July 17, 2007: Yogurt Anyone?

I plan to prepare "Fruit and Yogurt Parfait" for breaking fast this evening. Do you have other recipe of how you serve yogurt? Please feel free to share.

Ingredients:

• 1 medium ripe fresh peach or nectarine or 2 medium kiwifruits (I'll use mango instead)
• 1 8-ounce carton plain low-fat yogurt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup bite-size shredded wheat biscuits, coarsely crushed
• 2 teaspoons sugar-free pancake and waffle syrup or light pancake and waffle syrup product
• 1 tablespoon sliced almonds, toasted
• Dash ground cinnamon

Directions:

1. If desired, peel fruit; pit peach and nectarine. Chop fruit, reserving 2 wedges for garnish. Set aside.

2. Combine yogurt and vanilla. Spoon half of the yogurt mixture into two 8- to 10-ounce parfait glasses. Top with half of the crushed cereal, all of the chopped fruit, syrup, remaining yogurt mixture, and remaining crushed cereal. Sprinkle with almonds and cinnamon. Garnish each serving with a reserved fruit wedge. Makes 2 servings.

July 17, 2007: My Fruit and Yogurt Parfait

This is how my Fruit and Yogurt Parfait looks like.

It has been improvised of course. I used manggo and replaced wafle syrup with honey. And instead of 'shredded wheat biscuits', I accidentally bought 'whole wheat biscuits'. I thought when I saw it in the supermarket the label says 'shredded wheat biscuits', but when I took it home and showed to Herb, it turned out to be 'whole wheat biscuits'! I also forgot to sprinkle the cinnamon! And lastly, I don't have parfait glass!

But despite all that, I have to admit that it is delicious! The smell of vanila, the crunchiness of almond flakes and whole wheat biscuits, and the sweet-sour taste of manggo .... all blended very well with the taste of yogurt. Actually I never like yogurt, I eat it because it is good for my tummy. But now, I think I have found a recipe that makes yogurt taste great. For those of you who loves yogurt or those who hate yogurt but have to eat it, listen carefully: TRY THIS RECIPE!