As registered dietitians and personal trainers you may think that since we eat a healthy diet, exercise and love veggies that we automatically must just not like sweets. Ha! If only!
The truth is we love chocolate and frozen desserts. In fact, we joke about being single-handedly (or double 😉 ) responsible for putting a frozen yogurt shop out of business when we were in high school and our friend worked at the shop and hooked us up with free frozen yogurt. We practically lived there!
Thankfully, since those days, we’ve learned to make some pretty delicious, waistline-friendly frozen desserts that we can eat and get in the very comfort of our own home! Remember our Skinny Strawberry Mint Ice Cream , Dark Chocolate Banana Ice Cream and this Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream? Well those just whet our appetite to make more!
And now that it’s officially summer, we’ve whipped up this yummy and healthier choice for dessert and your sweet tooth! It’s lower in fat than ice cream and healthier with low-fat Greek yogurt– and fruit for added sweetness instead of using lots of sugar.
Curious what gets weightloss hopefuls into trouble when they go for fro-yo? Toppings and portion sizes. So remember this:
1) If you want a topping, go for fruit OR if you really want a candy topping, get 1 teaspoon on the side. Then dip your fro-yo into that so you can control the portion topping.
2) To control the portion at the make your own yogurt bars, if you have trouble eyeballing the portion, consider filling a portion onto the lid instead and then scooping it into the yogurt container—this will help to keep you portion in check.
We’ve a homemade version for you to try!
Homemade Strawberry FroYo
Serves: 4
Ingredients
16 oz low-fat plain Greek Yogurt
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup fresh strawberries, sliced
Directions
- Thoroughly mix all ingredients in a medium size bowl.
- Pour Mixture into ice cream maker or blender and churn or blend until all ingredients are mixed evenly and mixture is smooth. If not using an ice cream maker, place mixture in a freezer safe container and place in the freezer for two to four hours and then serve.
- If using an ice cream maker, serve immediately and Enjoy!!
Note: If you don’t have an ice cream maker and don’t want to wait the 2-4 hours to make this a frozen dessert, you can simply drink the delish smoothie! 🙂
Nutrition Facts: 122 calories, 0 g fat, 0 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 43 mg sodium, 19 g carbs, 0 g fiber, 14 g sugar, 12 g protein
- 16 oz low-fat plain Greek Yogurt
- ¼ cup sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla
- ½ cup fresh strawberries, sliced
- Thoroughly mix all ingredients in a medium size bowl.
- Pour Mixture into ice cream maker or blender and churn or blend until all ingredients are mixed evenly and mixture is smooth. If not using an ice cream maker, place mixture in a freezer safe container and place in the freezer for two to four hours and then serve.
- If using an ice cream maker, serve immediately and Enjoy!!