Overnight Oats: A Quick and Easy Breakfast for Busy Moms
- Marina Lane, MS RD CLC
- Oct 4, 2018
- 2 min read
Updated: Mar 3, 2019

Mama,
I know your mornings are busy. I know the last time you sat down to eat a wholesome, home made breakfast was...well...you probably don't even remember when that was.
Mom Life is busy (and that's an understatement). You make sure your kids are fed, clean, dressed, entertained and taken care of. And you? Well, you get whatever is left over. Your breakfast consists of whatever is quick to grab and doesn't make a mess in the kitchen (because god knows there are enough messes to clean up already!).
Mama, this is me most mornings!
But not the mornings I remembered to fix Overnight Oats the night before!

These babies are time savers, mess savers, nutrition savers - lactation savers, if you will! They start you out on the right foot (a healthy, home made and nutritious breakfast - without having to lift a finger in the morning? That's a win!) They give you energy and keep you full and satisfied for at least a few hours.
Best of all, they have oatmeal and a few other lactation goodies in them to help sustain your breast milk production and share these healthy nutrients with your baby!

As long as your mason jars are ready to go and you have all of the necessary ingredients in the house: These will take just a few minutes to throw together, then forget about them 'til the next morning.
When you get up the next day, they're ready to go. The oats will have softened and the flavors will have come together, making these Overnight Oats a delight! (& healthy at the same time!)
I make the Apple Pie Overnight Oats most often (because for some reason, there's always a half eaten apple lying around somewhere that needs to be used up), but I've also come to love the Blueberry Vanilla Overnight Oats combination and Banana Nut anything is always a win. And because it's fall right now, a Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats recipe is a must!
Give them all a try and tell me which one's your favorite!





I finally got around to making overnight oats last week and now I'm annoyed at myself for not trying them sooner—my kitchen's actually clean before 8am for once. If anyone else needs a mindless distraction while waiting for oats to soak, I've been messing around with Scritchy Scratchy lately, which is basically a scratch-card game you can play in your browser when you're too tired to think.
Thank you so much for this! As a busy mom, I feel seen—and honestly, a little relieved. 😅 I can’t wait to try these, especially the Apple Pie version (because yes, there’s always a half-eaten apple somewhere!). So grateful for breakfast ideas that actually work with our chaos, not against it. Can’t wait to find my favorite!
They really save my mornings as a busy mom. I like adding nuts or chia seeds for an extra crunch—just like hitting the slopes with Snow Rider, it’s all about finding that perfect balance!
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