Flavored milks are heavy in fat and sugar, but this plant-based recipe is lightened up by using a base of oats and sweetened with stevia.
We all know that oats are great to add to your diet, but did you ever think of making oat milk? Like other nondairy milks that are made of almonds, rice and soy – oat milk is just as refreshing.
If you’ve always bought your plant-based milks, you’ll be surprised at how easy it is to make your own. Oat milk is one of the easiest since you only soak the rolled oats for 15 minutes. All you need is a blender, a fine mesh strainer and your flavorings to get started.
The strainer is important because you want to get all the sediment out of the milk so it’s not grainy. You want it silky smooth if you’re drinking it plain, adding to your morning coffee or pouring it over a bowl of cereal. After blending the soaked rolled oats and water together you’ll strain the mixture.
I use a mixing bowl with a spout so I can easily strain it from the blender into the bowl (I like to strain a second time when I pour it back into the blender).
You can stop right here and have plain oat milk or add in some vanilla and the sweetener of your choice. Or take the next step and add chopped fresh strawberries, vanilla, stevia and a bit of agave.
You are welcome to use your favorite sweetener in place of what I use. Just taste as you go to make sure you don’t make it too sweet.
When you blend in the strawberries you add in another layer of sediment – the seeds. So you’ll strain it again and surprisingly enough you may see some more oat sediment too. Make sure to rinse your mesh strainer, as well as the blender, in between so you have the smoothest oat milk that you can.
At this point you can stop and have stevia sweetened strawberry oat milk. It reminded me of strawberry quick because that’s what I grew up with – but this tastes so much better! The oats give this milk some body, so it’s very creamy.

Easy DIY Strawberry Oat Milk with Flavor Variations
Flavored milk is heavy in fat and sugar. My easy DIY strawberry oat milk with flavor variations is a plant-based recipe lightened up by using a base of oats and sweetened with stevia.
Ingredients
- 4 cups water
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1 1/2 cups chopped strawberries
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon stevia
- 1 tablespoon agave nectar
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder, optional
Instructions
- Add the water and oats to your blender and let them soak for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Blend until smooth, for about 1 to 2 minutes, then pour oat mixture through a mesh strainer into a bowl with a spout or a pitcher.
- You will need to scrape the bottom of the strainer with a spoon if it gets backed up.
- Discard the sediment in the strainer, rinse the blender then strain the mixture back into the blender.
- Add strawberries, vanilla, stevia and agave nectar then blend again until smooth. (Or you could use the sweetener of your choice, to taste.)
- Strain the mixture into the rinsed bowl, discard the sediment which is mostly strawberry seeds, rinse the blender and strain back into the blender. Stop here if you want plain strawberry oat milk.
- Add the cocoa powder if you want to make your milk into chocolate covered strawberry oat milk and blend. No more straining needed!
Nutrition Information
Yield 5 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 69Total Fat 1gSaturated Fat 0gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 0gCholesterol 0mgSodium 9mgCarbohydrates 14gFiber 2gSugar 5gProtein 2g
Nutrition information is provided from nutritionix.com as a close estimate. If you have specific health issues please put the recipe information, including the exact ingredients you use, into the nutritional calculator your Dr. recommends.
Feeling like really stepping out of the milk carton? Add in some cocoa to make this taste just like a chocolate covered strawberry. Or you could go your own way and skip the strawberries all together and make it a chocolate treat. The variations are only as limited as your imagination. Think of all the seasonal fruits you could use!
Find even more cool oatmeal recipes in OATrageous Oatmeals!
James Emmer says
Funny story Kathy… I looking at your website and found this great recipe for Strawberry Oat Milk and made a batch. I then was looking on your site for more great recipes and found your book “OATrageous Oatmeals” and thought, what a great book.. I make a lot of different meals with oats.. I pulled my book out of my bookcase to compare to yours and got a laugh.. It is your book!! No wonder it looked familiar on the website 🙂 Thanks for all of your hard work bringing great healthy and delicious recipes to the world!
Kathy Hester says
That is awesome!