Quick Berry Breakfast

When I was growing up, we didn’t have much money and Mom was a master at making something from nothing. I can remember lots of Bean Soup dinners and while I might have thought, “Again??” as a kid, I absolutely respect what she was able to do, as an adult. It’s hard to feed a family, especially when kids would way rather eat a bowl of chips instead of a bowl of soup.

Mom and I did a Costco run this past weekend and she told me about a quick breakfast or desert that she has been making for herself. She takes frozen berries and adds yogurt to it them. The berries are very cold and make the yogurt sort of thicker and almost icy.

I tried it this morning with a mixture of one cup frozen strawberries and cherries. To the fruit, I added a half cup of  nonfat vanilla yogurt, then a teaspoon of honey, because … well, I love honey and I put it on everything. I topped it with a sprinkling of granola.  I loved it, very satisfying. 

Another good frozen treat - frozen grapes. Wash the grapes, pop them in the freezer and in a couple of hours you’ve got grape-sized popsicles. Yum!

Image credit: Michelle Smith