Take your breakfast to a whole new level with this healthy and delicious dessert-like Roasted Banana Split Greek Yogurt Breakfast Bowl! Can be vegan and paleo friendly!
You know what I just realized? My most popular recipes are the ones that are the simplest to make! Yea, that means I really don’t have to slave in the kitchen to make a masterpiece.
Sometimes my mind is swirling around with 57,000 recipe ideas with over-complicated flavor combos and instructions. But guess what? None of those recipes that I sometimes think that are a good idea never even make it on the blog.
Like how stupid am I to just realize this now? No common sense my friends. The recipe for success is making a simple recipe that a take on a popular dish with a unique twist. Hence this Roasted Banana Split Breakfast Bowl.
Bowls are all the rage right now, and greek yogurt bowls are dominating the breakfast competition. This meant two things; I must make a greek yogurt bowl thats simple and I must include a flavor combo that is oh so popular.
Everybody is crazy for banana split, I mean its the country’s signature dessert! Let me tell ya a little secret about the strawbs and bananas; y’all gotta roast them. Roasting them makes them sweet and untouchable.
And those walnuts, they taste like the nuts you get at a fair. You know, the roasted and cinnamon and sugary coated ones? Only they are chai-spiced and made with coconut sugar.
And lets not forget about the chocolate. The chunks are UNREAL! You have to do the chunks, so much better than the chips! Basically Im saying you need to make the breakfast bowl! Its gluten-free, grain-free, can be dairy-free, vegan and paleo friendly! Oh and kid friendly 😉
Roasted Banana Split Greek Yogurt Breakfast Bowl
Ingredients
- 2 cups plain greek/coconut yogurt
- 1 banana sliced in half
- 1/2 cup strawberries tops cut off
- 1/4 cup walnuts
- 2 tsp. coconut oil melted
- 1 tsp. coconut sugar
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1.4 tsp. cardamom
- 1/8 tsp. nutmeg
- Chopped dark chocolate
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place strawberries and bananas on a cooking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 20 minutes.
- Combine walnuts with coconut oil. Add coconut sugar, cinnamon, cardamom and nutmeg. Mix well and place on a cooking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 15 minutes, or until nuts are toasted.
- To assemble yogurt bowls, add 1 cup yogurt to each bowl. Top each with half slice of banana and half of strawberries. Add walnuts and dark chocolate.
- Enjoy!
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Yum! I love banana splits, like you said might be one of my favorite desserts, and this makes them so much better!
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Hahaha. I’m with you! My most popular recipes are ALWAYS the most simple. So simple, I almost consider them not blogworthy. This looks like such a treat!
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Yum! Totally love this breakfast bowl. Roasted banana is amazing!
I think plates are feeling offended now that bowls are the rage.
I had a bowl haircut growing up…is THAT the rage too?
Anyway, roasted banana just takes it to the next level here- I would totally sneak in some spiralized apples too. 2 point bonus 😉
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those walnuts sound sooo good!! and YES breakfast bowls are everything! I wish i was a bigger fan of bananas, but strawberries alone would be delicious on this
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When I saw this on your IG the other day, I knew I would LOVE this recipe. I was right!! What a great idea to roast the fruit in the oven! I bet that makes it all carmelized and extra sweet. SO GOOD. Dessert for breakfast is definitely okay with me!
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Thank you! Dessert for breakfast is always the best!
they are amazing! Just having strawberries would be amazing too 🙂
Plates are overrated haha. Oh my gosh no you didn’t!!! Lol I wish I could see a picture haha. Spiraled apples would be a great addition, what a fricken’ awesome idea! Yay, now I can be the first person to get a 12 (in the old scoring system haha) 🙂
Thank you!
simple is best! thank you!
Heck yes! dessert for breakfast is the BEST!
How I wish the complicated recipes would be the most popular 😛 Those are the FUN ones to cook!
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I’m a simple recipe lover! I’m not the best cook… but I can cook the basics ya know?? This looks perfect btw! I love the bright and beautiful fruit!! Also, yay for those walnuts!! They sound perfect!!
