Diabetic Recipe of the Week: Crunchy Fruit and Yogurt Breakfast Parfait

Makes: 6 servings
Ingredients
Nutty Granola
3 1/2 cups old-fashioned oats
1 1/2 cups finely chopped almonds, walnuts, and pecans
1/2 cup maple syrup
pinch of salt
1 tsp. allspice
Preparation
Nutty Granola
1. Mix all ingredients together, stirring well to combine.
2. Line a jelly roll pan with parchment paper. Spread granola on pan and bake at 325 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes, turning once, until golden brown.
Ingredients
Parfait
3 cups fresh or frozen fruit without added sugar (thawed)
3 cups nonfat plain Greek yogurt
2/3 cup Nutty Granola (recipe above)
Preparation
Parfait
1. In a medium bowl, combine all the fruit.
2. Layer 1/4 cup yogurt in 6 tall clear parfait glasses, and top with 1/4 cup fruit and 1 Tbsp. Nutty Granola; repeat once more in each glass.
3. Serve immediately.
This recipe appeared in the September 2012 issue of WebMD Diabetes.
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