Just made my own hot yogurt mess

Okay, so I did end up trying Sweet Eats' yogurt mess, my own version however. These are my ingredients: blueberry non-fat Fage Greek yogurt, granola, strawberries and peanut butter.

The idea is great, but for Weight Watchers it's a bit higher in point count than I might normally prefer. However, since I slept in, this ended up being brunch for me. 10 points.

I think I prefer Sweet Eats' version with banana though. And where I went wrong on mine was the blueberry flavored yogurt. Plus this was the fat free version which I don't love. Unflavored 2% would be better, as the sweetened blueberry dominated the meal.

What was awesome however, and what made it a "hot mess" was the peanut butter. Though, I would normally go for a lower fat peanut butter, this was all I could get on short notice. I warmed 2 tbsp in the microwave and poured it on top at the end. YUM! Even better than normal, being a warm sauce.

If I decide to make this again, it'll have to be 2% plain yogurt, 1 tbsp perhaps instead of two of light peanut butter (less points), banana, and then either no cereal to cut the points or I might experiment with other options.

But it was a fun experiment, none-the-less! Below is my finished product...


Thanks for the inspiration Sweet Eats.

Sweet Eats Recommends

I love the Sweet Eats blog. She's got lots of great food ideas, including what she calls a "yogurt mess," shown above. This version of the yogurt mess includes 3/4 cup of my favorite yogurt fage, with truvia, honey kix, banana and Mighty Maple.

I wasn't actually familiar with Mighty Maple until I read her post.

I might make my own version of this tomorrow morning, but perhaps a bit simpler, with strawberries and peanut butter. I'll let you know how it goes...

Sweet Eats also recommends the baked sweet potato/almond butter combination shown below. I wouldn't have been sure based on the looks of this, but she raves about the combination of sweet potato and almond butter.

Just bought a sweet potato on today's veggie shopping spree, but now I'll have to get some almond butter.


Post via Sweet Eats.

Sweet Treat: Greek Yogurt

In the past, I would eat yogurt but never really craved it. I think it had to do with the artificially sweetened, non-fat stuff I was eating. It just never had any substance to it and was way too high in sugar and/or had fake sweeteners.

However, recently, I went on the hunt for full fat yogurt. I was thinking I'd rather have plain, better yogurt in small portions than what I've eaten previously.

And now I'm really, really into yogurt. I find the fancier stuff hard to find in my neighborhood, but where I work, there are tons of little health-food type markets with a big selection of either full fat, 2% or Greek yogurts.

The stuff's so thick and good, it's like I'm having a serious treat. So much so in fact, that I think I'll be making yogurt pops out of this stuff come summer.

What a wonderful satisfying afternoon snack. Today's was Fage 2% with strawberry on the side. Totally sticks to your ribs as they say. (Unlike the other stuff!)