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    Home » Recipes » Breakfast Ideas

    Oct 16, 2022 · Modified: Nov 9, 2022 by Harriet

    Strawberry Pistachio Overnight Oats

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    Strawberry pistachio overnight oats are a deliciously easy breakfast you can make in advance - in less than 20 minutes and with a few simple ingredients, you can make this healthy breakfast for your busy days.

    Strawberry pistachio overnight oats in a jar.
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    • 🥘 Ingredients In This Recipe
    • 🍽 Equipment
    • 🍳 Step By Step Instructions
    • 💭 Recipe Tips
    • 👪 Serving Size
    • 🍬 Calories Per Serve
    • 🥗 Serving Suggestions
    • 📖 Variations
    • 🌡️ Storage
    • 📝 Frequently Asked Questions
    • 🍲 More Easy Recipes
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    Don't have time to make breakfast in the morning make these strawberry pistachio overnight oats for a quick and easy breakfast.

    👛 Cost To Make

    Estimated cost = $4.12 per serve (does not include toppings)

    🌟 Why You'll Love This Recipe:

    You will love this overnight pistachio breakfast recipe because:

    • It has a have a lovely flavor that you can enjoy all year round. 
    • You can eat these cold and straight from the fridge in the summertime or warm the oats up in the microwave oven for winter.
    • This recipe makes one serving, but you can increase the quantities to make more.
    • You can meal prep and make a big batch of these oats over the weekend to enjoy quick and easy breakfasts during the week.
    • You can make it dairy-free by using plant-based milk and yogurt.
    • It is also naturally gluten-free.

    🥘 Ingredients In This Recipe

    The printable recipe further down the page has the complete list of ingredients, including quantities and step-by-step instructions.

    Ingredient image for pistachio overnight oats/

    Oats – You can use old-fashioned rolled or quick oats to make this recipe but avoid using steel-cut oats.

    • Overnight oats made with rolled oats are thick with an almost smooth, creamy texture. 
    • Overnight oats made with quick oats, when soaked overnight, are creamier and smoother than rolled oats.
    • Overnight oats made with steal cut oats remain grainy and soften to a chewy and gummy texture. Also, steel-cut oats don't soak up as much liquid as rolled and quick-cooking oats. 

    Milk – You can use dairy milk, almond milk, soya milk, oat milk, or other types of milk.

    Yogurt - use plain dairy or dairy-free yogurt. We used our homemade yogurt in this recipe.  

    Seeds – Chia or basil seeds can be used. These thicken the oats by soaking up moisture and are high in fiber.  

    We used basil seeds in this recipe because it is budget-friendly.

    Both chia and basil seeds are good sources of minerals and are rich in plant-based omega-3 fatty acids.

    Maple Syrup – if you like your oatmeal sweet, it can be sweetened with maple syrup or honey.

    Strawberries - You can use fresh or frozen for this recipe.

    Pistachios - we buy unshelled pistachios for convenience.

    Nutritionally pistachios are high in fiber and unsaturated fatty acids and can help regulate your blood sugar making them good to include as part of your diet.

    🍽 Equipment

    You don't need any special equipment to make these oats, but if you are planning to make these for a grab-and-go breakfast, store the oats in mason jars or old jam jars with lids for easy transportation.

    🍳 Step By Step Instructions

    The night before

    Yogurt and milk in a bowl with a spoon.

    Step 1 - Place the milk, yogurt, maple syrup, and vanilla into a mixing bowl. Stir until well combined. 

    Oats, basil seeds mixed in with milk and yogurt.

    Step 2 - Add the oats and seeds, and mix well. Taste for flavor and adjust the necessary by adding more vanilla and maple syrup. 

    Cover and store in the fridge overnight.

    Homemade strawberry sauce in a white bowl.

    Step 3 - Make the strawberry sauce. Place the strawberries and sugar into a saucepan. Cook, stirring over medium heat for 5 minutes or until the sugar dissolves and the strawberries soften.  

    Remove from the heat and mash the strawberries with a fork, then set aside to cool completely. Store in the fridge overnight.

    Pistachio nuts in a skillet.

    Step 4 - Toast the nuts. Place the nuts into a dry frying pan and cook over low heat unit the nut smell fragrant, and just start to turn brown about 2-3 minutes. Remove from the heat and transfer to a plate to cool completely.

    Roughly chopped pistachio nuts in a white bowl.

    Step 5 - Chop the nuts. Remove 1 tablespoon of nuts and set aside for the topping. Chop the remaining nuts into small pieces, and place them into a small sealed container at room temperature ready for the morning.

    When ready to serve

    Nuts being added to overnight oats in a bowl.

    Step 6 - In the morning, stir the chopped pistachio nuts into the oats, transfer half the oats to a serving dish, top with half the strawberry sauce, then the remaining oats, and another layer of sauce.

    Top with a dollop of yogurt, sliced strawberries, and the remaining pistachio nuts, and enjoy.

    💭 Recipe Tips

    Oats too thick the next day - If you find the overnight oats are too thick, mix in a little more milk to achieve the consistency you like before layering them with the strawberry sauce.

    👪 Serving Size

    This recipe serves one and makes about 300 grams (10.65 ounces) or just over 1 ¼ cups of overnight oats.

    🍬 Calories Per Serve

    A single serving has about 496 calories.

    🥗 Serving Suggestions

    Traditionally overnight oats are served cold as a summer breakfast idea, but there is no reason not to eat them hot.

    Heating overnight oats

    Stovetop - Overnight oats can be warmed on the stovetop in a small saucepan over medium heat.  

