These Fruit and Yogurt Parfaits are one of our all time favorite make ahead breakfasts! They're a super easy to make healthy recipe you can vary with endless fruit and granola combinations. These also keep really well for days in the refrigerator and make the perfect 'grab and go' breakfast.
32ouncesplain yogurtof choice, I love Greek yogurt especially but dairy free coconut yogurt comes in 2nd.
2cupsgranolasee notes
Instructions
Make the berry sauce by whisking the maple syrup and cornstarch or tapioca starch together until smooth. Add the frozen berries and cook over medium high heat, stirring constantly until melted.
When the berries have melted, turn the heat to hight and bring the sauce to a boil to thicken. Remove the berry sauce from the heat and whisk in the vanilla and almond extracts. Set the sauce aside to cool, then refrigerate until no longer warm.
Once the sauce is completely cooled, you're ready to make the fruit and yogurt cups.
Choose your 8 containers, I like to use the 2 cup Mmson jars for the parfaits and the 1/4 cup mason jars for the granola.
Add 1/2 cup of the yogurt to each container, followed by 1/2 cup cooled berry sauce. Then portion the granola out, seal with lids, and store the granola in the pantry.
Place a lid on each finished yogurt parfait container and refrigerate until you're ready to eat them. They will last in the refrigerator for 1 week. If you use fresh berries, they will last 1/3 days in the fridge.
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Notes
This recipe will make anywhere from 8 servings if you portion it into 1/2 cup yogurt to 1/2 cup fruit sauce, and 1/4 cup granola or it will make up to 16 servings with 1/4 cup yogurt to 1/4 cup fruit sauce, and 2 tbsp granola.To make these with fresh berries or fresh fruit, omit the berry sauce and sub in 1/2 cup cup fruit for each parfait you want to make. You'll need 4 cups of fresh berries to go with 1 - 32 ounce container of yogurt. You'll also want 1-2 tbsp of maple syrup or honey per yogurt parfait if you use plain yogurt.The nutrition facts were calculated using Greek yogurt and are the best estimate possible for this recipe.I use either my Homemade Granola or my Maple Cinnamon Paleo Granola.