There is something very special about waking up in the morning to a pot full of yoghurt that you’ve made yourself overnight. It tastes better than any store bought yoghurt and makes you want yoghurt for breakfast every morning.
I don’t want you to continue reading this post believing I keep chickens, tend a large kitchen garden or make homemade versions of everything – because while I might like to do those things one day (in my future country residence), presently I’m time poor and only choose the homemade items that require little to no effort.
Yoghurt is one of those items. I make it once a week for a week’s worth of breakfasts. I’m not going to give you the ‘recipe’ because its too easy for that, but the version I make is with long life milk, powdered milk and yoghurt culture all popped into a yoghurt machine and left overnight. If you are keen to try making your own yoghurt – you can buy a yoghurt machine and culture from the Cheesemaking Workshop here where I get mine.
With an abundance of yoghurt comes the desire to get creative with morning breakfasts. This layered strawberry and banana yoghurt parfait is the perfect healthy weekend brunch (or dessert). The finely diced bananas and strawberries make it extra special but really it takes very little time to make.
Strawberry and Banana Yoghurt Parfait
Ingredients
- 1 cup toasted muesli
- 2 cups natural or greek yoghurt
- 10 strawberries, diced
- 1 banana, diced
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
Directions
To make the parfait layer the ingredients into each glass in the following order:
- 1/3 cup of toasted muesli
- 1/3 cup yoghurt
- 1/2 of the diced strawberries (reserving some for the top of each glass)
- 1/3 cup yoghurt
- 1/2 of the diced banana (reserving some for the top of each glass)
- Drizzle 1/2 maple syrup over banana
- 1/3 cup yoghurt
- Half the remaining toasted muesli for the top
- Remaining banana and strawberries to garnish
Serve immediately.
Hi Amanda! I am Ani from Bulgaria.Your blog looks amazing. Fantastic pictures, vivid colours and delicious food! Congratulations! I really like this recipe! Thank you 🙂
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Thanks so much for your lovely note Ani! Make me smile 🙂
This is such a healthy way to start the day! We go through so much yogurt in Casa de Hungry. Miss7 would inhale several of these in one go.
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At least it’s a healthy food to be going through in buckets… although… the Casa de Hungry does seem to have a lot of sweets in it! haha
The perfect breakfast. I am really going to have to start falling under your influence and making yoghurt at home. Your occasional breakfast instragram pics kill me when I see them and I compare them to my non existent breakfast.
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The secret to my breakfast instagram pics is that it is all just the same breakfast over and over with the ingredients arranged in a slightly different way! hahahaha But seriously, yoghurt for brekkie is the best!
Now that’s a classy breakfast! I make yoghurt at home but not often enough. This is really good looking.
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Glad to hear you make it at home every now and again. So rewarding!
So so gorgeous! Such a great addition with the muesli for texture and flavor.
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Thanks Steph. I definitely need to make sure I add my crunch with the muesli – I’m a sucker for crunch!
You bet if I wake up to find this waiting for me I will end up liking yogurt for breakfast every day… Tx for sharing
Haha I bet you would too Manal!!
If I hadn’t been to your house, then yes I would have thought you kept chickens in your backyard! I am green with envy that you make your own yoghurt. I agree. Homemade is incredible. INCREDIBLE! 🙂
Homemade is always so much better, that’s why I get frustrated when the really simple kitchen tasks are now pre prepared at the supermarket!!
I love your food styling! This yogurt looks so good and beautiful! I did not know there was such a think as a yogurt machine! That is so cool 🙂
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Thanks Sara! There most certainly is. Effectively it just keeps the milk and culture at the perfect temperature to become yoghurt – very simple machine actually.
Back from vacation, and need to eat a bit lighter. 🙂 And this is the perfect way to start the day! Really nice dish — thanks so much.
Tell me about it… still on a vacation and know I’m coming back to a diet in a week!!!
I wish I knew how to fix homemade yogurt! That’s on my to-do list, although I had no idea you could buy a yogurt maker. I thought everyone used a crock-pot. 😉 However, your gorgeous pictures are inspiring me to bake a batch of vanilla almond granola so I can eat some breakfast parfaits with store-bought yogurt this weekend!
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You most definitely can buy it and it makes it SO much easier… just plug it in and go!
I love this! I would love to wake up to homemade yoghurt too, especially in something as delicious as this! Actually I could eat this for all three meals if I could 🙂 I love parfait!
I could too! Sometimes I feel like dessert after dinner and so I have a little more yoghurt and honey to cap off the night. I think I eat TOO much yoghurt.
Oh wow, this yoghurt parfait looks incredible!! Your photos are so crisp, I’m impressed 😀
I wish there were still straberries around
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That is a gorgeous parfait! Yogurt is something I want to try making at home as it is SO expensive to get a quality one at the stores here in Alaska. I just haven’t gathered what is needed to do it.
JESUS! so much yum.