Wellness, and healthy living by any definition requires good nutrition and healthy foods.This is the season for easy, affordable, healthy living! Great food! Fruits, vegetables and long, sun filled days after the long slow, dormant season is past.
We're rewarded with the farmland's harvest of amazing fruits and vegetables - and Farmer's Markets for local, mostly organic wares. Our own garden has begun to be our sole source of so many varieties of extraordinary lettuce, tomatoes and just today, sugar snap peas. Oh, and then the green beans are amazing - what to do with so many is the only challenge.
Our own strawberries are finished for the season but I found a great recipe for a desert we all loved the first time I made it. Ours was a Birthday/family reunion/independence day celebration. Instead of the ice cream cake we used to indulge in we substituted this and were very happy. It's an ice cream cake for health minded people with a sweet tooth. For the rest of the season we'll just have to get our strawberries from the market. It's too good to miss! The recipe was originally published in Natural Health Magazine in the June '09 issue.
No-Bake Peach Berry & Yogurt Pie
I hope you & yours enjoy it too! ;-)!!
It only takes about 15 min. to put together and over night to freeze (or 4 hrs minimum)
It's easy: Because it's basic assembly - pre-made ingredients: low-fat yogurt, light whipped cream, and a graham cracker crust, plus irresistible peaches, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries.
It's good for you: Dark berries contain some of the highest antioxident content around, and light whipped cream and low-fat yogurt keep the fat and sugar down. Best to be careful to choose organic fruits - especially peaches and strawberries since conventionally grown have been found to have high pesticide loads. (Check EWG.org for a more complete list)
Recipe:
8 ozs. low-fat blueberry yogurt
8 ozs. low-fat srawberry yogurt
8 ozs. light whipped cream
2 cups mixed berries (blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, sliced strawberries in whatever combination you like)
1 9 inch graham cracker crust
4 ripe peaches, thinly sliced
1. In a large bowl, combine both yogurts and whipped cream. Add 1 cup of the mixed berries and fold in gently with a wooden spoon or spatula.
2. Spoon the yogurt-berry mixture into the crust and put in the freezer for at least 4 hours (freezing over night is ideal).
3. At least 15 minutes before serving, transfer the pie from the freezer to the refrigerator and let stand until soft enough to be sliced without effort. Top with remaining mixed berries and sliced peaches and serve (you can arrange the peach slices in a "fan" and place berries on top , if you like).
Per serving: 273 calories, 12.5 g fat (5g saturated), 37 g carbohydrates. 5 g protein. 3 g fiber. 10 mg sodium (7% daily value).
It's easy: Because it's basic assembly - pre-made ingredients: low-fat yogurt, light whipped cream, and a graham cracker crust, plus irresistible peaches, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries.
It's good for you: Dark berries contain some of the highest antioxident content around, and light whipped cream and low-fat yogurt keep the fat and sugar down. Best to be careful to choose organic fruits - especially peaches and strawberries since conventionally grown have been found to have high pesticide loads. (Check EWG.org for a more complete list)
Recipe:
8 ozs. low-fat blueberry yogurt
8 ozs. low-fat srawberry yogurt
8 ozs. light whipped cream
2 cups mixed berries (blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, sliced strawberries in whatever combination you like)
1 9 inch graham cracker crust
4 ripe peaches, thinly sliced
1. In a large bowl, combine both yogurts and whipped cream. Add 1 cup of the mixed berries and fold in gently with a wooden spoon or spatula.
2. Spoon the yogurt-berry mixture into the crust and put in the freezer for at least 4 hours (freezing over night is ideal).
3. At least 15 minutes before serving, transfer the pie from the freezer to the refrigerator and let stand until soft enough to be sliced without effort. Top with remaining mixed berries and sliced peaches and serve (you can arrange the peach slices in a "fan" and place berries on top , if you like).
Per serving: 273 calories, 12.5 g fat (5g saturated), 37 g carbohydrates. 5 g protein. 3 g fiber. 10 mg sodium (7% daily value).
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