An Easy Treat: Yogurt Parfaits

My current food obsession is a nice, generously portioned yogurt parfait. The other day I had one for breakfast which I assembled at work with ingredients from home and for lunch I bought one from a cafe at work. My parfait at breakfast was a very simple, 3-ingredient parfait, but the one I had for lunch actually had finely sliced melon and pineapple in the mix. Quite unexpected but actually very refreshing.

The beauty of a yogurt parfait is that is can be made super fast by dumping everything into a bowl and eating on a regular day, or it can become a beautiful addition to a foodscape at a bridal or baby shower by artfully layering the ingredients in a drinking glass (double or highball), glass bowl, or traditional parfait glass.

Here are the yogurt parfaits I made for my sisters bridal shower last summer.

Ready to make your own yogurt parfaits? Just pick up some of your favorite yogurt, granola, and fruit(s). Gather some glasses or bowls and you're off!

My sister got me into the habit of washing my fruit, and if I were a responsible adult, all of my vegetables. Just add a spritz of this wash on the berries in a bowl, let them sit for about 20 seconds and then rinse and dry. Clean and fresh and ready to mingle with the other ingredients.

For the first layer, I added a generous layer of granola (I LOVE this granola--Stop and Shop brand).

The granola layer was followed up with a layer of yogurt and then blueberries (go ahead and mix your berries and/or melon if you're using a variety).

Next up is another layer of yogurt. For the top, I added a thin layer of granola followed by more blueberries.

As you can tell from the image above, the yogurt clearly ran down through the fruit layer, so to avoid this, I would be sure to add more fruit, especially around the perimeter of the glass.

And now for another view of the beautiful final product I made for my sisters bridal shower last year...

If you will be serving this at a party and want to make this super quick and easy treat in advance, I would suggest skipping the bottom layer of granola so it does not get mushy (I followed this rule for my sisters shower). Add the granola topping and berries/melon shortly before the party starts to ensure that the granola is nice and crunchy. Guests will love it.

Should this become part of your morning breakfast routine or an afternoon snack, you can do what I do and throw everything into a bowl, mix it all together and enjoy! No need to be fancy.

What's better? This is very filling!

Enjoy!

-Kristin