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This is barely a recipe and it is one of the most useful things to have in the fridge on a school morning. Four pots, ten minutes, and breakfast is solved for half the week.
Keep the granola separate
The single rule. Granola in contact with yoghurt is soft within an hour and unpleasant by the next morning. Either layer it on just before eating, or — for lunchboxes and fridge pots — put it in a small separate container and tip it on at the table.
If you are packing these for school, this is the same wet-away-from-dry principle covered in our school lunch guide.
Honey and children under one
Do not add honey to anything for a child under 12 months. Honey can contain spores that cause infant botulism, and the NHS and the US Centers for Disease Control both advise against it under one year. Use mashed banana or a little fruit purée instead, or leave it unsweetened. For older children the honey is optional anyway — ripe berries usually do enough.
How long they keep
Assembled pots without granola keep three to four days refrigerated, in line with standard guidance for cut fruit. Frozen berries work and are usually cheaper; stir them in frozen and they thaw in the pot overnight, releasing juice that colours the yoghurt.
Where to go next
- Homemade granola — the crunchy layer
- Strawberry banana smoothie — same ingredients, faster
- Choosing containers — small pots are the ones that run out
