Now, I don't know about anyone else but one of my favourite summertime deserts is strawberries with lashings of cream and unfortunately, I know as well as the next person, how calorific cream is but Jo left a comment on Sarah's Slimming World post informing us an alternative which is just as good, perhaps even better than regular cream. I tried out this idea last night and I'm currently tucking into another bowl of strawberries and "cream" right now, and LOOK HOW TASTY THEY BOTH LOOKED:
The first picture is strawberries, greek yoghurt mixed with a splash of vanilla essence and mixed with Options white hot chocolate powder topped with strawberry compote (from one of these yoghurts - more on those in a future post!) and finished with a sprinkling of plain chocolate shavings.
The second is essentially the same but this time I mixed in a regular milk chocolate Options hot chocolate powder and vanilla essence. So good! There's a load of other flavours of Options hot chocolate available too so it's worth trying other flavours to see what happens, plus it makes use of all the powder I currently have in my cupboards seeing as though this recent weather isn't making me want hot drinks!
It's such a good idea and it definitely satisfies that chocolate craving that I tend to get all the time! Obviously the plain chocolate shavings aren't that good but plain chocolate is better than milk, right?!
The second is essentially the same but this time I mixed in a regular milk chocolate Options hot chocolate powder and vanilla essence. So good! There's a load of other flavours of Options hot chocolate available too so it's worth trying other flavours to see what happens, plus it makes use of all the powder I currently have in my cupboards seeing as though this recent weather isn't making me want hot drinks!
It's such a good idea and it definitely satisfies that chocolate craving that I tend to get all the time! Obviously the plain chocolate shavings aren't that good but plain chocolate is better than milk, right?!
Looks so good! Definitely trying this x
ReplyDeleteAhhh, this reminds me of my gorgeous summer fool! <3
ReplyDeletemmm, I'm a greek yoghurt addict but ive been mixing sweetner with it... I'll try this tonight. Thanks girls xx
ReplyDeleteA few days ago I began with good intentions. What's a nice fruit? I thought. Yum strawberries, next minute they were smothered in nutella. Grrr.
ReplyDeleteI need to try this recipe to make sure that doesn't happen again. It looks nice as well.
After the twitpic you posted I'm sooo glad this made it onto the blog - such a clever idea! x
ReplyDeleteI seem to recall Slimming World being daft for something called Quark and popping sweetner in it too. It's some kida cream cheese-esque thing but fat free I believe. Strawbs are good but, frig me, they're expensive just now!
ReplyDeleteI make this all the time! Love it!
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it! And in regards to the above comment, quark with the options and vanilla essence is also nice, it's a bit more cheesecakey than this. I used to make little oreo cheesecakes by putting 1 oreo in a fairy cake case (so they were acting as the base) make the quark/sweetner mixture, add an egg to bind and oven bake. Delish and only like 2.5syns for the oreo for the entire thing.
ReplyDeleteI'm obsessed with Total 0% yogurt - it's gorgeous! I love it with a sprinkle of cinnamon and a little drizzle of maple syrup. I don't like cream anyway - I'd much prefer to have some yummy thick Greek yogurt!
ReplyDeleteOoh, what a brilliant idea - thank you!
ReplyDeleteGreat blog, by the way. It's really great to read something like this x
Clever idea! Looks tasty xx
ReplyDeleteMmmm it looks so yummy! :) I'm hungry now!! xxx
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