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.
Wheat thins- spicy buffalo flavored, a dab of cream cheese and a splash ofFrank’s sweet chili sauce! Yummy!
I love MOLASSES!! Can’t wait to try this combination. Molasses cookies are one of our favorite snacks. I tell everyone they’re rich in IRON (due to the molasses), so they’re good for you!
I like your thinking Patricia!!!
Me too! (And, small world, I have a sister-in-law named Patricia Rains living in the San Diego CA area!)
I’ve tried a couple brands of Greek yogurt and didn’t like it, too thick to me, I like Yoplait original, they’ve added calcium, so there’s 50% of your RDA of calcium per container, but I have e-mailed them to ask them to consider offering a reduced sugar option, not light, that has artificial sweeteners which seem to make me hungry and I don’t want to eat a lot of artificial sweetener, just reducing the regular sugar would be great
I eat this also and usually add a banana or some fruit that is at hand. I just love this….
One of my favorite quick snacks is sliced apples dipped in peanut butter. I also loves me some fried cheerios.
Ok, gotta ask, how do u fry cheerios?
how do you fix fried cheerios ?
I’ve been eating plain greek yogurt with honey all this week! I sprinkle some high fiber oat bran on top- SO good!!
my favorites snacks are ritz crackers and sharp cheddar cheese, vanilla wafers with catsup snacks for days in one bag and anything with mustard on it