Make a Yogurt and Fruit Dessert
This quick dessert is the perfect thing on a hot summer day. Or, it makes a great light breakfast alternative. And it is packed with immune-boosting vitamins!
- Servings: 2
- Preparation time: 10–15 minutes
Contents
Ingredients
- 14 oz plain yogurt, or, for a less bitter taste, vanilla yogurt
- 7 oz fresh, seasonal mixed fruits, sliced. Includes:
- Apples (Granny Smith, Golden Delicious, etc.)
- Orange
- Peaches
- Raspberries
- Blueberries
- Bananas
- Any fruit you like
- 1 tbsp vanilla sugar
- 3 fl oz honey
- 3 Tbsp salted nuts (optional, see tips)
- Some mint sprigs, for garnish (optional)
Steps
- Slice fruit and put yogurt into a bowl.
- Whisk the yogurt until it is thoroughly smooth and without any lumps.
- Sprinkle the fruit with the vanilla sugar.
- Place a couple of spoonfuls of the fruit mixture into the two serving glasses.
- Add two spoonfuls of the yogurt on top and drizzle some honey over it.
- Make a second layer of fruit, yogurt, and honey.
- Add a sprinkling of chopped nuts and some berries or a slice of fruit.
- As a colorful garnish, decorate your yogurt with a few sprigs of mint.
- Serve immediately!
Tips
- Salted nuts may be replaced with more fruit or nothing at all.
- For a more dessert-like snack, add whipped cream, a little chocolate syrup, and a maraschino cherry to the side.
- Try adding a little whipped cream on top as an extra treat!
- It is safe to double, triple, or quadruple the ingredients in this recipe for more people.
- For a low fat version, replace plain yogurt with reduced fat, or low fat yogurt; use a ½ teaspoon vanilla sugar; use 1 ounce (or no) honey; and replace nuts with fruit.
Things You'll Need
- Spoon
- Whisk
- 2 serving glasses
Related Articles
- Turn Vanilla Yogurt Into Dessert Yogurt
Sources and Citations
Videojug - Thanks to VideoJug for the pictures and instructions used in this article.
