Yogurt Parfaits are a great make-ahead breakfast or snack on the go. This recipe includes homemade granola and can be made the night before.
Put any flavor yogurt in the bottom of the glass, layer with granola, top with fruit you love-even frozen fruit works and drizzle with honey. You can pop lids on these breakfast parfaits, and tuck them into the fridge. In just minutes you have something healthy to eat anytime...
You Will Need
Granola, preferably homemade...
Yogurt of your choice
Fruit of your choice
A drizzle of honey
Let's Make Granola (Or Buy It!)
Step 1: Roughly chop the nuts you chose. Sliced almonds work really well, pistachios are the right size too, just rough chop larger nuts like walnuts and pecans.
Step 2: In a large mixing bowl, add the coconut oil, vanilla extract, and honey, mix but it won't totally incorporate.
Step 3: Next add all dry ingredients: chia seeds, cinnamon, brown sugar, pistachios, almonds, pecans, coconut, wheat germ, bran flake cereal, and rolled oats.
Step 4: Mix all ingredients, place in a single layer on a large baking sheet pan.
Step 5: Bake 225 degrees for 1 hour. Stir every 15 to 20 minutes while baking.
Step 6: Remove from oven, stir every 20 minutes until cool. This prevents the granola from forming clumps.
TIP: Granola keeps well refrigerated in a ziplock bag or sealed in containers for several weeks!
Assemble Parfaits
In a small glass or mason jar, layer yogurt, homemade granola, fruit, and drizzle with honey.
Mason jars are a GREAT container for a portable breakfast. Plus, yogurt in a jar is just fun to eat. I LOVE these new plastic lids for Mason jars, no more rusty lids!
Assemble the night before and grab on your way out the door. Now you're off to a healthy start to your day. Who wouldn't want a breakfast that looks like this?
"Parfait" is from the French word that means "perfect." It is typically a cold dessert consisting of layers of ice cream, fruit, syrup, and or whip cream served in a glass that shows the layers.
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Yogurt Parfaits
Ingredients
Wet Ingredients
- ¾ cup melted coconut oil
- 3 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup honey
Dry Ingredients
- ¼ cup chia seeds
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 cup unsweetened flaked coconut
- 1 cup wheat germ
- 1 ½ cup pistachios, almonds, pecans
- 2 cups bran flake cereal
- 6 cups rolled oats (not quick oats)
Parfait Toppings:
- yogurt of your choice
- fruit of your choice
- a drizzle of honey
Instructions
Homemade Granola
- Roughly chop the nuts you chose. Sliced almonds work really well, pistachios are the right size too, just rough chop larger nuts like walnuts and pecans.
- In a large mixing bowl, add the coconut oil, vanilla extract, and honey, mix but it won't totally incorporate.
- Next add all dry ingredients: chia seeds, cinnamon, brown sugar, pistachios, almonds, pecans, coconut, wheat germ, bran flake cereal, and rolled oats.
- Mix all ingredients, place in single layer on a large unlined 10 x 15 sheet baking pan.
- Bake 225 degrees for 1 hour, and stir every 20 minutes while baking.
- Remove from oven, stir every 20 minutes until cool. This prevents the granola from forming clumps.
Parfaits
- In a small glass or mason jar, layer yogurt, homemade granola, fruit, and drizzle with honey.
- Put the lid on the mason jar and keep refrigerated.
What a delicious and healthy breakfast idea. And so easy to make even when I'm running late in the morning. Thanks for posting this!
These fruit parfaits were SO simple to make and so darn good. They were an absolutely hit for Mother's day brunch!