If I can make an amazing breakfast in 10 minutes or less, I'm happy all day. If it's healthy, that's even better. Filling? Even better. And guess what! What you see above is fast, good for you, and sustaining. It also features one of my new favorite ingredients: Greek yogurt.
In all honesty, yogurt gives me the creeps. No matter if it is made with soy or regular milk, I can't get over the texture. The lumpiness. Even the ones with the fruit mixed in have this "ick" factor for me. So, when I saw Stonyfield Farm's OIKOS at Wegmans this weekend, I was skeptical. However, I keep seeing it pop up on other blogs, so -- being the adventurous foodie I am -- I had to give it a try.
I'm now in love with the higher-in-protein, lower-in-sugar stuff (and did I mention it's only 80 calories with 0 fat?). The texture is FAR better than regular/soy (rich and creamy). And with all the different uses (you can substitute it for basically EVERYTHING), I have a feeling OIKOS will become a long-term resident of our refrigerator shelves.
GREEK YOGURT WITH GRANOLA AND PEACHES -- for two
What you'll need . . .
- 2 containers of plain greek yogurt
- 2 ripe peaches, cut into slices
- 1/4 cup steel-cut oats
- 1/4 cup raw crushed walnuts
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1/2 tablespoon coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Method . . .
- Preheat your oven to 300 degrees F. Top a cookie sheet with a piece of parchment paper. Set aside.
- With a fork, whisk together the maple syrup, coconut oil, and cinnamon. Pour this mixture over the walnuts and steel-cut oats. Toss with your fingers until crumbly.
- Put this granola mixture in the oven for five minutes, then drop the heat to 280 degrees F, stir around, and bake for another 5 minutes. The walnuts will deepen in color.
- Remove from oven and let cool for a couple minutes -- while you put the slices peaches in two bowls. Top with the yogurt. Then the granola.
- This breakfast is also a great one to bring to work. Or just made for one. I recommend making the granola in the larger batch so you have it for more than one day.
20 comments:
Sounds delicious! I have yogurt or greek yogurt just about every morning for breakfast! I usually have a banana and TJ's shredded wheat though, or granola. Such a healthy and filling way to start the day! Since trying greek yogurt, regular yogurt just doesn't really do it for me anymore. I just wish it wasn't so expensive!
Thanks for the recipe!
We have three containers in our fridge right now! I love it. I eat it plain, in smoothies, with fruit and granola, you name it. Also, it is very good with some chocolate chips and strawberries mixed in for a quick, mostly guilt-free dessert. I'll even nuke the chocolate chips to melt them, then mix them with the yogurt and it tastes like the Stonyfield Chocolate Underground yogurt.
Yogurt-fruit-granola is one of our all-time favorite summer breakfasts. Using canned or frozen fruit (home-canned, not icky "peach halves in heavy syrup" from the store) in fall and winter is a good (and cheap!) trick that keeps it local all year 'round.
Oikos is definitely the creme de la creme of greek yogurts. It has the best texture!...also, I will definitely be making this granola recipe in the near future. Sounds divine.
This looks SO good! OIKOS is straight from heaven, I adore the blueberry.
oikos is great but i wish it were cheaper! fage is awesome too.
Wow, that looks so good! I'm kind of a fair-weather fan of yogurt. I don't like the sugary stuff, so I only use plain low-fat yogurt. But some days I just can't get it down. I haven't tried Greek yogurt...maybe that's something to add to my grocery list!
That looks amazing - I adore Greek yogurt. I love it with oatmeal!
I swear by Greek yogurt for breakfast. I never stray from the honey, though.
When I lived in France, there was an entire yogurt aisle in EVERY store. It was insane! It was more like dessert than anything... I used to mix this dark chocolate one with coconut, absolutely amazing! If you like the smoothness of Oikos, give this a try if you can find it, http://www.liberte.qc.ca/en/page.ch2?uid=Méditterranée
the Peach Passion fruit is out of this world!!! It's high in fat though... lol
I've had a love affair with Greek yogurt ever since our honeymoon in Greece, which was the first time I ever had it. They serve plain Greek yogurt topped with figs are Greek honey (which is sooo fantastic), and I've never looked back. It's amazing!
I also love it in overnight oats with coconut milk as the liquid. Sooo yummy.
That looks great, especially the homemade granola! And your yogurt experience sounds exactly like mine...I was always weirded out by it until I tried Greek about a year ago. But I love it now, and one of my favorite treats is to crumble a Peanut Butter Cookie Larabar into it. :)
I have Greek yogurt for breakfast several times a week. I mix it with lime juice, honey, cinnamon, and flax meal. Tastes like key lime pie! I actually make my own yogurt. Check it out! http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/dining/15curi.html
How in the world did you develop that method for the steel cut oats in the oven??? I would have thought it would be way too crunchy but it looks and sounds amazing. I can't wait until colorado peaches are in season...I haven't gotten to try them yet but have heard amazing things! Apparently the western slope is very lush and can grow peaches..who knew!
American yogurt doesn't even deserve to be called yogurt. I agree, it's totally gross. But greek yogurt? LOVE!!
I had this exact same breakfast this morning, except I didn't use Greek yogurt, I just used the regular stuff. I think you've convinced me to try the Greek kind, though. Sounds great!
So making this this week as I just bought peaches, steel cut oats and yogurt today. May sub for pecans - yum!
do yourself a favor & check out siggi's icelandic style yogurt. the price makes me cringe, at $2.70 for a 6-ounce cup...but it is absolutely delicious & amazing. what i love most is the simple ingredients. in their blueberry yogurt:
skim milk
agave nectar
blueberries
live active cultures
vegetable rennet
120 calories, 16g of protein, 10g of sugar.
I bookmark many of your recipes, but I'm especially excited about this one, as it seems like a great way to start out the morning.
I also love the plain Oikos, it is amazing in smoothies! It provides an awesome creaminess and thickens it up well. i have been a fan of doing the smoothie recently for its portability to eat an on the go greek yogurt breakfast!
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