Chocolate Yogurt with Fruit
Yield: 4 snack servings
Ingredients:
1 cup plain, low-fat yogurt
2 cups fresh strawberries, sliced, or 1 cup strawberries and 1/3 banana, sliced
2 1/2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2/3 ounce unflavored soy protein powder (portion containing 14 grams protein)
2 teaspoons apple fiber powder (for thickness and fiber — found in natural-foods stores)
3/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (non-alcohol, glycerine base)
1/4 teaspoon stevia extract powder
1 1/3 teaspoons almond oil, or 12 almonds, raw or lightly toasted, chopped coarsely
Ground nutmeg, to garnish
1. Combine yogurt and fruit in a blender. Cover and blend until smooth. Add cocoa, protein, and apple fiber powders, vanilla, and half of the stevia powder. Blend, scrape down sides as needed to incorporate powder, and blend again until smooth.
2. Taste, and add the rest of the stevia if a sweeter taste is desired. Stir in the almond oil or sprinkle nuts on top. Dust with ground nutmeg.
3. Pour into one container for breakfast or four containers for snacks. Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours to allow flavors to mingle and mixture to thicken. Top with sliced fruit before serving.
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