I have a serious sweet tooth. To such an extreme, that I cannot have ice cream in my house or I will eat it in one sitting. It doesn’t matter if I buy a pint or a gallon. Sigh. It’s quite an issue I have. So I tend to try to avoid making dessert all together if I’m cooking, but this recipe seemed too good to pass up. Once again, this came from Cooking Light’s Quick & Healthy Menu Maker App to go with the Mango Shrimp Kebabs and the Grilled Corn with Chipotle Lime Butter. I adapted the recipe to work with a bag of mixed frozen berries I had in my freezer.
Ingredients:
1 cup frozen blueberry, blackberry and raspberry mix
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup sugar
The juice and zest of 1 lemon
1 tablespoon butter
2 cups plain 2% reduced-fat Greek yogurt
Fresh blackberries, blueberries, and/or raspberries, optional
Combine the frozen berry mixture, water, sugar, zest and lemon in a small pan.
Bring to a boil and reduce the heat to medium low. Let simmer for 10 minutes.
Stir in butter.
Meanwhile, divide the Greek yogurt among 4 bowls.
Spoon the berry sauce over the yogurt and serve. Top with fresh berries if you have any on hand.
What a perfect way to indulge in a dessert without completely ruining your healthy dinner. The berry sauce is just sweet enough to cut through the Greek yogurt, but not overly so.
As good as it was for dessert, I still had some left over, so I had it the next morning for breakfast. It was just as tasty cold, which is great news because you can make the berry sauce ahead of time. I do suggest adding some fresh berries on top, just so there is some texture to the dessert.
now you really got me hungry with that delicious healthy dessert! oh what the heck it looks good for breakfast too!
I do love greek yogurt and what a wonderful way to enjoy it!
This sauce sounds perfect for just about anything!
I was just looking at this recipe in the Cooking Light magazine! How funny is that? Yours looks as good as theirs does in the magazine! GREAT job!
This looks delicious and healthy. How can you beat that? Thanks for posting this. I don’t get CL anymore but it always has great recipes.
Who could resist this awesome dessert? Desserts do not always need a lot of sugar and fat to taste good! Well done.
Looks like a fantastic way to start the day! I would have that for breakfast or dessert any day. Yummy!
I also have a sweet tooth! And i think this yogurt is made for me!
I love how simple and delicious this recipe is – what a wonderful way to start the day 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
what if i sub sugar with maple syrup or honey?
I’ve never tried this recipe with either of those; let me know how it turns out!