oil. Whisk again until honey is dissolved. Do not let mixture come to a boil. Remove saucepan from heat and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
  2. Make Overnight Oats: In a 16 ounce jar, add oats, chia seeds, and optional add-ins if using. Pour cooled golden milk mixture into jar and tightly cover with lid. Shake jar until ingredients are thoroughly mixed. Store in fridge for at least 8 hours before serving.
  3. Serve with fresh fruit, flaked coconut, sprinkle more cinnamon, add nut butter, etc. and enjoy! If the mixture is thicker than you’d like, simply add some extra milk.
  4. To heat: add overnight oats to small saucepan over low heat, add a splash of milk and heat until warm.

Notes

MILK – I used coconut milk from the carton. You can also use another non-dairy milk of your choice.

OATS – This recipe was made with steel cut oats. If you’d like to use quick or rolled oats, you can use 3/4 cup rolled or quick oats with 1 ½ cups of the golden milk; refrigerate for at least 4 hours.

PROTEIN POWDER – If adding vegan protein powder, you will likely need to increase the liquid depending on the blend. I added an additional 3-4 tablespoons after adding mixing all ingredients in jar. If using whey or collagen peptides, no extra liquid is really necessary.

DOUBLE THE RECIPE – Recipe can be doubled and split into 4 individual jars, 2 (16 ounce) jars, or 1 large (32 ounce) jar and divided out how you’d like.

STORING – Oats will keep in fridge 3-4 days. Prep time refers to overnight fridge time

Nutrition based on unsweetened coconut milk and 1 tablespoon of honey.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 serving
  • Calories: 195
  • Sugar: 3
  • Sodium: 35
  • Fat: 10
  • Saturated Fat: 5
  • Unsaturated Fat: 4
  • Trans Fat: 0
  • Carbohydrates: 22
  • Fiber: 6
  • Protein: 4
  • Cholesterol: 0

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About Ashley

"Ashley Walterhouse is the founder of Fit Mitten Kitchen, based in the Greater Lansing Area of Michigan, AKA “the Mitten.” Ashley grew up as a picky eater but later discovered that eating healthy was actually easy and fun. She started FMK in 2015 as a way to share her newfound love of developing healthier recipes for all to enjoy."

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  3. Erin @ The Almond Eater says

    Ok I HAVE to try this… I like this better because I believe traditional golden milk is served warm, and I just can’t do warm milk. So, this looks like an excellent (and more filling) solution–pinned! PS love that bowl.

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  4. Brie @ Lean, Clean, & Brie says

    OH YUM! I still have not yet tried out the golden milk craze, but if it is in my overnight oats I could totally get on board with that. And I am just like you with treating food as medicine. I avoid taking a medication until I know that all other options have been exhausted. And why spend money on pills when you can spend it on food?!

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  5. Stella @ Stellicious Life says

    This looks lovely Ashley! I’ve seen golden milk pop up everywhere but haven’t had a chance to try it yet.
    I’m with you on not beinga fan of mushy OO, however I never tried steel cut oats. I thought they were quite lengthy to make, cooking for a loong time. So if you let the steel cut oats soak there’s no need to cooking them, they will soften? I’m curious to try it!

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    • Ashley says

      Wow sorry I missed replying to this! So to answer your question, yes, once you let the steel cut oats soak overnight they will soften. They still remain slightly chewy, but cooking them would definitely be optional 🙂

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  7. GiselleR @ Diary of an ExSloth says

    1. HOW did I miss Erin’s smoothie?!?! Looks epic
    2. I hate mushy overnight oats and never thought to try them with steel cut. Definitely rectifying that ASAP cuz this sounds epic
    3. YAY for golden milk!!!
    p.s. thanks for including my donuts <3

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  8. Ellie | Hungry by Nature says

    I still haven’t tried the golden milk trend! But Carly over at Fit Living Eats posted a golden milk smoothie the other day and now you two have got me thinking I NEED to try it! Pinned and I’ll keep ya posted 😉

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  9. Cassie Autumn Tran says

    I am so familiar to golden milk, but I’ve actually never gotten turmeric and I’ve never tried either one of them. I know it’s super popular and everything, but I’m not 100% sure as to what the flavor is! Spicy, sweet, both? I might want to try it out soon because the creations with it are so beautiful!

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    • Sarah says

      Turmeric is definitely savory, if you’ve ever had curry you’ve probably had it (although it’s not usually the main flavor.) It’s a bit of an odd flavor for a strictly western diet, but can be quite tasty. I also haven’t tried golden milk yet though.

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