Princess Diana was known for her impeccable taste โ and that extended to her breakfast choices, too. Now, her former chef is sharing the morning meal that suited her palate and proves once again she was ahead of the curve: overnight oats.
In a June 27 YouTube video, former royal chef Darren McGrady, who cooked for the late Princess Diana at Kensington Palace, revealed that the royal preferred overnight oats, a dish she ate almost every day.
McGradyโs video, titled โPrincess Dianaโs Overnight Oats,โ shows him in a professional kitchen preparing the dish as he once did for the princess.
In the video, McGrady explains how the dish reflected the royalโs interest in health and wellness.
“She was working out at the gym three days a week, and just looking the best she ever did,” he explained, noting that she had overnight oats almost 20 years before it became a social media craze.
According to McGrady, Diana came to learn about the dish while visiting a Swiss health clinic.
โThere she had these overnight oats โ they were actually called Birchermรผesli โ and they were invented by a Swiss nutritionist,โ he explains.
“She thought they were really, really good, and all the ingredients were super healthy. She stole the recipe, came back and said, ‘Dan, I want these for breakfast every day.'”
Below is the exact overnight oats recipe McGrady says he prepared for Princess Diana.
Princess Dianaโs Overnight Oats Recipe
As prepared by royal chef Darren McGrady
Ingredients:
- Rolled oats
- Orange juice
- Greek yogurt
- Lemon juice
- Honeycrisp apple, grated with the skin on
- Blueberries, large-sized
- Walnuts
Instructions:
The night before:
- Add rolled oats to a bowl.
- Pour orange juice into the bowl until oats are covered.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
What to do in the morning:
- Remove the oats from the refrigerator.
- Add spoonfuls of Greek yogurt to the bowl and gently fold in.
- Drizzle raw honey over the mixture to taste.
- Add a splash of lemon juice.
- Grate the apple over the oats and stir.
- Add blueberries and walnuts, fold in.
- Garnish with blueberries, walnuts and serve.
