DIY No-Cook Brunch Parfait Bar

Spring Brunch Anyone?

Spring has come full force and I couldn’t be more thrilled.  We have been cooped up inside for far too many days this winter, the girls and I couldn’t wait to escape to the outside. When the sun starts pouring through the windows I start booking our social calendar.

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With two babes at home, our social activities are a little (okay, a lot) different than they used to be. Naps and bedtime rule the days, despite all my pre-kid chatter that my life would not revolve around nap times.  As it turns out, my Type A personality and the roller coaster of toddler emotions means we nap every day and bedtime is a real thing for us. This doesn’t leave much room for socializing in the afternoon and evening, but, guess what? Our mornings are wide open.  Hello brunch!

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Want to know another necessity in this season of life? Simple. We keep things simple. A no-cook DIY brunch bar is about as simple a way as I can think to join friends together without any fuss.  This is adult only, kid only, or a family friendly, whatever you need it to be for the season you’re in.

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DIY No-Cook Brunch Parfait Bar

The spread: yogurt, nut butter, fruit, & garnishes

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Protein: Yogurt

  • We choose organic plain whole milk yogurt from grass-fed cows.  
    • Organic: is definitely quality control for your animal products.  It means that they aren’t receiving antibiotics or growth hormones and their diet is cleaner.
    • Whole Milk: gone are the days when fat was a bad thing.  The fat from cows that are fed a grass-fed diet is richer in vitamin K2 and CLA.  Vitamin K2 tells the body where to distribute calcium e.g. bones and teeth. CLA is a type of fat that when consumed is stored as lean muscle mass.
  • If you’re dairy free Coyo makes an excellent coconut yogurt without any suspicious ingredients.   

Fat: Nuts and Nut Butter

  • Fat is essential to every meal.  It provides blood sugar balance that increases satiety and signals fullness. It increases absorption of fat-soluble vitamins and most importantly it adds a satisfaction factor.  Fat tastes good and it makes whatever you are eating taste good too. Despite all the years many of us have spent thinking we were eating “healthy” by incorporating some type of deprivation in our eating styles, food should taste good.

Carbohydrates: Fruit

  • We are just entering peak season for local produce, stop by the nearest fruit stand or farmer’s market and pick what sounds good.

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Garnishes:

  • We love crunchy things like toasted walnuts and pumpkin seeds
  • Spices like cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice
  • Local bee pollen
  • Dried Goji berries
  • Cacao nibs
  • Hemp Hearts
  • Your favorite granola

Parfait vessel: Stainless steel cups.  These are perfect for outside and perfect for kids.  We have them in a couple different sizes and love them for everything.  They definitely help with my goal of living a life with less plastic.

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Klean Kanteen has been my choice for years because they are a company that is local to us and I love their mission.  It is also the brand I chose to carry and share with customers when I owned a kitchen boutique. When they asked if I could share with you in a blog post I was more than thrilled.

spring brunch

DIY No-Cook Brunch Parfait Bar

Ingredients:

  • Organic Whole Milk Yogurt
  • Nut Butter
  • Fruit
  • Toasted walnuts, seeds, cinnamon, pumpkin spice, goji berries, bee pollen, cacao nibs, hemp hearts, and granola.

Instructions:

Pour ingredients in cute bowls or mason jars and pair with serving spoons.  Set out stainless steel cups, spoons, and napkins. Add a vase of flowers (optional). Done. Brunch bar is set.

Note: if you would like to have an actual bar component to this brunch bar offer champagne and kombucha on ice.  Kombucha Mimosa’s are our personal favorite. Bubbles on bubbles make the very best light spring drink.

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