    Mix in some extra liquid like water or milk because it is thick, up to a third of a cup if needed.

    Microwave oven - Transfer the oats to a microwave-safe dish and microwave on high for 1-2 minutes or until hot. 

    📖 Variations

    Use a different fruit - instead of strawberries, you could use blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, or pitted cherries.

    Use a different nut - you could use walnuts, hazelnuts, pecans, or almonds.

    Milk – use milk suitable for your diet, such as unsweetened milk for a sugar-free diet or plant milk for vegans, and if you don't like milk, use water instead.

    Sweeteners – like honey, sugar, or artificial sweeteners can be used instead of maple syrup.

    Yogurt – can use vanilla-flavored yogurt instead of plain yogurt. 

    Use flavored milk - like vanilla almond milk instead of plain milk.

    Make it sugar-free - by using sugar-free sweeteners instead of sugar, and use sugar-free milk.

    Images showing a strawberry sauce and yogurt topping on overnight oats in a jar.

    🌡️ Storage

    Refrigeration – Keep stored in the fridge until needed.

    📝 Frequently Asked Questions

    Are rolled oats gluten-free?

    Oats are naturally gluten-free but may contain traces of gluten depending on how they are processed, so always read the label before buying if you need them to be gluten-free.

    🍲 More Easy Recipes

    • Strawberry Shortcake Overnight Oats
    • Raspberry Overnight Oats
    • Blueberry Lemon Overnight Oats
    • Vanilla Overnight Oats

    You might also like to read our Easy Overnight Oats recipe page for helpful tips and ideas or see all our overnight oats with yogurt recipes or try these easy recipes:

    • Mango jam
    • Ricotta pancakes
    • Zucchini and carrot slice
    • Sweet potato muffins with pecan crumble topping
    Pistachio overnight oats in a jar on a small wooden board with a milk jug in the background.

    I do hope that you will make these delicious strawberry pistachio overnight oats. If you do, please come back and leave a comment below because I would love to know how you went.


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    Strawberry Pistachio Overnight Oats

    Quick and easy these strawberry pistachio overnights are a healthy and delicious breakfast idea.
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    Prep Time : 20 mins
    Cook Time : 5 mins
    Total Time : 25 mins
    Cuisine: : Western
    Course : Breakfast
    Servings : 1 x 1 ¼ cup serving
    Calories : 496 : kcal
    Estimated Cost (AUD) : $4.12 per serve (does not include toppings)

    INGREDIENTS

    • ½ cup (120 grams, 4.23 ounces) milk, dairy or plant-based
    • ¼ cup (60 grams, 2 ounces) of Greek yogurt, or plant-based yogurt
    • 1 tablespoon maple syrup or to taste
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla
    • ½ cup (55 grams, 1.94 ounces) oats, old-fashioned rolled or quick
    • 1 tablespoon of chia seeds or basil seeds

    Strawberry sauce

    • ½ cup strawberries fresh or frozen
    • 2 tablespoons sugar

    Mixin

    • ¼ cup (30 grams/1 ounce) pistachio nuts without the shell

    Garnish (optional)

    • 1-2 tablespoon Greek yogurt or plant-based yogurt
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    INSTRUCTIONS

    Make the oats

    • Place the milk, yogurt, maple syrup, and vanilla into a mixing bowl. Stir until well combined.
    • Add the oats and seeds, and mix well. Taste for flavor and adjust the flavor if necessary by adding more vanilla and maple syrup.
      Cover and store in the fridge overnight.

    Strawberry sauce

    • Next, place the strawberries and sugar into a saucepan. Cook, stirring over medium heat for 5 minutes or until the sugar dissolves and the strawberries soften.
      Remove from the heat and mash the strawberries with a fork, then set aside to cool completely. Store in the fridge overnight.

    Toast the nuts

    • Place the nuts into a dry frying pan and cook over low heat unit the nut smell fragrant, and just start to turn brown about 2-3 minutes.
      Remove from the heat and transfer to a plate to cool completely.
    • Remove 1 tablespoon of nuts and set aside for the topping. Chop the remaining nuts into small pieces, and place them into a small sealed container ready for the morning.

    When ready to serve

    • In the morning, stir the chopped pistachio nuts into the oats, transfer half the oats to a serving dish, top with half the strawberry sauce, then the remaining oats, and another layer of sauce.
    • Top with a dollop of yogurt, sliced strawberries, and the remaining pistachio nuts, and enjoy.

    Notes

    The toppings are optional and have not been included in the nutritional information below.
    Nutrition Facts
    Strawberry Pistachio Overnight Oats
    Serving Size
     
    1 = 1 ¼ cups
    Amount per Serving
    Calories
    496
    % Daily Value*
    Fat
     
    11
    g
    17
    %
    Saturated Fat
     
    3
    g
    19
    %
    Trans Fat
     
    0.02
    g
    Polyunsaturated Fat
     
    4
    g
    Monounsaturated Fat
     
    2
    g
    Cholesterol
     
    17
    mg
    6
    %
    Sodium
     
    72
    mg
    3
    %
    Potassium
     
    611
    mg
    17
    %
    Carbohydrates
     
    83
    g
    28
    %
    Fiber
     
    10
    g
    42
    %
    Sugar
     
    48
    g
    53
    %
    Protein
     
    17
    g
    34
    %
    Vitamin A
     
    215
    IU
    4
    %
    Vitamin C
     
    43
    mg
    52
    %
    Calcium
     
    336
    mg
    34
    %
    Iron
     
    3
    mg
    17
    %
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
    Nutrition Disclosure

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