Pina colada breakfast parfait
Even if you are a creative cook, breakfast can often be a bit samey. It can just be hard to find the motivation to deviate from the tried and tested when you are still waking up. Every once in a while though, I get in the mood to try something different.
Yesterday morning was one of those days and since my mother had given me a copy of the latest Hungry Girl cookbook I decided to use that to find inspiration.
Her pina colada parfait stood out for being healthy but yet something totally different than I would normally have for breakfast. I especially liked that it was full of fruit but yet looked more like a dessert than a breakfast and therefore feeling naughty but actually being healthy.
I stuck largely to the original Hungry Girl recipe but I did make one fairly big submission that I think made a whole lot of difference to the recipe. Her recipe uses Fibre 1 cereal to bring the crunch factor to the breakfast parfait. However, we don’t have that cereal in the UK and whilst I am currently visiting the States, I do want to be able to replicate recipes back home.
So, instead of going for the cereal, I toasted up some slivered almonds and used them. It worked perfectly well. The toasted nature of the almonds made the coconut yoghurt take on a toasted coconut taste which really enriched the tropical feel.
Pina colada breakfast parfait
pina colada breakfast recipe
Ingredients:
340 grams fat-free vanilla yoghurt
1/2 teaspoon coconut extract
2/3 cup banana, chopped
1/2 cup crushed pineapple, from a can, well drained
4 tablespoons flaked almonds, freshly toasted
Directions:
1. Put the yoghurt into a bowl and stir the coconut extract into it. Set aside.
2. Divide 1/3 of the yoghurt between two parfait sized glasses.
3. Put half the the pineapple, then banana on top of the yoghurt and then sprinkle with half of the toasted almonds.
4. Top that layer with another third of the yoghurt, the rest of the fruit, the final third of the yoghurt and finally top with the remaining toasted almonds.
5. Serve.
Serves: 2
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That looks insanely good! I’m like you, I don’t normally feel like making something in the morning, so it usually results in a quick bowl of oats or an apple on the run. But this looks pretty easy & quick – I think I’ll give it a whirl. The flavours sound as if they would really go well together.
Comment by Marisa — November 6, 2009 @ 9:21 am
nice idea – looks pretty healthy too?!
Comment by matt — November 19, 2009 @ 9:55 pm
Very healthy especially when you use low fat yoghurt.
Comment by Sarah Jayne — November 19, 2009 @ 11:09 pm