Fuel your mornings with these 4 healthy, high-protein overnight oats recipes! Vegan, gluten-free, and no added sugar. These plant-powered meals are perfect for busy mornings and post-workout fuel.

Healthy High-Protein Overnight Oats: 4 Easy Recipes for Busy Mornings

If you’re anything like me, mornings can feel like a sprint before the day’s even begun. That’s why I lean on overnight oats, especially high-protein versions that actually keep me full until lunch. No sad mid-morning snack attacks here.

Below are four of my go-to overnight oats recipes. Each one is vegan or easily adaptable, packed with protein, and totally delicious cold straight from the fridge. Whether you’re team berry, a matcha lover, or chocolate-peanut-butter obsessed, there’s something for everyone.

1. Blueberry Vanilla Overnight Oats

This one’s a classic. Sweet, creamy, and packed with antioxidant-rich blueberries and vanilla plant protein.

Ingredients:

Optional Toppings: More almond butter, fresh blueberries, chopped almonds

Instructions:
Blend all ingredients until mostly smooth. Divide into 2 jars, cover, and refrigerate overnight (or for at least 4 hours). Stir and top as desired before eating.

2. Strawberry Vanilla Overnight Oats

Bright, fruity, and a little nostalgic. This one tastes like a PB&J in oat form, with extra protein to keep you going.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 tbsp chia seeds
• 1 ½ cups unsweetened almond milk
• 2 scoops True Nutrition vanilla bean monkfruit-sweetened soy protein (code HEALTHYHELPER saves $$)
• ½ cup fresh or frozen strawberries
• 2 tbsp natural peanut butter
• 1 tsp Date Lady date syrup (code HEALTHYHELPER saves $$)
• Pinch of salt
• Optional Toppings: Extra peanut butter, sliced strawberries, or strawberry jam, crushed peanuts

Instructions:
Blend everything until mostly smooth. Divide into 2 jars, cover, and refrigerate overnight. Stir in the morning and load on your favorite toppings.

3. Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Oats

If you’re craving dessert for breakfast (same), this combo is rich, chocolatey, and hits the sweet–salty balance perfectly.

Ingredients:

Optional Toppings: Sliced banana, extra peanut butter, crushed peanuts, dark chocolate chips

Instructions:
Stir together oats, chia seeds, protein powder, and salt. Add almond milk, peanut butter, and date syrup, mixing well. Divide into 2 jars and refrigerate overnight. Stir and top in the morning.

4. Matcha Overnight Oats

For my fellow matcha lovers, this one’s earthy, lightly sweet, and energizing without the caffeine crash.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 tbsp chia seeds
• 1 ½ cups unsweetened almond milk
• 1 scoop Promix vanilla whey protein (code HEALTHYHELPER 10 saves $$)
• 2 tsp matcha powder
• 3 tbsp NuNaturals vanilla syrup (code HEALTHYHELPER saves $$)
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• Pinch of sea salt

Optional Toppings: Coconut flakes, pistachios

Instructions:
Blend almond milk, vanilla syrup, vanilla extract, protein powder, matcha, and salt until smooth. Add in oats and chia seeds and blend again. Divide into 4 jars or a big bowl. Cover and refrigerate overnight until thick and creamy. Stir before serving and add your toppings.

Overnight Oats That Actually Keep You Full

Each of these recipes is balanced with complex carbs, healthy fats, and plenty of protein, ideal for keeping energy steady whether you’re heading to the gym, your desk, or out the door. Plus, they’re all customizable and meal-prep friendly.

Let me know which one you try first, or if you want a pumpkin spice version next!

 

 

 

 

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Halloumi is all the rage these days, so I made it my personal mission before heading out on maternity leave to create the most epic salad using, you guessed it, HALLOUMI, as the hero ingredient. Let me introduce you to this crispy buffalo halloumi salad — it’s crunchy, a little spicy and seriously flavor-packed. Dare I say buffalo halloumi and blue cheese belong together?!

Halloumi is technically a cheese! It’s a semi-hard cheese that originated from Cyprus and typically contains goats milk, sheeps milk and now more often than not, cows milk. The best part about halloumi IMO is it’s high melting point. This means that it doesn’t melt when pan fried or grilled, but instead gets this amazing crispy texture on the exterior while maintaining its cheesiness on the inside.

Ingredients Worth Highlighting

Halloumi: the star of the show! This semi-hard cheese has a high melting point, which means it gets an amazing crispy exterior when you pan fry it. Looking for a halloumi alternative also in the vegetarian department? I recommend subbing 1:1 for my crispy pan fried tofu!

Homemade buffalo sauce: I love Franks sauce as much as the next person, but I upped the anty by simmering Franks, butter and honey in a saucepan to create the most perfect spicy, sweet buffalo sauce to toss the halloumi in.

Hearty veggies: I’m talkin’ carrot sticks, sliced celery and red onion! Not only is this a vibrant combination, the flavors pair so incredibly nicely with the buffalo and blue cheese. Prefer a bed of field greens — go for it! The salad won’t keep as long, but would still be delish if you’re serving immediately.

• Where to find halloumi: Most major grocers carry halloumi in 8.8 oz. packages, so you will need 2 for this recipe. If you find halloumi in different sized packaging at your grocery store, this recipe does not need to yield 17.6 oz. of halloumi EXACTLY — anything close to that amount will work just fine. 
• What kind of halloumi will work? You can use pre-marinated halloumi or plain halloumi for this salad. I’ve tested this recipe with both, and both are delicious.
• Prevent sticky halloumi: Halloumi can get pretty sticky depending on what type of pan you’re using. I suggest using a non-stick pan. If you don’t have a non-stick pan, just be sure to watch the halloumi closely and move it around periodically with tongs while it’s in the pan.

Store this halloumi salad in an airtight container for up to 5 days in the refrigerator.

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