Greek Yogurt Berry Parfait
Creamy, tangy, and ready in five minutes. Layered yogurt, berries and crunchy granola — high protein, no cooking.
Method
- Stir the honey and vanilla into the yogurt.
- Spoon a third of the yogurt into a glass.
- Add a layer of berries and a sprinkle of granola.
- Repeat the layers, finishing with berries and granola on top so it stays crunchy.
Cook's notes
- Add the granola just before eating so it stays crisp.
- Use frozen berries (thawed) in winter — the juices make a nice sauce.
- Layer in a jar the night before (granola packed separately) for grab-and-go.
Why this works
Layering rather than stirring keeps the granola crisp against the yoghurt for the twenty minutes it takes to eat. Greek yoghurt is strained, so it holds its shape in layers where regular yoghurt would slump and soak everything.
If it goes wrong
Soggy granola means it was layered too early — add it at the moment of serving, or keep it in a separate pot if you're taking this to work. Watery pooling at the bottom is whey from an unstrained yoghurt.
Make it your own
Any fruit works, though berries hold up best. A spoonful of jam swirled through cuts the tang. Toasted nuts or seeds in place of granola make it lower in sugar without losing crunch.
Storing and reheating
Yoghurt and fruit layers keep 3 days; add granola per serving, not to the batch. This is the one make-ahead breakfast where assembling everything in advance actively makes it worse.
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