Make Ahead Fruit & Yogurt Breakfast Parfaits are a quick and healthy breakfast idea! Assemble on the weekend then grab and go all week long.
After a month-long string of cereal + sliced banana + almond milk in the morning, I figured it was time to put a little more effort into the most important meal of the day.
When I’m craving something fresh and filling — yet FAST — for the morning, Make-Ahead Fruit & Yogurt Breakfast Parfaits are where it’s at!
Protein packed Greek yogurt is mixed with heart healthy old fashioned oats, chia seeds, and a splash of milk, then layered with frozen fruit and berries in a jar for a make-ahead, grab-and-go breakfast. Make one, two, or 10 at a time – they keep for several days in the refrigerator!
Make-Ahead Fruit & Yogurt Breakfast Parfaits are basically layered overnight oats, which I used to make all the time many years ago. The combination of yogurt and oats mixed together then left to sit overnight in the refrigerator is so dreamy.
The oats become nice and chewy, and the frozen berries melt to create a sweet berry sauce that permeates every bite.
Layer up a bunch of parfaits on Sunday night then sleep well knowing you’ll have breakfast taken care of during the week. It’ll save you at least, what, 10 minutes every morning which you can use to sleep in a bit, hunt for your bless-ed missing shoe, or, gasp, get to work early!
How to Make Breakfast Parfaits
Start each parfait with 6oz Greek yogurt. You can purchase the big tubs of yogurt to make several breakfast parfaits at once, which is usually more economical.
Spoon the yogurt into a bowl then add 1/3 cup certified gluten-free old fashioned oats. Heart-healthy and full of fiber, old fashioned oats provide a nice, chewy texture to these breakfast parfaits.
Next add 1 teaspoon chia seeds and 2 Tablespoons milk then stir everything until well combined.
Spoon half the yogurt mixture into the bottom of a wide-mouth mason jar or tall container.
Next add 1/2 cup frozen fruit + berries. Frozen fruit works great in these parfaits because they melt in the fridge and create a yummy berry sauce that gets mixed in throughout the entire parfait. Super good and luxurious feeling with zero effort required!
I use a few Tablespoons each frozen pineapple and frozen blueberries.
Plus frozen raspberries. This combo is absolutely delicious, but again, use what you like.
Top with the remaining yogurt mixture and another 1/2 cup berries then stick in the fridge.
These parfaits stay good for up to 3 days post-assembly, so grab and go throughout the week for a convenient, healthy, and filling breakfast. Enjoy!
More Make-Ahead Breakfast Recipes
- Mini Egg Bites
- Raspberry Peach Crisp Breakfast Parfaits
- Maple Cinnamon Oatmeal Breakfast Bars
- Make-Ahead Breakfast Bowls
- Maple Pumpkin Oatmeal Breakfast Bars
- Green Smoothie Muffins
Equipment
Ingredients
- 6 oz Greek yogurt
- 1/3 cup certified gluten free old fashioned oats, raw
- 1 teaspoon chia seeds
- 2 Tablespoons milk, any kind
- 1 cup frozen mixed fruit and berries
Directions
- Stir together yogurt, oats, chia seeds, and milk in a bowl.
- Layer half inside a wide mouth mason jar or tall container then add half the frozen fruit and berries. Layer in remaining yogurt and berries then refrigerate at least overnight.
Notes
- These will keep well for up to 3 days in the refrigerator.
Nutrition
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I use to make these but I blended them and used Apple juice and almonds and strawberries and fresh bananas. Then froze them. Something else I added later that I found was very healthy fur you. It was another seed. Brain fat. Sorry. Strawberries should be frozen. They were yummy. And make your own yogurt.
I love overnight chia oats, and this version with berries looks absolutely delicious! Looking forward to trying this one out :)
Here are the proportions I use: 1/4 cup oatmeal, 1/4 cup milk, 1/4 cup yogurt a 1/4 cup fruit and 1 teaspoon chia seeds. I make Sunday nights for 5 days. Delicious with mango and kiwi, peaches, apples, grapes…any type of fruit. I use tupperware!
So they keep long enough to make them on Sunday for the whole week? I’m always rushing out the door and this would make mornings a lot easier and healthier for my girls and I!
If you make on Sunday they will at least keep until Wednesday. Yes – so easy for hurried mornings!
Can you freeze these to preserve them longer than 3 days?
Hey Elyssa! I’ve never tried but I bet it could work!
Hi! Can I make these without Chia seeds? Don’t have any on hand.
Sure!
Can you freeze these make-ahead parfaits? I would like to make up several at once, but not sure I could eat them before they ruin.
I’ve never tried, but I bet that could work!
How many cups of Greek yogurt is 6 oz?
It’s about 3/4 cup.
Any idea on the calorie count on one of these?
Hi Rahmat! I don’t usually calculate nutritional information for my recipes, but recommend Livestrong’s Recipe Calculator Tool if you want that info!
http://www.livestrong.com/recipes/create/
Since the Mason jars are not heated can the lids be reused?
Oh definitely!
Can you freeze them and then let them thaw when you want them?
I think that could work!
Hi, did you happen to do a calorie count on a batch. Been struggling with my weight and I use diettools.com for help along the way and I have to enter the calorie count for what I eat daily. I made these last night- a bit different (used what I had in the fridge Dannon plain nonfat yogurt and different fruits) and I really enjoyed it. I just didn’t have the calorie count to enter in my tracker this morning. Any help would be humbly appreciated.
Thanks
Nikki
Hey Nikki! I don’t post nutrition info for recipes because as you mentioned, calorie information will vary depending the brand/type of products and ingredients used. I would recommend Livestrong’s recipe calculator tool to calculate that info though! http://www.livestrong.com/recipes/create/
Would you suggest this a good way to help lose weight? They say people who eat breakfast tend to have better luck than losing weight. I’m a naughty no breakfast eater and this is a good way to change that! :) Also can you substitute chia seed with flaxseed? Ground or otherwise?
These are FANTASTIC! And because they’re so fantastic, they’ve become a staple in my fridge :)
I love all your ideas, posts, and recipes! Fingers crossed that a cookbook is in the works?? hint hint, wink wink :)