Raspberry Granola Parfait: A High Fibre Breakfast
A quick and easy high fibre breakfast that feels more luxurious and indulgent than it actually is. This raspberry granola parfait is perfect for weekend breakfasts or entertaining guests.
Last week, I took my first trip to London since moving to the New Forest. The train journey takes half the time it did from Cornwall, so a day trip is much more doable. I spent a very pleasant afternoon having a #GetFussed lunch with Arla, learning a bit more about fibre and trying the recently launched Arla Fibre yoghurts.
Arla Fibre Yoghurts
As a whole food blogger, I’m well aware of the importance of fibre in our diet, both soluble and insoluble. However, Public Health England have recently come up with a recommendation that adults should consume at least 30g of fibre daily. It turns out, apparently, that the average intake is only 18g. Oh dear! Arla Fibre to the rescue and a quick but effective breakfast ‘recipe’ from me for raspberry granola parfait.
There is a perception that fibre is bland, boring and unappealing. That’s patently not true, but when I tried my first spoonful of Arla’s strawberry yoghurt, I was surprised to find it looked like any other fruit yoghurt I’ve tried. I sort of expected it to be full of bran.
Luckily I was wrong. It was creamy in texture and fruity in flavour and if I wasn’t any wiser, I’d have had no idea it was particularly high in fibre. I was more than happy to polish off my bowlful.
The fibre comes in the form of chicory inulin, a prebiotic that is fairly bland on its own but adds sweetness and soluble fibre to other food products. You really wouldn’t know it was there unless you read the label.
Not only is Arla Fibre yoghurt high in fibre, it’s also low in fat and high in protein and calcium, making it a good choice for a healthy snack, dessert or breakfast. It comes in handy 150g pots which contain 4.7g of fibre and 450g tubs for the family. Both sizes come in four varieties: raspberry, strawberry, blueberry and pineapple with passionfruit.
The price seems very reasonable: the 450g pot retails at around £1.75. They are available from major supermarkets.
A Not So Fibrous Lunch
On arrival at the venue we were presented with a sumptuous cocktail. This was a pleasurable way to get us in the mood for taking photos of the lovely lunch set up and learning about fibre.
We then enjoyed a three course lunch, which was quite delicious. As a vegetarian, I didn’t feel in the least bit hard done by, as I sometimes do on these occasions.
There were two menus doing the rounds. We were asked to check our menus before ordering and then have a look at our neighbours to see if we could spot any differences. There were a few seemingly minor ones, but they were pretty similar. We didn’t know it at the time, but half the diners had a high fibre menu and the other had a low fibre one.
I started with an asparagus, aged feta and baby basil risotto. This was really well done and the envy of the meat eaters around the table; their risottos didn’t look nearly as appetising.
This was followed by heritage roast carrots with carrot & shallot fritters, salsa verde and couscous. This was far more interesting fare than I was expecting, although I did feel a vegetable other than carrots would have been good to accompany the carrot fritters. I finished with an elegant French fruit tart with kiwi, red grapes, cherries and honey’d natural yoghurt.
Turned out, mine was the not so fibrous lunch. A few small changes were made to the dishes to increase the fibre for half of the diners. So kale, for example, was used in the high fibre salsa verde, brown rice in the risotto and berries rather than grapes in the French tart. The fibrous French tart also included figs and some wholemeal flour in the pastry. Doesn’t it look good?
To ensure we’d been paying proper attention, we had a post-lunch fibre quiz. I got it mostly right – honest!
I loved all the flowers. Each table had several simple but effective displays in glasses.
Simple Fibre Swaps
Luckily, I get plenty of fibre in my diet and don’t need to worry about not getting the requisite 30g. If you eat plenty of vegetables, some fruit and introduce wholegrains into your diet, you should be fine. However, if you think you may not be reaching the target, there are some very simple things you can do which will make a huge difference. Here are a few easy swaps you can try to up your fibre intake.
- Wholemeal bread instead of bread made with refined flours
- Brown rice for white rice
- Wholemeal pasta instead of ordinary
- Berries instead of grapes
- Potatoes and other vegetables with skin on instead of peeled
- Wholemeal flour instead of plain when baking
- Arla Fibre yoghurt instead of ordinary low fat fruit yoghurt.
- Follow my blog and recipes instead of looking at standard recipe books 😉
Raspberry Granola Parfait
Here’s a recipe for a very quick, simple but delicious breakfast: raspberry granola parfait. It’s hardly a recipe at all really, more an assembly of three simple ingredients to make a lush high fibre meal in a glass. I expect most of you already have your own version.
I find eating granola and yoghurt this way feels much more luxurious than just bunging them together in a bowl and it promotes a great start to the day. The addition of berries makes it even more special. Raspberries, I learnt during my Arla lunch, are a particularly high fibre fruit, as are other berries.
