This breakfast bowl with chia and yogurt is topped with chunks of sweetly-flavored apple pie filling and makes a simple and flavorful grab-and-go breakfast for busy mornings! This post was sponsored by Farmland Fresh Dairies. Click here to read my disclosures.
Here’s the story of how an easy breakfast bowl got this mama her morning groove back.
See, I love implementing systems and rhythms in my family’s days. I know, right!? I only gush about them every chance I can get in this space. But seriously though guys, I Really. Freakin’. Love. Routine.
But hey, guess what? I’m also a human, who screws up, and loses steam, and gets distracted. And my rhythms sometimes fall apart, just like they do with basically everyone else in this world.
I just make sure that when that happens, I stop, reassess, and get back into the fallen rhythm as soon as I possibly can.
Case in point: the wheels have lately begun to come off of our morning routine.
And I needed to do something about it.
My kids are both in school now and everyone in the family has to be out the door by 7:40 am. The first few weeks of the school year I was really nailing our new-to-us morning routine and getting a hot, filling breakfast on the table for everyone.
But things started slowly piling up and one day I found myself wrapping peanut butter toast in paper towels and passing them out as we all rushed out the door. And while I’d never fault that for happening occasionally, it started happening more and more.
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My awesome morning routine wasn’t so awesomely routine anymore.
So when Farmland Fresh sent me a shipment of dairy products and asked to create a recipe for them, I knew exactly what I wanted to do: breakfast.
Preferably a breakfast that was healthy, grab-and-go, and full of natural flavors.
Like an easy breakfast bowl with chia and yogurt. (Seriously. Really easy.)
Crisp fall mornings go hand in hand with apples, so this Apple Pie Breakfast Bowl, featuring plain yogurt from Farmland Fresh thickened with chia seeds and topped with warming apple pie flavors, takes just a few minutes of hands-on work for a great reward.
Plus, these easy breakfast bowls are allllllllmost like having dessert for breakfast.
Like, if you close your eyes real tight and pretend you’re eating real apple pie instead of, you know, a healthy breakfast, you might just believe it.
In any case, easy breakfast bowls are a great option for anyone riding the weekday morning struggle bus (like me lately).
You can mix these apple pie breakfast bowls with chi and yogurt up the night before and throw ‘em in the fridge, or even make a handful at the start of the week and skip the morning cooking altogether for a few days.
Because other than a pre-set coffee machine, there’s nothing easier than a premade, easy breakfast bowl that only needed the plastic wrap to come off before digging in. Am I right?
Apple Pie Breakfast Bowls with Chia and Yogurt
Ingredients
- 2 apple
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 teaspoon apple pie seasoning
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 4 tablespoons chia seeds
- 1/2 cup Farmland Fresh plain yogurt
Instructions
Prep Ahead:
- Remove the core from the apples and cut them into small dice.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat, then add the apples, apple pie seasoning and brown sugar.
- Stir to combine and let cook until the apples have softened and the mixture is starting to break down, about 10 minutes.
- When the apples are cool enough to handle, transfer to a resealable container and store in the fridge for up to 1 week.
Prepare From Prepped:
- Divide the yogurt into 4 bowls.
- Stir 1 tablespoon of chia seeds into the yogurt until combined.
- Spoon the apples on top of the yogurt and serve, or wrap and store for up to 1 week.
Make From Fresh:
- Remove the core from the apples and cut them into small dice.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat, then add the apples, apple pie seasoning and brown sugar.
- Stir to combine and let cook until the apples have softened and the mixture is starting to break down, about 10 minutes.
- While the apples are cooking, divide the yogurt into 4 bowls.
- Stir 1 tablespoon of chia seeds into each bowl until combined.
- When the apple have cooked, remove from the heat and spoon onto the yogurt bowls.
- Serve immediately or let cool and then wrap and store in the fridge.
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