Healthy Frozen Yogurt
IntoFit | July 20th, 2009 | Foods and Products | 6 Comments »
I’ve rediscovered something from childhood that I’m so excited about!
When was the last time you had Yogen Fruz?
My husband and I went to the movies the other night. Normally we grab an extra large hot tea to take into the theater with us so that we can avoid the snack bar all together.
But we rushed to the movies without dinner (bad girl, I know) so I grabbed a Lara bar for each of us and stuck it in my purse. When we arrived at the theater, they had a Yogen Fruz stand beside the snack bar. The bars, stayed in my purse and we opted for frozen yogurt instead!
We both ordered low fat vanilla with a blend of mixed berries and extra strawberries. It was delicious!
I love that they take the frozen fruit and blend it into the yogurt! I just forgot how good it was, or even that it existed really!
The reason I went with low-fat instead of no-fat or sugar-free is because the no-fat has chemicals in it to replace the fat, and the no-sugar added has fake chemical sugars added! I would rather have the sugar and so would my digestive system! For the extra 10 calories and 2.5 grams of fat, I didn’t feel it necessary to put the chemicals in my body.
For a small low fat Yogen Fruz ( just the yogurt) here it the breakdown :
You get almost 10% of you RDA of calcium and you get fiber and other vitamins from the fruit you put in it!
This is a great treat to say cool on a hot summers day! I can’t say enough how much I love this rediscovery! It’s definitely on my guilt free treat list!
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I read somewhere on your blog that you always love a cooking challenge (I think it was with the tuna sambal) so here it is …
I challenge you to make a tasty, healthy granola. I have been playing with recipes for the past little while and I must admit I am struggling. Maybe I am trying to make it too healthy, but then again is there such a thing? Low or no oil (mashed bananas, pumpkin or applesauce instead), low in maple syrup or whatever sweetener you use, with egg whites potentially for extra protein, etc. Maintaining the crunch and the clumping. Thoughts? Do you think it is possible?
Ah! An impossible challenge!!!!!! I have to be honest, I think Granola is a FAKE healthy food. IN my opinion- there is no way to make it delicious and crunchy without BUTTER and sugar. Adding fresh, dried or pureed fruit tends to make it soft. I've even tried fluffing up egg whites as if I were making a meringue to use as a binding agent. Although this worked the best, it was far from perfect. If your looking for the crunchy texture with clumps in it – try sprinkling a 1/4 of Kashi Go Lean Crunch on your yogurt. I even have a recipe where I use this as Kashi as a top to a fruit crumble. If you just want to granola taste, sprinkle some oats, cinnamon a few raisins and a crushed walnut on top of our yogurt!
If you ever figure it out, let me know!
What about this recipe?
The Mix:
2 cups rolled oats (I used thick cut, but old fashioned rolled oats are fine)
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1/2 cup unsweetened coconut
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp canola oil
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 300*. Heat honey until thin. Add other coatings. Mix well. Add coconut, almonds and oats and stir to coat well. Spread onto a well greased with cooking spray non-stick cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes. Stir mixture. Bake for another 5 minutes. Stir again. Bake 2-7 minutes more, until mixture is golden brown.
Makes about 4.5 cups. Each 1/4 cup is about 100 calories.
That is pretty healthy, no?
This gives good direction to healthifying granola …
http://www.usaweekend.com/06_issues/060226/060226cooksmart.html
Do you believe coconut oil is better than canola? And what do you think the best type of sweetener is for this kind of thing? Maple syrup is my guess.
I am determined
Healthy granola MUST be possible!
If you are at all interested, another article about customizing granola from a well-done Canadian blog…
http://freshcrackedpepper.com/2008/02/06/granola-belt/
Thanks for the links!
Your recipe sounds pretty good. It looks like it would be high in fat for the number of calories. Could you cut back on the oil by 1 Tbsp and use only 1/4 cup of coconut and add some raisins…? Just an idea! The other thing I would do – and this is only if honey makes it too sticky or soft, is take away the honey and replace it with brown sugar. I would only do this is the honey hinders the recipe. I, personally think sugar is sugar. If it's coming from honey, maple syrup or brown sugar it's all going to the same place and your body is going to respond to them all in the same way. Again, this is just my personally opinion.
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