Monday, January 9, 2012

Strawberry Parfait

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Looking for a high protein, tasty and guilt free dessert? Give this parfait a try. Parfait means frozen dessert in French and in America it is made by layering whipped cream, ice cream, and/or flavored gelatin, cream, fruits in tall glasses. Also it can be done with a combination of sweetened yogurt, nuts and fruits. So parfait is all about layering and I layered it with xylitol sweetened yogurt cheese, layered with some fresh strawberries and toasted nuts and coconut pieces. I use Xylitol extensively as a sweetener and those you are new to my space, xylitol is a naturally occurring sugar substitute which is low on carbohydrates and very low on glycemic index and doesn’t cause cavities like white sugar. But xylitol is slightly difficult to digest. So try out in small quantities and you don’t have any issue in digesting this sweetener, this is the best alternate to sugar and doesn’t have any weird after taste. I some times have parfait for breakfast, sometimes as snack and sometimes as a dessert.  So do you like parfait? If so do you have it for breakfast, snack or as a dessert?
Preparation Time – 15 Minutes
Cooking Time – 5 Minutes
Serves – 3
Ingredients
Greek Yogurt – 4 Cups
Chopped strawberries – 1 Cup and few for topping
Toasted Chopped Almonds, Cashews & Coconut –  3/4 Cup(Use shredded coconut as I found it is much better than chopped coconut)
Powdered Xylitol – 2 Tbsp or to taste
Method
1) Put the greek yogurt in a cheese cloth and squeeze out excess water from it.  Now place this in a bowl and add powdered xylitol and mix thoroughly.
2) Spoon 1-2 Tbsp of this sweetened yogurt cheese in a glass and arrange a layer of strawberries and toasted nuts. Once again spoon another 1-2 Tbsp of yogurt cheese repeat the layering of berries and nuts once again.
3) Top with full strawberry, chill and serve.

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Events
Sending this to Zesty Palette’s New You Series 3 hosted by Vardhini.

Sending this to  Ramya’s ABC Series - Dessert

Sending this to Kids delight some thing sweet by Kavitha an event started by Srivalli.

This goes to Cook Eat Delicious Desserts – Refined Sugar & flour free whole some desserts an event hosted by me and started by Raven

37 comments:

Indulge said...

Dessert cannot get better than this.Loved the addition of coconut to it.
Love Ash.

Uma said...

So colourful and simple. I prepared once with icecream. Yumm!

Julie said...

Very tempting n colorful dessert !!


Erivum Puliyum

Sravs said...

very tempting and colorful parfait !!

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simply.food said...

Looks delicious.

Nalini's Kitchen said...

mouthwatering and healthy dessert....

divya said...

Delicious and inviting recipe. Looks simply yummy.

Torviewtoronto said...

delicious looking parfait colourful

SouthIndianHome said...

Wow looks super delicious

Gayathri NG said...

Looks simply yummy parfait...

Aarthi said...

Yummy recipe…will try it for sure..Thanks for posting

Aarthi
http://yummytummy-aarthi.blogspot.com

Swathi said...

Delicious Sadhana, tempting, my little one is strawberry fan. sure she will like it.

Rashida shaikh said...

First time here love your Parfait..
Glad to follow you...do visit mine somdays

Vimitha Anand said...

Healthy and fruity one

Kaveri said...

Have'nt tried parfait before..but this pic here sure looks very tempting...will give it a try soon

Priya said...

Wat an elegant and super delicious dessert..

faseela said...

colorful parfait....attracted by the presentation itself ....super

Ramya said...

beautiful presentation of a yummy dessert. pls do link it up with my event: DESSERTS

Now Serving said...

Parfait looks perfect-ly delicious!

Vidhya said...

This looks so tempting,I am going to whip up this parfait right now.Thanks for sharing.

Reshmi Mahesh said...

Colorful...healthy and delicious..Loved the use of chopped coconuts..

maha said...

yum yum one..i luv strawberries.vl try this soon dear

Anzz said...

Elegant and super delicious..! Perfect .!

Priya's Feast said...

Great dessert on strawberry...Luv to grap from the screen

Sobha Shyam said...

superb recipe..irresistible and yummy one..

Miriam said...

I love anything with xylitol. The parfait looks awesome! Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters

Mythreyi said...

Sadhana,

This looks very colorful and healthy, There is Award waiting for you at my space, please come and collect it...

-Mythreyi
Yum! Yum! Yum!

Kalyan said...

Just mouthwatering...looks so fresh & delicious!

maha said...

wow.. delicious dessert ..! Perfect .!

Anzz said...

I am announcing Valentines Special – my 1st blog event and a Giveaway.!. Please do be a part of it and send in your recipes..! :)

Priyanka said...

Perfect breakfast option. it looks so re-freshing

Prathima Rao said...

Simple yet so elegantly served!!! Just wanna dig in!!
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner

sangee vijay said...

Looks so fresh n delicious...loved it!!

Jay said...

wow...looks lipsmacking your version..awesome cliks.
Tasty Appetite

SouthIndianHome said...

Looks delicious and yummy

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Vardhini said...

Neatly presented and looks yummy Sadhana.

Kavi said...

Thanks so much for linking this beautiful parfait to Kid's Delight - Something Sweet. Would love to have more entries from you :)
-
Kavi (Edible Entertainment)

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