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Start your day right with this delicious 5-Minute Strawberry Yogurt Parfait! Prepared in just a few minutes, it’s perfect as a light, nutritious breakfast with only around 270 calories and 15 grams of protein! Or have it as a quick snack, or even a healthy dessert option! With juicy, fresh strawberries and creamy greek yogurt layered together with the crunchy granola, this recipe captures what I love most about Spring and Summer – bright, fresh, and fun!

Why You’ll Love This Strawberry Yogurt Parfait

Quick and Easy to Make!

Fresh and Nutritious Ingredients

Easy to Make In Bulk

Very Customizable

Ingredient List

Greek Yogurt: Full fat greek yogurt is my first choice when making a parfait. It’s the creamiest yogurt option in my opinion. With that said, you can always chose to sub in a low fat option, use a flavoured yogurt, or lactose free.

Granola: A good granola is typically made up of rolled oats, nuts, seeds, sweeteners, and sometimes dried fruits. Your options are endless when choosing what type of granola to add to your Strawberry Yogurt Parfait. I tend to gravitate towards the lighter variations without all the extras.

Fresh Strawberries: Fresh, locally sourced strawberries are my go-to.

Sweeteners: Maple syrup and honey make great natural sweeteners. If you’re looking for even more strawberry flavour, an easy strawberry compote could be a big flavour boost to this yogurt parfait. I’ve got an East 4-Ingredient Strawberry Compote recipe that you should try as a topper!

How to Make A 5-Minute Strawberry Yogurt Parfait

Prepare your fresh strawberries: Before cutting into your strawberries, it’s important to thoroughly wash and clean your fruit. This helps remove dirt, bacteria, pesticides, and unwanted debris. I do this by rinsing my fruit in my colander strainer, then placing them on a dishtowel to let me dry off.

Cut your strawberries: On a cutting board, hull and trim your fresh strawberries and cut them into quarters. If you don’t like big chunks of fruit with your yogurt parfait, you can slice them into small cubes which will make it easier to scoop out with your spoon!

Prepare your glass: An optional step – if you are adding any sweeteners to your yogurt parfait, before adding any yogurt or fruit, drizzles some honey or maple syrup along the inside of your cup or mason jar. This will make sure the sweetener gets evenly coated onto every spoonful.

Build your yogurt parfait: Start building your parfait by layering about an inch of yogurt, then strawberries, and finally your granola. Keep building your yogurt parfait in layers until you get to the top of your cup, then add a fresh strawberry for garnish!

Tips and Yummy Variations

Swap out the strawberries for your favourite fresh fruit like blueberries, raspberries, kiwi fruit, banana. The options are endless!

To make this dairy free you could swap out the yogurt for soy yogurt, cashew yogurt, almond yogurt. Let me know if the comments what you’ve substituted in for yogurt.

Use homemade granola with your favourite ingredients.

You can prepare the individual ingredients the day before but I would suggest building the yogurt parfaits the day you plan on serving them, unless you don’t mind your granola a little less crunchy.

Add a swirl of strawberry compote to add a big burst of strawberry flavour. Make sure to try my Easy 4-Ingredient Strawberry Compote recipe!

Use frozen strawberries if you can’t find a fresh option near you. Fully thaw and strain extra liquid before using.

Give this recipe a try and let me know how it turned out in the comments!