My Favorite Quick Fix Snack – (greek yogurt meets molasses)
Sometimes you happen upon perfect combinations that just call out to the Southern tastebuds. Watermelon and Salt, Bacon and biscuits, Tea and sugar 🙂
Today I couldn’t resist sharing my new favorite combination. I’ve been eating this at least once a day for about a month now, especially when I was working on my book. And as soon as I’m done writing this, I’m going to fix myself another one because it is just that good. Sometimes this is breakfast, sometimes it’s lunch, sometimes it’s an afternoon snack. It’s always good though and if you are even remotely a yogurt or molasses person, you’ve got to try this.
If you’re not currently a yogurt person but love molasses (or honey), this may change your outlook!
Meet Greek Yogurt.
Not just any yogurt, greek yogurt is thicker and has more protein than regular yogurt. I don’t know a soul at Dannon and I’m not being paid or anything to blog about this particular brand (but hey, if anyone decides they want to pay me, my kids grow out of their clothes pretty fast…) but this is my favorite one to get. I get the individual cups most of the time because I can grab it and go if need be.
It is important to get plain. Not vanilla, but plain. That way we don’t have all of the added sugar and we can add our own. And believe me, some yogurt out there really racks up the sugar grams!
These little cups cost about a dollar each and I buy five or six a week to keep in the fridge.
You can also use this in place of sour cream in recipes if you like.
To make it like I do, add in one or two packages of Splenda.
I usually just add one but when I’m not feeling as sweet as I should be, an extra packet might help 🙂
You know you can use sugar if you want to, of course, but I’m saving my sweet calories for the grand finale!
Oh, and by the way, this little cup has 15 grams of protein and 0 fat.
and now it has two packets of splenda.. ~grins~
Stir that up really good.
Drizzle top with about one tablespoon of molasses.
OH how I love molasses. Deep, dark, sweet and bitter molasses.
Doesn’t that look good? Like a molasses sundae 🙂
If you don’t love molasses, this is also divine with a good drizzling of honey.
You CAN buy greek yogurt with honey on the bottom but that is just a big old mess. The honey is watered down and weak so just get plain (not vanilla) and make it yourself for the real deal.
Me. Happy.
Do you have favorite quick fix snack right now?
Tell me about it in the comments below!
“Good Mom’s have sticky floors, dirty ovens, and happy kids.”
~Submitted by Jayme.
I had the snack it was great Christie.I added some cinnamin and almonds .Wonderful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My favorite quick snack, at least for this week, is Cookie Butter (which I just discovered at Trader Joe’s) on fresh pear slices. YUM!!!!
I love Fage 0% Fat yogurt mixed with Truvia (Stevia powder), vanilla and sliced strawberries. Once in a while I add a little Vanilla Almond granola into the mix. I’ve also been known to eat this for breakfast, a snack or dinner – always really good!
I’ll be trying the molasses version soon – thanks, Christy!
I ‘m fixing to eat this right now –sounds yummy .My favorite snack for right now is Vegetable Ritz crackers and Laughing cow cheese .The cheese just has 35 calories .This is the best cracker I have found .Sometimes I add fruit to my snack .
Oh MY! I haven’t thought of fried cheerios in years!!!! We used to make it as a kid! If I remember correctly, melt some butter, add cheerios, stir till good and buttery! Don’t use to much butter, though, They will come out gooey… still yummy, but gooey.
Never tried Greek yogurt… afraid too actually. LOVE molasses though! Might have to give it a try!
OH… I forgot! Add a dash of salt to your cheerios as they are frying!
Try this… make a slice of toast, while warm spread a little peanut butter on it, give it a pinch of course sugar and then a small squeez of fresh lemon juice. Very good…..
mine is non-fat greek yogurt with homemade strawberry sauce. 16 oz strawberries, hulled and sliced, 1/3 c. sugar and 2 TBS lemon juice. Bring to boil, lower and simmer about 18 minutes. Divine! And sometimes I throw in blueberries too!
Oh Yummy!!!
This is my favorite treat. Unfortunately, I can’t have dairy–found out I am extremely allergic (lost three dress sizes in one week! It was crazy.) Great recipe! 🙂
Oh no! I am so glad you figured out what was wrong though!