Yogurt parfaits featuring KIND granola – it’s fun to be a food blogger!
Sometimes companies ask me if I want free stuff. YES PLEASE! So, I was psyched when KIND snacks contacted me. The cool thing is, I already loved Kind products. How can I not?? They use whole grains and all kinds of nuts (and you know I am nuts about nuts), and their motto includes “be Kind to your body, and your taste buds” — their motto is my philosophy, more or less. I’d say we’re a perfect match.
My current love is KIND’s dark chocolate/cinnamon/pecan fruit & nut bar. Pure heaven. There is just something about cinnamon and chocolate together – it seems wrong, but tastes so right.
But let’s get to the crunchy goodness of granola, which is the product KIND was interested in sharing with me. It can bring crunch to your otherwise silent oatmeal, add attitude to your salad, or be the secret surprise in your cookie (recipe coming soon!). And, of course, it is the star in today’s yogurt parfaits.
While it does pack some calories (130 kcals in just 1/3 cup), it’s so jammin’ with flavor and texture, a little goes a long way.
I was thrilled to get 3 different flavors to play with:
What to make first?? There were so many options. I decided to stick with something simple, and make a few different types of yogurt parfaits. As my favorite miniature beast of burden says, “Have you ever met a person, and you say, ‘Lets go get some parfait,’ and they say, ‘Hell no, I don’t like no parfait’ ? Parfaits are delicious!”
I’m with Donkey. Layer creamy sweetness, crunch, and fruit together, and you got yourself one delicious bowl of yum. Fruit, granola, and yogurt are a great snack or breakfast combo, delivering three food groups along with a decent dose of calcium, protein, whole grain, fiber, and vitamins. You can’t ask for much more in a mini-meal!
So here are three delicious versions you could try, varying from 200-220 kcals, depending on what type of fruit you use.
Banana-Berry Vanilla with Peanut Butter Whole Grain Clusters
— 1/2 cup sliced bananas and frozen mixed berries; 1/3 cup lowfat vanilla yogurt, 1/4 cup KIND Peanut Butter Whole Grain Clusters
Nectarine Vanilla with Cinnamon Oat Clusters
— 1/2 cup chopped ripe nectarines; 1/3 cup lowfat vanilla yogurt, 1/4 cup KIND Cinnamon Oat Clusters with Flax Seeds
Strawberry Vanilla with Oats and Honey Clusters
— 1/2 cup sliced strawberries, 1/3 cup lowfat vanilla yogurt, 1/4 cup KIND Oats and Honey Clusters with Toasted Coconut
We devoured these quickly. Poor Zach was out of luck by the time he got home. Not to worry, though! I hooked him up with a peanut butter/banana/chocolate chip version, which he found highly satisfactory. I then re-created the strawberry and nectarine versions for Casey’s and Georgia’s lunch today.
I’m not kidding when I tell you that is the most cooking I’ve done in 4 days. Despite the fact that it required no actual cooking, I am feeling quite accomplished 🙂
Be KIND to yourself and make some of these right away.
Disclosure: KIND snacks provided me free samples of their granola so I could try them out in a couple of snack ideas. If I liked them, I agreed to feature them in a blog post.
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