Fruity-Nutty Granola, Yogurt and Fruit

½c Chobani Plain Greek 

½c Bear Naked granola

½c quartered cherries

While eating this. . .I mentally recalculated the calories a couple times. Hard to believe something with this much flavor, crunch and volume is under 500 calories! I will ALWAYS buy this yogurt if it's available, regardless of cost. This time it was comparably priced to lesser yogurts.

430 calories!!

I love the creator's sense of passion, community, fairness, the way he compensates his employees and supports family back in his homeland.  Read more here:  Chobani  This time, as I picked it up I saw that my grocery store was doing a promotional.  If you buy two packages of Bear Naked Granola, the yogurt rings up free!  I'd never tried this granola before, but when I saw all the fruit and nuts, decided to give it a try.  Winning Combination!!  It's great!  The cherries, well, although they're mixed in, they're like The Cherries On Top!
I love this! . .Lin 🍒 💕 🍒

Berry Kale Smoothie

1c frozen berries
2 lg. stalks of celery

1 BIG handful of kale

2T ground seeds: such as chia,

... flax, sunflower, sesame, pumpkin

½c Chobani plain Greek yogurt

juice of 1 lime

tart cherry juice

2T organic honey

This isn't pretty, but the flavors were really good. Additionally, it's a great source of protein, vitamins, fiber, and antioxidants.  Add cherry juice until you get the consistency you want.

Be Creative with your fruit - vegetable choices and make some great smoothies once in a while! . . Lin

Fruity Coconut Frozen Yogurt

Assorted Frozen Fruits - I used a variety today.  Orange peel, half a banana, pineapple, cranberries, and a cherry-berry mix containing sweet cherries, tart cherries, blueberries and strawberries.  I used my chopper on all this while partially frozen.  It measured 2 cups.  Put that aside for now so it thaws a bit more.  The juice will help everything come together in the blender.  This recipe almost filled both a 30 and a 41oz. container, so I had to blend in 3 batches.

1c coconut milk

1½c coconut cream

2c Chobani Greek yogurt

¼-⅓c honey (or Maple syrup)

1-2t pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon

2c chopped assorted fruit

Put the ingredients in the blender in the order given, blending well, then pouring out a couple cups into a bowl to make room for the rest.  I've been working on perfecting a couple ice cream or frozen yogurt recipes, rather than buy regular sugar-filled ice cream that often has artificial ingredients and chemicals.

I just put this in the freezer.  It's 7:00 in the evening now, so I may even switch it to the 'fridge if it doesn't freeze to the consistency I want tonight.  Then I'd pop it back in the freezer tomorrow morning.  I don't use an ice cream maker, so it's important to stir this AS it's freezing, to keep it aerated so it doesn't freeze really hard, like a fruity ice cube.  Making this sort of dessert is time-intensive, so it's good to start it on a morning when you're hanging around the kitchen, doing 'house things.'  Last year, I said I was going to try making lemon frozen yogurt.  That'll probably be my next dessert project!
Be Bold, Be Creative and most of all, I wish you Fun and Happy Cooking 😉 . . . Lin