I recently rediscovered my jar collection when I started storing homemade granola in mason jars. My lower kitchen cabinet has jam jars, pickle jars, black bean sauce jars, and pasta sauce jars. I’m not sure what I was saving all these jars for. Just thought that it would come in handy one day. That one day is here. Honey Yogurt in a Jar.
When my oldest was starting solids, we tried feeding her plain yogurt. You know that face when kids bite into a lemon? That’s the face we got when she took her first taste. After that, it was hard to feed her plain yogurt, especially since I had a hard time downing it myself. So we moved on to flavored yogurt… the stuff my husband and I grew up on. Prior to kids, my husband and I didn’t spend much time looking at nutrition labels. But kids changed all that! After realizing how much sugar was in flavored yogurt, we moved towards buying plain yogurt and flavored yogurt and mixing the two together to get a somewhat less sweet yogurt. One miraculous day, we happened upon a honey flavored yogurt and a light bulb went off. Why don’t we just buy plain yogurt and just add honey to it ourselves? Such a simple concept but took us a while to get there!
My kids have yogurt for breakfast about every other day. Do they love it? No, they prefer other stuff like eggs and pancakes. Do they prefer the flavored yogurt to the homemade honey yogurt? Surprisingly, no. So we take this as a win to fill their bodies with natural probiotics! Can yogurt drizzled with honey get any better? Yes! Top it with granola and fruit. Can yogurt drizzled with honey, topped with granola and fruit, get any better? You betcha.
Previously, when our youngest realized yogurt was for breakfast, more often than not, he would grumble and complain. But after putting the exact same ingredients in a jar instead of a bowl, I’ve not heard a single complaint. Maybe it’s the creation of visible layers that somehow alters the way our taste buds respond. Maybe it’s just a novelty that hasn’t worn off yet. Maybe it really does just taste better in a jar.
“Does everything taste better in a jar?” Experiment
Yogurt may taste better in a jar but do other things taste better in a jar? Putting my kids to the test…
Cereal in a Jar?
It’s unanimous: cereal tastes better in a jar. Hm. This is probably not a good test. Our kids normally don’t get to eat these colorful, sugar filled cereal. So they would probably say this cereal tastes really really good, regardless of whether it’s in a jar.
What about Veggies in a Jar?
My oldest says veggies taste better in a jar, especially since there is a layer of fried onions. I don’t usually put fried onions with the veggies. So maybe this is another bad test. My youngest, the picky eater of the family… the true test of whether everything tastes better in a jar … let’s get a drum roll … says nope. Veggies taste bad regardless of whether it’s in a jar.
So, there you have it. Not everything tastes better in a jar. But if it will stop a morning of complaints, I will continue to put Honey Yogurt in a Jar.
Honey Yogurt in a Jar
Equipment
- jar
Ingredients
- 1/2 C yogurt
- 1 tsp honey
- 1/4 C fruit
- 1/4 C granola
Instructions
- Add each ingredient as a layer in a jar. Layer it in whatever order you'd like!
- Eat and be merry!
