Caramel Apple Crisp Yogurt Parfait
Balsamic Strawberry Frozen Yogurt
For my first icy experiment, I decided to make a frozen yogurt (let's ease into it with something a bit healthier), particularly a balsamic strawberry frozen yogurt - which is one of my favorite flavors from my favorite ice cream shop here in Seattle.
Chocolate, Raspberry, and Hazelnut, Yogurt Parfaits
Lately, I've become completely obsessed with Chobani Flip Yogurt - especially the chocolate haze craze, which got me thinking (for all those people who don't have access to Chobani), why not make a version of my own chocolate yogurt, for my post workout fuel.
Harissa Roasted Carrots with Yogurt, Lemon, and Mint
Whole Wheat Pita Bread and Tzatziki
I love the smell of yeast and fresh bread baking in the oven. I love watching it puff and rise. What a magical thing to witness. I'd always thought of pit bread as something difficult to make, but this recipe is fairly easy. It involves adding ingredients to a stand mixer and then letting the stand mixer do all the hard work for you. All you really need is some time to kill. This recipe produces the most wonderful soft pockets of goodness.
Blueberry Lemon Yogurt Popsicles
Raspberry Parfait
In my life, I have moved more than a dozen times. Each time more painful than the last. As I age and grow, as time continues to move forward, I collect more. Accumulate more. Some of my things are small and some large. Some fit neatly into a box, and some have the awkwardness of a first date. All these things, whether they are big or small, shiny or new, they provide me with a sense of familiarity and comfort. Each time I move or travel. When I've eventually found a place to call home, I unpack the boxes like it was Christmas morning, neatly and carefully. I am overwhelmed by the memories attached, the smells, the feels. To another, they may be considered junk, but to me they are pieces of my past. Treasures.
The way I feel towards my things, the connections, it is also shared with the food I eat. A slice of apple pie reminds me of my mother, my earliest memory baking in the kitchen, vanilla ice cream, cheddar cheese, the apple tree beside our house growing up. Raspberries remind me of a bakery in the small town I was raised, whom had the most delicious raspberry tarts. I am also reminded of being a kid, picking raspberries by the fence, delighted when I had found more than two. The first breakfast to be had in our new home, surely needed to be one to remember. Inspired by a chocolate cherry parfait on the menu from a previous nights dinner, immediately, I raced home to build something similarity sweet and delightful. A tub of my favorite
, with a touch of maple syrup and vanilla. The raspberries were boiled and thickened with some sugar and lemon juice. Swirled between layers of yogurt, a few almonds for garnish. A breakfast to remember.
RASPBERRY PARFAIT RECIPE
makes 3 - 4
INGREDIENTS
12 oz (340g) frozen raspberries
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp cornstarch
1 tbsp lemon juice
18 oz (500g) Greek style plain yogurt
1 tbsp maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp sliced almonds
In a medium size saucepan on low-medium heat, add the raspberries, sugar, corn starch, and lemon juice. Let the raspberries simmer for 10 - 15 minutes. The frozen berries will thaw and then become a thin syrup consistency. Once this happens, continue to simmer until they thicken to desired consistency. Remove from the heat and set to the side to cool.
Once the berries have cooled, mix the Greek yogurt with maple syrup and vanilla.
In 4 small jar, layer with yogurt, raspberries, yogurt, raspberries, and then finish with yogurt. Sprinkle almonds on the top and serve.
Raspberry syrup can be refrigerated for up to one week and stored in the freezer for 3 months.
