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!
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~Submitted by Jayme.
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I love Greek yogurt with a squeeze of agave nectar and a sprinkle of homemade granola. If I have some fresh berries, I sprinkle a couple on top. Love this for my dessert…and my husband does too.
This yogurt is sooo good!! I love their non-fat Black Cherry yogurt. I try to always have them in my refrigerator. It’s a dessert for me or a snack.
My newest addiction is greek yogurt. I have one every morning during the week. Sometimes I put yummy granola on top. My absolute favorite is Dannon’s honey flavored. Mmmmmm!! Now I must try it plain and add my own honey. Can’t wait!!
This sounds yummy ~ think I will try this evening! Plain yogurt is much better than all those with sugar added. If you like it a little sweeter, try adding a little of your own homemade strawberry freezer jam ~ delish!!
I do this with honey and sliced bananas, so good!
This looks wonderful Christy! I love to have something cool, creamy and sweet that doesn’t have a ton of sugar in it. I think I’ll use my Stevia to sweeten it instead of the Splenda. I do love molasses AND greek yogurt, but never thought of combining the two!
My family’s favorite quick fix snack growing up was low fat cottage cheese scooped with potato chips. Creamy and salty goodness. If you’ve never tried it, you’re missing out!