Yogurt Breakfast

You want to have a quick easy breakfast you can make in 5 min or the night before and grab/go?

You want a quick, easy breakfast you know will hit your macro targets before 9am? Keeping your blood sugar stable, your mood level, and your hormones and gut happy?

You want a quick, easy breakfast you know will hit your macro targets that also taste amazing? So amazing you actually crave it?? Or you can change it up enough that you get something a little different every time?

I got you covered. I call this the mid-life unicorn breakfast.

I could eat this for days. It keeps me full, keeps my guts happy, my blood sugar stable and it totally feels good to know I've hit my first macro targets of the day before I roll out the door!!

I have made a chia seed yogurt mixture for a few years and it was always "fine". That all changed in April. We were staying at a hotel in Paris and they served this sauce to top your yogurt. Every single one of us tried it and were immediately trying to figure out how we could replicate it at home.

In May, I was responsible for a Senior Brunch for a bunch of teenage girls to celebrate those graduating. I decided I'd really test this out with them and they LOVED it. So now, I'm sharing this deliciousness with you. Lucky for us mid-life women, this recipe is as nutritious as it is delicious and hits so many of our targets in one meal, it's almost too dreamy to be true!

Cast of characters:

1. Elizabeth's Granola (Original flavor only). Clean. Perfect little topping.

2. Ground flax. Fiber, Omegas. What's not to love?

3. Vital Collagen Protein Powder OR I have also used Dr KelleyAnne's Vanilla Bone Broth powder...both work equally well. Collagen for soft tissue support and protein--aka amino acids which we all need.

4. Chia Seeds--fiber, protein. These little things are true powerhouses!

5. Siggi's Plain + Vanilla yogurt. They make some with a little fat in it, this happened to be BOGO at Publix this week and what my instacart shopper grabbed.

6. The Fruit sauce which I'll share below

I made 2 jars of this sauce to keep in the fridge this week for easy breakfasts.

In a single serve blender cup blend:

• 1/3 c frozen passion fruit

• 1/2 c frozen raspberries

• 1/3 c frozen wild blueberries

Blend until it's liquid (you may need to thaw them in a dish first)

Store in a jar in the fridge until you're ready to use it.

For the Yogurt:

• 1 container of Siggi's plain and 1 container of Siggi's vanilla--blend them together in a large bowl and divide into the 2 containers. So now you have a 50/50 mix

For your new favorite breakfast you'll need:

• 1 1/4 c 50/50 yogurt mix *

• 2 Tbsp chia seeds **

• 1 Tbsp ground flax

• 1 Tbsp pistachios

• 1 Tbsp pepitas

• 1 Tbsp Elizabeth's original Granola

• 2 Tbsp collagen powder

• 1/2 of your fruit sauce (or less if you want it to stretch longer...but don't be stingy, you want the good stuff!!)

Instructions:

1. Mix in the 2 Tbsp chia seeds into the yogurt. Stir well.

2. Add in flax and collagen powder. Stir well.

3. Top with 1/2 your blended fruit sauce

4. Sprinkle the top with pepitas, pistachios (these are perfection in this dish) and granola.

5. Optional additions: fresh berries (more fiber), chopped pecans

6. Other variations: layer it with the sauce and toppings in jar to make a yogurt parfait!

   
   

   Want more oomph? Try one of these options --

   1. Add 2 more Tbsp collagen powder for another 8-9g protein

   2. Add 2 Tbsp chopped pecans (so tasty)

   3. Add another tablespoon of chia seeds to the fruit sauce you're using and you'll get 3g more fiber, 50 cal, 3 g healthy fats, 1.5 g protein!

   4. Use just plain Siggi's for lower sugar and carbs--honestly you won't miss the sugar, I promise!!

   
   
   
   

   Macro totals for the yogurt as prepared in the main recipe:

   • Calories: 424

   • Fat: 15.5 g

   • Protein: 50g

   • Fiber: 12g

   • Carbs (net): 29g

   • Added Sugar: 5g

   
   
   
   

   

   This was made the night before and hauled with me to early morning swim team practices!