Granola can also be high in fibre, especially if you make your own. A nutty one works well for this raspberry granola parfait. You could try my recipe for gorgeous gluten-free granola or my easy vegan honey almond granola. Or for something a little more indulgent, this chocolate granola is decidedly good.
The third ingredient is Arla Fibre Raspberry Yoghurt. The yoghurt is delicious all by itself, but makes a perfect component in this raspberry granola parfait. The smooth and creamy yoghurt contrasts wonderfully with the crunchy granola and tart fruit.
For a cherry version, head over to my cherry granola cups post.
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Raspberry Granola Parfait – The Recipe
Raspberry Granola Parfait
Ingredients
- 50 g nutty granola
- 150 g raspberry yoghurt (I used Arla Fibre)
- 8 raspberries
- 2 strawberries hulled & quartered
Instructions
- Place half the granola at the bottom of a wide glass. Top with half the yogurt, then half the berries.
- Repeat the layers and admire before tucking in with a spoon.
Notes
Nutrition Estimate
Sharing
I’m sharing my raspberry granola parfait with #CookBlogShare, hosted this week at Recipes Made Easy.
Arla Foods invited me to attend their lunch event and they paid me for my time. I was not expected to write a positive review and all opinions are, as always, my own. Thanks to my readers for supporting the brands and organisations that help to keep Tin and Thyme blithe and blogging.
I use often use granola with yogurt in desserts. It seems such a shame to keep it just for breakfast when it’s so delicious.
You’re absolutely right, I often have this for dessert.
I’d like to eat this for breakfast every day! Yum!
It makes for a really nice, but somehow indulgent breakfast. Without it being decadent at all.
As a mum with three teens making sure we all have enough fibre in our diet is important. I will definitely give Arla a try and make up your beautiful parfaits. Thanks for sharing such a great idea.
Thanks Sammie. Layering up granola with fruit and yoghurt is my favourite way to eat it, but I still only tend to do it this way as an occasional treat.
What an easy little breakfast to get in!
Yes indeed and a pretty one too. Thanks Rebecca.
What a good idea adding the granola for even more fibre. I can confirm that the meat eaters rissotto tasted amazing too even if you thought it less appetising looking. It was lovely to have met you a put a face to name. Hope to see you in London more often now its a shorter trip for you. Thank you for linking to #CookBlogShare
Thanks Jacqui. Haha, I’m sure your risotto tasted fine, but everyone on my table was looking rather enviously at mine 😉 It was good to meet you too and I’ll hopefully manage to make it up to London for the odd event or two.
Wow, what a feast! It all looks delicious, I love granola with loads of fruits for breakfast, sounds like a perfect post workout meal too!
Granola, yoghurt and fruit is a really good quick meal with the added benefits of being delicious and good for you too.
Aaah, such are the benefits of being a vegan who is too lazy to peel veg! Ha ha ha! I have tons of fibre in my diet. Your yog and granola looks so lovely too! xx
You and me both 😀 I never saw the point of peeling veg – for the most part anyway. So much of the goodness is in the peel.
I found out my fibre in take is actually too high? I don’t know how that happens, but I suppose I do eat a lot of the foods that contain it e.g beans and slimming world bars 🙂 this recipie looks lush! X
Gosh, I didn’t know it could be too high. I eat loads of it. I know it’s best to increase it gradually if you’re not used to it though.
This sounds delicious and healthy and in fact, granola, fruits and yogurt is my favourite breakfast!
Thanks Eva. I generally have a smoothie for breakfast, so this feels much more of a treat.
The parfait looks gorgeous. It looks like you had a wonderful meal while you were there. I’ll have to look out for that yoghurt. Shared!
Thanks Jac. It was a lovely meal and so good to have an interesting veggie option. The yoghurt is definitely worth trying.
What a lovely parfait. I have no idea how much fibre I eat, but would never have thought that fibre-fortified yoghurt could be a ‘thing’!! Isn’t it amazing what can be done with food these days. Your lunch looked fabulous, what a treat. Hope life in the New Forest is treating you well!
Thanks Kate. Yes indeed, it seems there is always something new to learn when it comes to food. Loving the New Forest, though we have a very overgrown garden which is taking up rather too much time.
That parfait looks delicious and the pastry for the berry tart look so much tastier than the pastry on the grape tart. I have to admit that fibre is just not something I think about very often. I eat lots of veggies and wholemeal bread but there are definitely a few other changes I could make.
Thanks Corina. I’m with you on the pastry. There’s much talk of vitamins, minerals, sugar, salt, fat and protein, but fibre rarely gets a mention.
That’s a nice meal 🙂 I love the veggie fritters and your granola parfait looks so delicious too.
Thanks Angie. I really enjoy eating granola like this, but have to confess more often than not, I just bung it in a bowl. Veggie fritters are ace.
Yes, more fibre but how much sugar is in the yoghurt?
Good point Grace. I don’t know what the quantity is, but it doesn’t taste super sweet.