This recipe is excerpted from Diabetes Create Your Plate Meal Prep Cookbook by Toby Amidor, MS, RD, CDN, FAND. Images by Alison Lima. Used with permission of Robert Rose Books. All rights reserved.
Parfaits are layers of yogurt, fruit and granola or nuts — quite a lot of flavors and textures in each chunk. Recent or canned peaches work superbly on this recipe.
Do-it-yourself Granola Recipe
You may Want
- 3⁄4 cup (175 mL) gluten-free largeflake (old style) rolled oats
- 1⁄4 cup (60 mL) uncooked or unsalted roasted cashews, coarsely chopped
- 3 tbsp (45 mL) unsalted sunflower seeds
- 2 tbsp (30 mL) unsweetened shredded coconut
- 2 tbsp (30 mL) sugar-free maple syrup
- 1 tbsp (15 mL) canola oil
- 1⁄4 tsp (1 mL) vanilla extract
- 1⁄4 tsp (1 mL) floor cinnamon
- 1⁄8 tsp (0.5 mL) kosher salt
- 1 massive egg white
- 2 tbsp (30 mL) dried tart Cherries
Rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment paper
Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C)
Easy methods to Make The Do-it-yourself Granola
- In a medium bowl, combine collectively the oats, cashews, sunflower seeds, coconut, maple syrup, oil, vanilla, cinnamon and salt.
- In a small bowl, whisk the egg white till frothy. Gently fold the egg white into the oats combination, distributing it evenly.
- Unfold the granola in a single layer on the ready baking sheet. Bake, utilizing a spatula to show sections of the granola over and breaking apart bigger items midway by way of, till the granola is barely browned and dried, 30 to 35 minutes.
- Switch the baking sheet to a cooling rack and let cool utterly. As soon as cool, use a spatula to interrupt up any bigger items of the granola. Sprinkle within the tart cherries and gently toss to distribute.
TO ASSEMBLE THE PARFAITS:
In every of 4 jars, add 1 ⁄4 cup (60 mL) of the yogurt. Prime with 1 ⁄4 cup (60 mL) of the canned peaches with juice and about 1 ⁄4 cup (60 mL) of the granola. Repeat the layers yet another time, ending with the granola. Assemble the fifth parfait 1 or 2 days earlier than consuming.
TO STORE: Cowl the assembled parfaits and refrigerate for as much as 4 days. Retailer the granola in a sealable container or plastic bag at room temperature for as much as 2 weeks
PARFAITS
- 21 ⁄2 cups (625 mL) nonfat plain Greek yogurt
- 2 cups (500 mL) Do-it-yourself Granola
- 21 ⁄2 cups (625 mL) no-sugar-added canned peaches, with juice
TOBY’S TIPS | For those who want, swap the cashews on your favourite nut, like almonds, pistachios or walnuts. Oats are naturally gluten-free, however some manufacturers course of their oats in a facility that additionally processes merchandise with gluten. Test the label of your oats to verify it was manufactured in a facility that’s gluten-free.
Toby Amidor, MS, RD, CDN
