November 19, 2025 14 Comments Go to recipe
This recipe for overnight steel cut oats is so ridiculously easy. I honestly don’t know why anyone buys frozen food at Trader Joe’s.
Yes, you can buy pre-cooked and frozen oatmeal at TJ’s, but with just a little bit of planning, you can make your own.
I like to think of steel cut oats as my sprouted grain bread. They are nutritious and a great way to add other elements to make them flavorful.
Steel cut oats are coarser than whole oats (and much coarser than instant oats).
Oatmeal (which I used in my recipe) slow cooker with old-fashioned oatmeal) are steamed, rolled, steamed again and toasted, to finish in the form of fine flakes.
Steel cut oats are made from oat kernels that have been cut into thick pieces.
They are also a zero point food on the WW purple plan because they are whole grain and nutritious.
The texture is different than whole oats – chewier and with a nuttier taste – and it’s pretty good. The problem is if you make them in the morning and want to eat them, it can take 30-45 minutes to cook.
Large chunks of oats take longer to digest and have a lower glycemic index than rolled oats. I feel like they keep me full longer.
How do you cook them? The day before you eat them, you boil them for ONE MINUTE on the stove.
Then you wait for the pan to cool, put it in the fridge, and the next morning you cook oatmeal for the microwave or stovetop.
Add bananas, blueberries, walnuts, peanut butter, brown sugar….. and you have a hot breakfast of champions.
This will keep for about a week in the refrigerator or you can freeze it in individual portions. Don’t be afraid of steel cut oats!
Have you made overnight steel cut oats? How did you do it?
Overnight Steel Cut Oats Recipe
Makes 4 cups
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
1 cup steel cut oats
3 cups of water
pinch of salt
1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
brown sugar, maple syrup, honey to taste
Instructions
The day before you want to eat oatmeal put the oatmeal, water and salt in a large saucepan (allow room for the oatmeal to expand). Boil for one minute. Allow the mold to cool and store in the refrigerator.
The morningput the pan back on the heat. Once hot, add the frozen blueberries (to defrost them). If using fresh blueberries, garnish the oatmeal with them and serve with brown sugar, honey and maple syrup to taste.
Nutrition Facts
A cup of sugar-free blueberry cooked oatmeal = 161 calories, 2.5g fat, 0.5g saturated fats, 27.0g carbohydrates, 0g sugar, 5.0g protein, 4.0g fiber, 4 mg sodium, 5 green, 5 blue, 0 purple WW SmartPts
Point values ​​are calculated by Snack Girl and are provided for informational purposes only. See all Snack Girl recipes
