Dirty Chai Yogurt Parfait

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Let’s talk breakfast. Raise your hand if you actually eat breakfast every day.

Yup, that’s what I thought.

Oh man, I used to be the kind of person who would fix a lovely breakfast every single day. Scrambled eggs, oatmeal, pancakes – everyday I had something warm and filling to get me through the morning. But since having two kids in school and attempting to get out of the door at a specific time every day of the week, I have totally slacked failed on that. Now more often than not I just grab a protein shake to chug on the 2 minute drive to the elementary school.

I know, its pretty terrible, but that’s about all I have been making time for anymore.

Have you seen the pictures of those gorgeous smoothie bowls that are so hot right now? You make a smoothie, and then instead of sucking it through a straw you pour it into a bowl and artfully decorate it with #allthethings until it resembles a work of art. They are vibrant and beautiful, buuuut when it comes down to it, you are eating cold soup for breakfast. And you are making a ton of dirty dishes. And it takes forever to create and arrange. I’m sorry, but I just don’t have time for that. Maybe if I was a cute 20-something again with no kids and I wasn’t worried about how many dirty dishes I made. But I am no longer in that season of life. I need faaaaaast and easy for breakfast.

But this dirty chai parfait takes literally 2 minutes to create, but it still feels lovely and gorgeous. The secret is creating a super flavorful chai spice mix and combining it with almond butter, maple syrup and a shot of cold espresso (or cold coffee). Pour that over protein packed vanilla greek yogurt and top it with a crunchy raisins, dates and pecans granola based cereal from Post Great Grains, sliced bananas and sliced almonds. And magically, breakfast transforms from hurriedly gulping down “something” into to a treat you want to savor.

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Dirty Chai Yogurt Parfait

This easy and quick breakfast tastes decadent and fancy, but takes literal minutes to make!

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Course: Family Breakfast Recipes

Cuisine: American

Keyword: breakfast

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 1 Serving

Calories: 719kcal

Author: Jenni

Ingredients

*Spice Mix

• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground cardamom
• ½ tsp ground cloves
• ¼ tsp ground ginger
• ¼ tsp ground black pepper
• ⅛ tsp ground allspice
• pinch of sea salt

*Parfait

• ½ cup vanilla greek yogurt
• 1 TBSP maple syrup
• 1 TBSP cold espresso or strong cold coffee
• 2 TBPS room temperature almond butter
• 1 tsp spice mix from above
• ¼ cup Post Great Grains Raisins Dates and Pecans Cereal
• 2 TBSP sliced almonds
• ½ a banana sliced

Instructions

• In a small bowl, combine the spices of the spice mix and set aside.
• In another small bowl, combine the maple syrup and cold espresso (or strong coffee) and set aside.
• Combine 1 tsp of the spice mix with 2 TBSP of almond butter.
• Place the geek yogurt in a bowl and top with the maple/espresso, the spiced almond butter, the cereal, sliced banana and almonds.
• Enjoy!

Notes

** You can also combine the maple syrup, espresso, almond butter and spices into one sauce and pour that over the yogurt, but I like having the extra liquid of the espresso and maple syrup on top. It gives it something special.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 719kcal | Carbohydrates: 121g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 17g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 375mg | Fiber: 14g | Sugar: 65g

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