Cottage Cheese Overnight Oats
Cottage Cheese Overnight Oats are a protein-packed, delicious, and versatile healthy breakfast option! These overnight oats are prepped in advance to make your mornings a breeze!
I absolutely love overnight oats and make them almost weekly for myself and the kids. While I often add Greek yogurt to my overnight oats for some added protein, I decided to try cottage cheese. I've been putting it in everything else, so why not?1
These Cottage Cheese Overnight Oats are so incredibly good! The cottage cheese is blended up so it's creamy and gives the overnight oats a cheesecake-like flavor. These oats don't taste like cottage cheese at all! Not only are they delicious, but they are super versatile with toppings and are perfect for an on-the-go breakfast.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Protein Packed - these overnights are packed with 16 grams of protein per serving.
- Versatile - you can completely make this recipe your own! You can use whatever type of milk you prefer and add so many different toppings.
- Make in Advance - overnight oats have to be prepped in advance, so they are perfect for meal prepping!
Ingredients
Old Fashioned Oats - also known as rolled oats. These oats are heartier than instant oats and are my go-to for overnight oats.
Milk - I have made these using 1% milk, and unsweetened vanilla almond milk, both with great results. You can use whatever variety of milk that you prefer, like soy milk, oat milk, cashew milk, and coconut milk.
Cottage Cheese - cottage cheese is high protein and also adds creaminess to these overnight oats. You can use whatever fat-content of cottage cheese you prefer.
Maple Syrup - this adds sweetness to the oats.
Ground Cinnamon - technically this is optional, but I love the flavor it adds.
Variations
Different Sweetener - instead of maple syrup, you could use honey, agave, brown sugar, or stevia.
Add-Ins - while I kept this recipe pretty basic, you could definitely amp up the nutrition by adding 1-2 tablespoons of ground flaxseed, hemp seed hearts, or chia seeds. If you add chia seeds, I'd add ¼ cup extra milk to account for them soaking up a lot of liquid. You could also add a scoop of protein powder for an extra boost of protein.
Toppings - you can top these overnight oats with so many different things! Some of my favorite ideas are sliced bananas, blueberries, strawberries, peanut butter, almond butter, granola, chocolate chips, almonds, cashews, sliced apples, and sliced pears.
Blended Oats - if you want to make these into blended oats like my Peanut Butter Chocolate Blended Oats, simple add all of the ingredients to the blender and puree before letting them sit overnight in the fridge.
Add Vanilla - you can add 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract for a warm vanilla flavor to the oats.
Yogurt Substitute - instead of cottage cheese you could certainly use Greek yogurt instead.
Step by Step Instructions
Photo 1. Add the cottage cheese, ½ cup of the milk, maple syrup, cinnamon, and salt to a food processor and blend until pureed.
Photo 2. In a medium bowl, combine the oats, cottage cheese mixture, and remaining milk. Stir to combine. Cover and refrigerate overnight. That's it! In the morning, add desired toppings and enjoy!
Expert Tips
Storage - store these overnight oats in an airtight container in the refrigerator. I like to portion them into individual servings in glass containers like a mason jar. These overnight oats containers are adorable, too!
Prep Ahead - these overnight oats are perfect form meal prep, and need to sit overnight, so they are ideal for planning your week ahead.
Double Batch - this recipe is easily doubled or tripled.
Recipe FAQs
Technically, you could. They will be a little mushier than the old fashioned oats, though.
Steel cut oats are not great for overnight oats. They don't soak up the liquid like old fashioned oats do, so I don't recommend using them for this recipe.
Other Overnight Oats Recipes to Consider
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Cottage Cheese Overnight Oats
Ingredients
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- 1 cup milk any kind is fine
- ½ cup cottage cheese
- 2 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- dash of salt
Instructions
- To a small food processor, add ½ cup milk, cottage cheese, maple syrup, cinnamon, and salt. Blend until pureed.
- Add the oats, cottage cheese mixture, and remaining milk to a large bowl. Mix to combine.
- Cover or transfer to a Tupperware container and refrigerate for 4-8 hours. I do this the night before.
- The morning of, add desired toppings. I like sliced bananas, berries, and a dollop of peanut butter.
