Bright, fruity, sweet, and packed with probiotics, our new Strawberry Kefir Dream Parfait recipe is ripe with delight from top to bottom. Fresh strawberries are towered in layers with Lowfat Strawberry Lifeway Kefir and a crunchy granola mix-ins for a range of textures and flavors. Our protein-packed kefir delivers billions of live and active probiotics in every single bite, and it’s an excellent source of calcium and vitamin D to support healthy bones.
For extra protein, we boosted this recipe with Lifeway Farmer Cheese, our uber-creamy cheese that’s rich in complete protein and has a delicious whipped texture that’s perfect for parfaits like this one.
Fresh strawberries are a favorite summertime fruit that provides natural fiber, vitamin C and an array of antioxidants with a fresh, juicy sweetness that parfait recipes like this one call for. They make every bite of our Strawberry Kefir Dream Parfait a treat for the eyes, taste buds, and your gut health when paired with Lifeway Kefir and Farmer Cheese.
Dive in, and enjoy this probiotic-rich recipe for a healthy breakfast, snack, or dessert!
The Benefits of Cultured Dairy for Better Health:
Research continues to show the importance of eating healthy foods, including cultured dairy such as kefir, for better gut health, a strong immune system, and to support the microbiome. Fermented foods like kefir hold important value in this line of research due to the link between the gut-brain axis and overall health. Specifically, kefir has been shown to help diversify the microbiome, improve digestion, reduce inflammation, support healthier blood sugar levels, and improve satiety since the bioavailable protein it triggers the release of GLP-1.
Lifeway Kefir also contains a variety of nutrients that are vital for healthy bones and overall health: vitamin D3, K, calcium, and vitamin B12. Along with our kefir, we also offer our artisan-made Farmer Cheese, a creamy high-protein cheese made with live and active cultures to support a healthy microbiome that’s easy to spread and contains no added salt for optimal heart-health benefits.
Prep Time: 5 mins Servings: 2Ingredients
- 1 cup Lowfat Strawberry Kefir
- 1/2 cup Farmer Cheese
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup fresh strawberries, sliced
- 2 tbsp. chia seeds (and/or hemp, flax seeds)
- 2/3 cup low sugar granola (cinnamon, vanilla, or almond honey flavor)
- drizzle of honey or maple syrup for topping, if desired
Directions
- In a bowl, mix Lifeway Kefir with Lifeway Farmer Cheese and vanilla. Whip with a hand mixer to make it fluffy (or you can mix all of it in a mini food processor if you don't have a hand mixer). Stir in the chia seeds, or you can mix them in with the mixer/food processor.
- Layer the whipped kefir and farmer cheese mixture with fresh strawberries in a parfait glass, alternating each with layers of the low sugar granola. Repeat 2-3 times until you have both parfaits set.
- Top with fresh strawberries and a drizzle of honey or maple syrup (if desired). Let these set in the fridge at least a few hours, preferably, which thickens up the whipped mixture and it chills everything together better. Enjoy!
- You can mix the kefir and farmer cheese with vanilla and chia seeds ahead and make it into a pudding-like texture, then make up any kind of parfait you want with any fresh berries you have on hand, like the strawberries we used. It will keep well if made ahead, just wait to layer the granola and berries in until a few hours before you eat it so they don't get soggy.
