Friday, July 8, 2011

The Weight Watcher Parfait

 Parfait is a french style dessert made with layering cream, ice cream, yogurt, nuts, fruits etc. This parfait is very unique meaning, I have just used strawberries milk, mixed with chia gel as the main middle layer instead of yogurt and used nuts and coconut as alternate layer, topped with some xylitol sweetened 100% Cacao truffle(grated). So you can have this any time of the day, either as a break fast or as a dessert. With the low GI strawberries and calcium rich raw milk, omega - 3 rich chia gel, they are not only healthy and also tastes great. Much better option than the morning break fast cereal !!! It is a myth that fat makes a person gain more weight, if the fat is from good sources like unprocessed milk, chia seeds, nuts etc the food keeps you satisfied for a longer period of time and curb cravings. It is the sugar and carbs that makes people to gain more weight.



Preparation Time - 10 Minutes

Cooking Time - Nil

Serves - 1



Ingredients



Raw Milk - 1/2 Cup

Strawberries - 4 (washed, trimmed and chopped)

Xylitol - 2 Tsp or to taste

Grated Coconut - 2 Tbsp (Heaped)

Chopped nuts - 1/3 Cup

Chia seeds - 1 Tbsp

Water - 3 Tbsp

Dark Chocolate Truffle - 1 (This is also sweetened with Xylitol)



Method



1) Soak the chia seeds in water and set them aside for few minutes to soak and gel.



2) In a food processor blend the milk, xylitol and strawberries till smooth.



3) Combine the strawberry milk and chia gel and set them aside.



4) Take a tall glass and layer half of the nuts and top it with half of the grated coconut and press it nicely. Now pour the strawberry, milk gel on top of the coconut and layer it with the remaining nuts topped with the remaining coconut.



5) Grate the chocolate truffle on top and enjoy.



10 comments:

Swathi said...

Healthy parfait.love the recipe

sangee vijay said...

sorry missed many of your posts :( his dessert is a perfect one for me...always loved your low fat ,cal n healthy version...this is absolutely a cool treat...will finish this off in no minutes...

Reshmi Mahesh said...

This is beautiful and healthy....would have tasted great..

Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal said...

I absolutely love the concept of parfait with so much goodness in it and that we can basically assemble it with almost anything we have in hand and layer them. Love the idea of chia seeds, I heard about them, but never actually used them, so will try :)

Sobha Shyam said...

wonderful dessert, looks great..its sure a feast to the eyes, i bet to the taste buds too :)

Ongoing Event at Good Food:
COOK IT HEALTHY:PROTEINicious

Mugdha said...

yummy combo....delicious recipe..:)

Vardhini said...

Looks so colorful and refreshing.

Vardhini
Event: Fast food not Fat food

Reva said...

That is awesome... loved the unusual combination of layers... bookmarked it:) Thanks for sharing dear..
Reva

Vidhya said...

Parfait looks so good if this is for breakfast then I would be one happy person the whole day long.

Vimitha Anand said...

Hmmm anything diet conscious is my type and this surely is...

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