Yogurt and limes ends up being an inspired combination. I was inspired to make these because, after a meeting of Food Bloggers Los Angeles at my house (which was, I admit it, quite fun, though also quite hot), I was left with a bag of key limes the kind people at Melissa’s Produce gave me, and a couple of tubs of Vanilla fat free Greek yogurt from Stonyfield Farms. Lightened with egg whites, tangy with yogurt and lime juice, these mini pies are what summer was meant to be. Put them in jars and you double the fun (and make them super easy to transport for a picnic or a beach trip - see? More fun.) These are tart and refreshing and, unlike traditional key lime pies, light, low fat and relatively healthy. Cook the curd continuously whisking until it begins to thicken and the whisk leaves tracks. Heat up gently: Pour egg and passion fruit mixture into a heavy bottomed saucepan over low-medium heat. But my reality is that summer also has its aggravations, and isn’t any more fun than any of the other four seasons.Īt least dessert can still be fun, right? Mix it together: Whisk together the passion fruit, lemon juice, sugar, and eggs. Summer reality has its joys – ripe tomatoes from the garden, and the twilights are long. Friends are busy, or out of town, and dinner is a ham sandwich, as that’s just about all Nuni will eat these days. I come home to a house that’s 90 degrees (in my fantasy life, I often forget that summer is HOT), and decide whether to open the windows, letting the dubious cooling effects of outside air rush into the house, along with flies, stinkbugs, and of course, mosquitoes, or whether to close off the outdoors, turn on the air conditioning, and cocoon. My summer evenings are often spent in the car, in a long sweaty slog through traffic. Childhood doesn’t prepare you for the hard, cold, reality that most jobs don’t offer a summer vacation. The reality of summer doesn’t always match my vision. Just a little something sweet, something light, something fun. And then, since nobody wants to leave, we cap off the evening with dessert. The food is delightful - refreshing, light, playful. There’s laughter, and good conversation, and the air is cool. Then make one of these deeeeelish banana split parfaits with it the next morning.I have this vision of summer. The granola legit made the entire house smell like freshly baked brownies.Īll this granola talk has me ready to whip up another batch. It took so much willpower not to crack the oven and steal a handful while it was baking. This naturally sweetened cocoa almond granola is one of my favorites and yes I *totally* added the optional dark chocolate chips to mine – this mama needs a little chocolate to get through the day! Homemade granola is so easy, my days of purchasing super expensive bags-o-granola at the store are WAY over! I typically have all the ingredients to make my own just sitting in the back of my pantry at all times, so it almost feels like free granola! T-REX CHEFS: Craving a little old-fashioned all-natural whipped cream in place of the coconut milk cream? Treat. When I read that I instantly thought of the photo of her sitting in the corner with a whole key lime pie.VEGANSAURUS CHEFS: If you have a favorite vegan yogurt (I’ve heard the coconut milk ones are AMAZING) then parfait away with this easy substitution.
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