The Perfect Parfait Recipe & How to Pack Yogurt in a Lunch Box

Now onto the important part, how to layer a parfait:

• Fruit
• Yogurt
• Fruit
• Yogurt
• Granola

YES! It’s that easy, and they pack great into the school lunches. Speaking of, if you’re not sure how to keep yogurt cold in the lunch bag, go here and check out these easy tricks on how to pack yogurt for lunch!

How to Pack Yogurt for Lunch

I know many of you are wondering how I pack it in the lunch box. As with any perishable food, yogurt should be kept cold from the time you take it out of the fridge till lunchtime. So here are some tips on how I keep them cool till lunch. I live in the South, where we have high temperatures nine months out of the year, so keeping food cold is important. Let me show you how I do it. 

1. Use an insulated lunch box or bag. Although the insulated material itself won’t keep your yogurt cool, it helps reflect the cold temperatures from any frozen or chilled items you’ve tucked into the bag—maintaining a safer environment inside the lunch box for your perishables.
2. Pack yogurt cups next to a frozen gel pack or inside a freezer koozie (also called can coolers). This will help keep the yogurt chilled through lunch.
3. Toss the yogurt in the freezer for 20 to 30 minutes in the morning. I’ve made it a habit to put the yogurt in the freezer while I drink a cup of coffee, get the kids dressed, and get everyone out the door. Again, his yogurt is the last thing I grab before I zip the lunch bag closed. If you are thinking that you’ll forget to grab it, I have a post-it inside his lunch bag that says “yogurt” so I see it before I zip it closed.

4. Toss yogurt tubes in the freezer the night before. They’ll be frozen by morning, so just slip one into your lunch box before leaving the house. By lunchtime, the frozen tubes will be thawed out and still chilled.
5. Freeze a water bottle to serve as an icepack. If you often send a water bottle in your child’s lunch, consider freezing the bottle so it keeps the inside of the lunch bag cool.

Healthy Parfait Ingredients

All you need is fresh fruit like berries, sliced bananas, grapes, or chopped apple and yogurt of choice. If your kids have a dairy intolerance, try this dairy-free yogurt. It’s super easy to whip up and tastes just like the creamy, thick yogurt.

My kids love building parfaits with fresh strawberries and blueberries, so I try to keep them on hand at all times. I found a simple kitchen trick to make berries last a lot longer in the fridge before having to freeze them.

They’re also perfect for making healthy snacks like fruit yogurt, which is 10x better than the storebought, and it’s healthier.

But for today, enjoy this tasty fruit & yogurt parfait recipe. Yum!