National Parfait Day | All the Parfaits

My neighbor Janet comes over sometimes to watch TV, have dinner, just hang out. She also benefits from my cooking through the food holidays because I bring food over to her all the time. During an episode of Chopped, she decided to clue us in to surviving the baskets: you can always make a slider and you can always put out a parfait. Ever since her nugget of wisdom was imparted onto us, I noticed that she’s right! And it rings true to me because when I’ve been stumped on a dessert for the food holiday, I’ve taken to making a parfait. They’re so simple!

I’m in the true home stretch of the food holidays (I have less than 30 recipes to go!) and I don’t feel like reinventing the wheel so late in the game. I have plenty of parfait recipes that I can just share again here, as a celebration of parfaits. Because parfaits are awesome. And parfaits are each. And also, I don’t have fruit in the house to make a new parfait the way I’d want to.

From the beginning:

• National California Strawberry Day (Strawberry Pineapple Parfait)
• National Chocolate Parfait Day (Chocolate & Vanilla Pudding Parfait)
• National Strawberry Shortcake Day (Strawberry Shortcake Parfait)
• National Strawberry Parfait Day (Mixed Fruit Parfait)
• National Strawberry Cream Pie Day (Mixed Berry Pie Parfait)

Five parfaits in one year says some things: I sometimes appreciate the path of least resistance, I wash my parfait glass a lot, I love fruit.

I would love to hear about your favorite parfait. Tell me in the comments! Happy National Parfait Day!