Nathan Anthony’s slow cooker carrot cake overnight oats

Usually served cold out of the fridge, this warm version of overnight oats made in the slow cooker is next level,” says Nathan Anthony. “[It’s] a sneaky way to get veggies in at breakfast, while at the same time tasting of carrot cake.”

Carrot cake overnight oats

Ingredients:

(Serves 4)

500ml skimmed milk

150g porridge oats

1tsp vanilla extract

1tbsp ground cinnamon

1tsp ground nutmeg

Handful of dried fruit (around 50g), chopped

200g Greek yogurt

2 large carrots, grated

To serve:

25g chopped walnuts

Zest of 1 orange

Method:

1. Mix all the ingredients, except the walnuts, orange and honey, in your slow cooker. Cook on low for eight hours. If you’re an early riser, throw it all in and cook on high for three hours.

2. Serve with the chopped walnuts, orange zest and a drizzle of honey.

Bored Of Lunch: Healthy Slow Cooker Even Easier by Nathan Anthony is published by Ebury Press, priced £20. Photography by Dan Jones. Available now