I know it sounds like YoPlait but hey thats the intention. So many people eat these store bought flavored fruity yogurt for a snack or dessert and I was one of them :). My office refrigerator is loaded with these . But has anyone thought that making something similar at home can be easy and much more nutritious since you control everything that goes into it. But there is a catch here , the Yogurt you use & the amount of sweetness you put matters. Please visit my post on Yogurt Shopping if you haven’t read that.
My FruPlait is a heavenly medley of luscious greek yogurt, your choice of chopped fruits & granola or cereals.
I use 0% fat Greek Yogurt from Trader Joes or make my own (read below on how to make it) for this recipe. Greek Yogurt is just a fancy name for strained Yogurt. Straining removes its whey (liquid). Straining the yogurt results in thicker & creamier consistency. Greek yogurt has twice the protein content compared to normal yogurt per serving. However normal full-fat Greek Yogurt is heavier on fat than plain full-fat yogurt. No worries we use the fat free one. So read on…
This recipe serves 1-2
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup of 0% fat Greek yogurt. If you can’t find it in the store, just hang the regular non-fat yogurt in a muslin cloth for 3-4 hours. You can also use normal yogurt just that the texture of Fruplait won’t be that creamy & thick. But it will taste quite good nonetheless.
- 1/2 cup cut Strawberries + Sweet Ripe Mangoes. You can use any fruits you like. Since its summer I like to use sweet ripe Mango(my husband’s favorite). If mangoes are not available you can use bananas, blueberries etc
- 1 tsp of powdered/icing sugar (I use Splenda) + 1 tsp of honey. If you don’t want to use Honey, you can always use 1 more tsp of sugar instead.
- 3-4 tbsp of Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds. You can also use Granola, crumbled oatmeal cookies..basically anything you like to give the sweet crunch.
Directions
1. Finely cut the fruits & add 1 tsp of icing sugar in it. Mix it well so that sugar is coated to every fruit piece
2. In a bowl whip up the yogurt with 1 tsp of honey.
3. Take your serving cup - add half of your fruit mixture. Top that with 1/2 of your yogurt mixture & sprinkle some cereals.
4. Repeat this layer “fruit - yogurt - cereals” one more time and its done.
Your cool FruPlait is ready.
Note - If you like to eat this as a snack or in breaskfast I suggest to keep the sugar content low. But if you plan this for a dessert, you can increase the sugar to make it sweeter. This is a great summer dessert.
If you want to make this ahead of time to enjoy later, make sure to omit the cereals from step 3 &4. Otherwise they will become mushy & will not taste as good. Instead just before serving sprinkle some on top and this will taste just as good.
Under 100 calories, a whopping upto 12g of proteins, goodness from fruits & super in taste - how good does that sound :-D.
If you like this recipe, Please Post your Comments (I will use shorthand for this as PPC)
Popularity: 78% [?]
May 28th, 2008 at
This looks and tastes heavenly. Love this as a dessert.
May 28th, 2008 at
Forgot to mention….I really like the name “Fruplait”. You should patent it.
May 29th, 2008 at
Great post. Your Fruplait looks yumilicious.