I love the fruit and yogurt parfaits at McDonald's. I love the berries and I love the taste of the yogurt. I don't like paying $1 for one when I can buy the ingredients myself and make a ton of them for about the cost of maybe 5. So here is my at home fix for my Mickey D's parfait craving.
Ingredients:
Vanilla Yogurt : I bought a large tub for $3
Vanilla Extract : I already had this in the cupboard but I think it cost me less than $2
Blueberries : I bought a package for about $1.50
Strawberries : I bought a package for $2.50
Cinnamon : I had this in the cupboard too but I think it was less than $2 as well
The vanilla extract and cinnamon go a long way so I really don't count the cost as much for these parfaits. I washed up my blueberries and strawberries and put them in fruit saver bags to help them last longer.
When I want to whip up this yummy dish I put a serving of yogurt in a bowl, add a cap-full of vanilla extract and a sprinkle of cinnamon, and mix well. Then I add a handful of blueberries and a handful of strawberries.
And there you have it! My yogurt wasn't tasting quite as delicious as the McDonald's yogurt. It may have needed to be "french" vanilla but I couldn't find any in the big tubs when I was at the store. So today I added the vanilla extract and some cinnamon and it was delicious!
By the way I thought of adding the cinnamon based on what I read in a workout post about cinnamon being a good metabolism booster. I don't know if my sprinkle of cinnamon was enough to help but it definitely made it taste yummy.
Feel free to add some granola on top if you like some crunch with your yogurt.
Good night everyone! I cant wait to have this again for breakfast after my workout tomorrow!
~Heather
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