When my oldest was younger and didn’t know any better, we rarely finished dinner with dessert. When we did, it was usually fruit. Now we have a 5 and 2.5 year old and they ask “what’s for dessert?” almost every night. About half the time we have dessert, the other half I tell them not to expect it and that we don’t always eat dessert.
When we do finish the meal with something sweet, I still want it to be healthy. We often do dried fruit (prunes, mangos, figs), fresh fruit (pineapple is a big hit), or one square of dark chocolate. Now that the weather is warming up, we also do smoothies. This recipe below is my own creation and particularly tasty. I’m hoping to try making it into popsicles sometime. Amounts are approximate as who really measure ingredients for a smoothie?!
- 2-3 bananas
- 1 cup soymilk
- 1/2 – 1 cup plain yogurt
- cocoa powder (probably 1/4 cup)
- peanut butter (several big spoonfuls, depending on how peanut buttery you want it)
- honey to sweeten to your preference
Without much sugar, this smoothie makes a killer dessert!
Posted by Heather on May 16, 2010 at 9:50 pm
We like frozen strawberries, yogurt, milk and honey. Delicious.