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This looks so good!
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You are a decadent dessert-for-breakfast making genius! This looks roasty and toasty and so tasty! Simple always wins for sure 🙂
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Oh me god I’m dyyyyinnggg. This looks like everything and more. I just need strawberries to come back onto the shelves and then I’m totally digging into this.
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what a fun and delicious way to enjoy one of my fav desserts!! Yogurt bowls are soo in right now, and I can’t get enough!! Will try this soon 😉
Mouth watering!! Oh my gosh yum!!
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Loving everything about this! I made a similar recipe like this for my kids class at work.
I’m all about the simple recipes and this sounds so awesome. I have never thought to roast bananas, what a perfect treat, I have to try this soon. I just bought a ton of strawberries, I think this will be the perfect spring treat!
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There is something about roasting fruits and vegetables – it’s just so. SO. SO. GOOD! 😀
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So true that usually the most simplest recipes are the best mostly because they have whole and healthy ingredients and nothing else! I am loving this breakfast bowl! And those chocolate chunks, YUMM so much better than chips, I definitely would want this for breakfast!
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That’s so true for me too! My most popular recipe is a chicken stew recipe, which I almost didn’t post because I thought it was boring 😛 These breakfast bowls look delicious! Love how much flavor you get from roasting fruit!
I love your apple noodle breakfast bowl but I think this is gonna be my new favorite! Roasted bananas and strawberries, swoon 🙂
Okay this is amazing! I really love roasted bananas, they have so much flavor! I can’t wait to make this!
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This looks really yummy. 🙂 I love how you titled it.
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Yum! This looks amazing! Going to give it a try. Pinned! 🙂
Delicious…i love bananas…anything for me…
Say what?! Banana splits were a favorite of mine growing up.
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What an awesome way to give your breakfasts a fancy and cozy boost! I always put strawberries and banana in my bowls, but never thought to roast it up. Thanks for the inspo 🙂
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You’re so right about roasting strawberries. I couldn’t believe what a difference it made!
OMG, this recipe looks fantastic! Bananas and strawberries all the way!
Thank you!
So true!
Roasting fruit brings it to a whole new level! thanks 🙂
aren’t they the best!?
Thanks!
Thank you!
Thank you 🙂
Gosh this makes me wish I could eat bananas!!!
Oh, the husband will love this one! Thanks for sharing.
I love doing crazy stuff, but when it comes down to it… there’s just something about simple comforts. Especially when it involves a banana split!!!
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Heck yaaas is right, this looks and sounds amazing!
Hi Bethany & Nicole.
This looks absolutely delicious and the ingredients is filled with a wealth of health. You doesn’t love strawberries and bananas. Thanks for sharing on Real Food Fridays. Pinned & tweeted!
Easy is totally the way to go! I’ve never had a roasted banana and I think I need to change that!
heck yes! I agree!
Thank you!
Thank you!
yes simple is the best!
Thanks 🙂
Awww no I wish you could too 🙁
This looks so good! It’s amazing what just cooking a banana can do to take your breakfast to the next level!
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This sounds so good! I love that fruits are roasted! Such a great idea.
Mmm chocolate for breakfast sounds like a plan!
yes!
thank you!
thanks!
Thank you! I agree!
Oh, I sooooo agree with you that the sometimes the simplest recipes are the most popular for the blog–but it’s kind of confounding, isn’t it? You would think, the more effort you put into it, the more success it should reap, right? Apparently that’s wrong… Haha. Meanwhile, I love that you roasted the banana for this breakfast bowl. Roasted bananas are the best! 🙂 Great recipe!
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thanks you! simple=best!
I had a banana split for the first time in a long time yesterday! Yum! Thank goodness for lactose-free ice cream–and lactose-free yogurt! I love the idea of making it a breakfast treat!
dessert for breakfast is the best!
I’m bringing yogurt and toppings to a Kiwanis meeting Tuesday. This is a perfect idea! Wow. Don’t you add any sweetening agent to the plain yogurt? I usually add Truvia.