Looking for a healthy alternative to ice cream that’s packed with whole foods, complex carbs, high protein, calcium, plenty of vitamins/micronutrients, and healthy fats?! Look no further!
This recipe includes:
Greek yogurt: calcium, probiotics, protein
Blueberries: polyphenols (which is a high antioxidant), anti-inflammatory, low sugar
Nut butters: poly-unsaturated fats
Cinnamon & spices: anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, can improve insulin sensitivity
Brown rice cakes: complex carbs made of whole grains
This yogurt and fruit recipe is deceiving. Although it sounds healthy, the convenient ingredients (frozen blueberries, way cheaper!) and unique preparation is the key to making this snack an easy, healthy dessert that my kid asks for every night!
Easy Healthy Dessert - Nutty Blueberry “Ice Cream”
Total Prep Time: 5 min.
Servings: 1 bowl/serving
Ingredients
1/3-1/2 cup 2% Greek yogurt*
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 tbsp crunchy almond or peanut butter - sub sunflower seed butter for nut allergies
2-3 dashes Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Pie Spice — sub in 1 dash cinnamon, 1 dash nutmeg
1/2 unflavored rice cake
*For more tart ice cream, go with 0-1% fat.
Instructions
Pour berries into bowl.
Microwave for 30 seconds — SKIP this step if you want an icier consistency.
Add in yogurt, nut butter, and spices into bowl.
Mix all ingredients together until yogurt becomes purple and nut butter is thoroughly spread.
Crush up rice cracker and sprinkle on top.
FEAST!
Insider Tips
When mixing all ingredients, spread it around the bottom of the bowl and up on the edges to expose maximum surface area.
Then, crush rice cake and add it errwhere! This keeps the rice cake from getting soggy AND increases crunch ratio!
WARNING: We know the finished product is FAR from Pinterest-worthy, but it’s DANG DELICIOUS!
Rules of a Healthy, Lazy Chef
When it comes to eating healthy, we all love the idea of nourishing our bodies and fueling our lifestyles, but it takes effort! Eating healthy is expensive… it takes too much time… it’s just too darn hard!
Well, fret no longer. This is the first recipe in our cookbook for people who want to be healthy but are just. darn. lazy. (like myself!)
Each one, like this healthy dessert recipe, will not only be 5 ingredients or less, BUT it will also take 10-minutes or less. Also, as the offspring of Chinese mother raised by immigrant parents, it will also be economical ;) #makingmammaproud
Other Lazy Chef Recipes…
Kids Pancakes
Flash Frozen Foods