Skip to content
All Recipes
🌾

Classic Overnight Oats with Chia

"The most effortful thing about this recipe is remembering to make it the night before."

🕐 Prep: 5 min 🔥 Cook: 0 min (overnight) 👥 1 servings 📊 Easy
🫀 Heart-Healthy🩸 Diabetes-Friendly🦠 Gut Health

👤 Get personalized warnings for your medications

Create a free health profile and we'll highlight which interaction notes apply specifically to your medication list.

Build My Profile →
Based on our database of 175+ food-drug interactions. These are general awareness notes — not medical advice. Always confirm with your pharmacist.
No major food-drug interactions found

This recipe doesn't contain common high-risk interaction foods. As always, check with your pharmacist if you have specific concerns about your medications.

🛒 Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup rolled oats
  • 1 tbsp chia seeds
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
  • 1/4 cup plain yogurt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup or honey
  • Toppings: sliced almonds, fresh fruit, a smear of nut butter

👨‍🍳 Instructions

  1. Combine oats, chia seeds, almond milk, yogurt, vanilla, cinnamon, and sweetener in a jar.
  2. Stir well to combine.
  3. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
  4. In the morning, stir again. Add more milk if too thick.
  5. Add toppings right before eating.

🥗 Nutrition Highlights

✓ Beta-glucan fiber for cholesterol✓ Omega-3 ALA from chia✓ Probiotics from yogurt✓ Slow-digesting carbohydrates

🩺 Why This Recipe Works for Your Conditions

🫀 Heart-Healthy

Beta-glucan in oats and omega-3 ALA in chia together make this one of the most consistently heart-recommended breakfast options.

🩸 Diabetes-Friendly

Chia seeds significantly slow gastric emptying — when mixed into oats, they further reduce the glycemic impact of breakfast.

🦠 Gut Health

Prebiotic fiber from oats + probiotic cultures from yogurt = microbiome-supportive breakfast.

💊 Want to check all your medications at once?

Our Med Check tool covers 500+ medications with food, supplement, and drug-drug interactions.

Open Med Check →
⚕️ Medical Disclaimer: Information on this page is for general awareness only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult your pharmacist or healthcare provider before making changes to your diet, especially if you take prescription medications. Affiliate links may appear on supplement recommendations — these do not affect our recommendations or cost you anything extra.