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Overnight Turmeric Chia Oats

Name: Overnight Turmeric Chia Oats
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 1/3 C (32g) Thick Rolled Oats; 2 Tbs Chia Seeds; 1/4 tsp Turmeric (ground); 1/8 tsp Cinnamon (ground); 1/8 tsp Cardamom (ground); 3/4 C (186) Milk* I use Homemade Cashew Milk (see note); Maple Syrup, to taste - I start with 1/2 tsp; Seasonal or frozen fruit; Nuts such as hazelnuts, pecan or walnuts; Hemp Hearts; More Chia Seeds; Cacao Nibs

By Traci 50 Comments

Turbo-charge your day with an on-the-ready breakfast packed with stick to your ribs oats, nourishing chia seeds and warming spices. Devour Overnight Turmeric Chia Oats warm or chilled. vegan + gluten free Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Frontier Co-op.

Make Ahead Breakfasts

I’m over the moon with make-ahead overnight breakfasts because when I wake up, I’m ready to eat. No way am I going to wait an hour or more to get breakfast into my belly. Otherwise, I get grumpy.

Not the way I want to start the day.

I’ll never understand how people can go without breakfast (!!).

New Year, New Goals

As the new year begins to unfold, I’m keeping my goals and priorities front and center. One of my goals is to be a healthier me by implementing daily activities, no matter how small, to focus on my spiritual and physical health. This can include simple things like taking a walk, practicing gratitude, taking a few minutes to breathe deep and be still, or get my butt kicked by doing a 21 Day Fix workout! OMG.

But it also includes incorporating organic and good-for-me foods on a daily basis. Now, I’m not one to pass up a cookie or piece of chocolate cake, but if I can eat well most days, it makes the more indulgent treats a little easier on my conscience and thighs.

I’ve never done a detox, and I’m not sure I ever will. I’m afraid I’d be in a perpetual bad mood.

Incorporating Turmeric Into My Diet

I already take steps to include a variety of foods in my diet, but this year I’m focusing on incorporating a wider variety of spices, fresh and ground, into my routine for their varied benefits. I’ve come to realize having a well-stocked spice cabinet brings a world of new and interesting flavors to my cooking as well as provide wellness benefits.

I regularly include turmeric when I make smashed chickpea salad, curry or dal, but I’d never thought about adding it to overnight chia oats. Until last fall.

I started adding turmeric to warmed cashew milk, always including a good dose of it with a few other warming spices, sort of a turmeric latte (sans coffee). I love its pungent earthy notes and bright color.

Then I had an idea. I’d been making overnight chia pudding and chia oats with all kinds of different flavors and spices from chocolate to matcha to gingerbread. But I’d never tried the spices of my morning turmeric latte I’d grown to love. So I tried it in overnight oats and loved it!

High Quality Ingredietns

Y’all know I love partnering with brands whose ingredients I use. Sharing about them in this space makes what I do even more meaningful. I use Frontier’s ground turmeric for my overnight oats, chia pudding, lattes and in savory recipes as well. It’s organic, nonGMO and has flavor notes of orange and pepper yet is slightly bitter. Incorporating it with other complementary spices and ingredients mutes its bitter notes but allows its earthy notes to shine.

Frontier’s turmeric is sourced from Sri Lanka and grown by small farmers in a 2,043-member cooperative. Frontier Co-op provided them with a $25,000 grant to build an organic training center where co-op farmers are educated on organic, sustainable growing techniques. Supporting brands that pay it forward and show responsibility towards people and our planet is one way I cook with purpose every day.

Find Frontier Co-op on their website, on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. #Cookwithpurpose

I’d love to hear how/if you incorporate turmeric into your diet. Please share below and drop a link to your favorite turmeric recipe!

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