Frozen Desserts| Strawberry Fro Yo ♥ Spring is here ♥ … summer too!
“Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.”
Rainer Maria Rilke
Spring is was until here three days ago, and then something happened. Before we could really immerse ourselves into it, we had a summer attack – almost 40C in North India already. That means power cuts, DUST, HEAT and whining kids! Strawberry Frozen Yogurt cheered us up!
I’ve been missing {as Mr PAB reminded me this morning} and it’s those dreaded holidays once again! Yes, the ‘not so terrible anymore‘ teen is done with her exams and is home {and hungry yet screaming diet}, and the ‘now threatening to be quite terrible‘ pre teen is on Spring break. Always hungry! “Et tu, Brute?”
It’s a struggle to keep the rumbling tummies happy! The lad’s up at 5.30am and sets off cycling with his friends. Comes back in a couple of hours; HUNGRY! The teen emerges out of bed much later; hungry too! She whips up some mean pancakes these days in a matter of minutes, then sits back to indulge. He doesn’t enjoy pancakes but enjoys writing poetry. Was quite obliging this morning and wrote a ‘Spring‘ poem for me in a jiffy, and then gobbled up a couple of Double Chocolate Orange & Oat Energy Bars!
In the midst of this, the pooch is now facing her first real hot Indian summer and flops down every now and then. HOT! Hungry too but then again, dogs are always hungry and she is no exception. I have offered Coco the entire range of dog food and she hates it! I now cook her meals as well … and much to my joy, she loves it!
She is a real sweetheart and almost as charming as the lad, if not more. She now almost ‘sings for her supper‘ and licks her bowl clean in a matter of seconds {She gets veggies including eggplant, zucchini, beets, potato, carrots, spinach, cracked wheat, dal and eggs all cooked together}, and amazingly she loves it!
She’s cute as cute can be. Always ready for a game of catch. Forever N A U G H T Y, and happy to pose for the camera too!
Back to the fro yo! Summers here. It’s big time to cut back on calories and revert to low fat food. Fresh exciting zingy flavours are fun. Citrusy marinades, grilled chicken, light salads, fresh fruit, quesadillas, wraps, pasta salads all come to mind. For dessert, fruity frozen yogurts, sorbets, granitas and low fat ice creams really rock! And stuff like buttermilk panna cotta too!
This Strawberry Frozen Yogurt was fun and I love the colours. Nothing to it. Just a good balance of flavours and fresh ingredients. I used homemade yogurt hung for 2 days in the fridge to get rid of excess whey and then whizzed in the Thermomix to produce the most sensational fro yo. You can use the same proportions in your ice cream maker.
I use frozen strawberries mainly because I am inclined to buy too many boxes and hardly find the time to use the perishable fruit immediately. Besides, the Thermomix is most magical when it comes to ice creams and frozen desserts. Its like having an instant ice cream maker on hand as it blitzes the frozen berries into smooth sorbet, frozen yogurt or ice cream in minutes.
[print_this]Recipe: Strawberry Frozen Yogurt
Summary: Refreshing strawberry frozen yogurt which is great for the season. It’s low on calories and great on flavour. Looks very pretty too.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes {plus chilling time}
Ingredients:
- 450gm strawberries {frozen}
- 250gm hung yogurt {hung for 2-3 days in the fridge}
- 170gm vanilla sugar {adjust if required}
- 1 tbsp kirsch {optional}
Method:
- Place all ingredients in the bowl of your Thermomix and process on Speed 10 for 1 minute at a time, stirring with the TM spatula as required. Repeat 3-4 times until well blended. Adjust sugar if required and blend for another 30 seconds.
- Transfer to a freezer safe container. Serve immediately or freeze until required.
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About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.
26 Comments
indugetscooking
That yoghurt will cheer anyone up!
Cute poem 🙂
Suma
Summer holidays, power-cuts, ever hungry kids the general bedlam and of course, less blogging…not a season I look forward to! The budding poet’s name is Rohan then! 🙂
Your fro-yo looks refreshingly delish, I hope to make some too!
Rosa
Delightful!
Your dog is really cute.
Cheers,
Rosa
Tamara
Your dog is such a beauty! And so is this dessert 🙂
Sarvani @ baker in disguise
Am feeling soo hot today.. I wouldnt mind a scoop of this fro-yo please!! unfortunately i dont have an ice-cream machine… i’ll just keep looking at these photographs till then… but the fro-yo is an amazing idea for the summer!!!
belllii
Hanging the yogurt would add a different texture that I know must be incredible Deeba. If only it were warm here right now, but we will be complaining it is too hot soon enough!
Marilyn
I love your son’s poem about spring! I love strawberries! I love Passionate about Baking! Your enthusiasm for life… Thankful to have found you, Deeba.
gloria
Deeba these look absolutely wonderful, I love berrues, love your picxtures, love all, Happy easter!! xoxoxoxox
carpet cleaning Fargo ND
Wow, wonderful, thanks for sharing!
Gera@Sweets Foods Blog
Incredible strawberry dessert Deeba!
The color is so tempting that I need one, immediately 🙂 the reason is always the same: you’ve beautiful pictures!
Cheers,
Gera
Nisha
Ok I have some frozen strawberries and curd & am totally making this one tomorrow, without the thermomix unfortunately. :-/
Your son’s poem is very cute, i love the part “You don’t have to do what you are told” … because I was like that all-year round with my mom … hehehe 😀
I see you’re updating your header logo pics along with newer posts, really cool!! 🙂
kadeeja
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myfudo
Lovely clicks! This recipe is truly amazing. Love the color…
chinmayie @ love food eat
How do you manage this Deeba! Each one of your recipes makes me drool! This one is so simple with such basic, simple ingredients yet looks totally stunning!
Jill Colonna
“…It takes less time for the day to get old” – love this, the poem, the photos and that frozen strawberry yogurt certainly looks like it would do just the trick. 40°C? Jings, that’s hot. Perhaps I shouldn’t be complaining like my French friends how cold it is at 15°C, eh? Stay cool, Deeba.
Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen
Oh Coco is a real beauty and has the sweetest eyes!
Nash at Plateful
Refreshing treat with stunning pics! I love snacking on frozen yoghurt, just made blackberry yoghurt last week–so much healthier than ice cream. Keep cool, Deepa!
Avanika {Yumsilicious Bakes}
Your dog is adorable. What a spoilt lil beauty, homemade dog food 🙂 THe fro yo looks delicious too.
Aly
I like how you can mix this up and use different fruits for variety 🙂
cooking rookie
Love this frozen yogurt! and the pics of Coco – she’s so sweet and fluffy :-). But I am a little jealous of her – I wish I could try some of your cooking ;-P
Katia
This is a delicious recipe with great pictures… and your dog is so cute, I love it!
Happy Easter!
Sarah, Maison Cupcake
Blimey, 40c! We had heatwave last week then some parts of country had snow in past few days!
Needless to say we’re not quite in ice cream making weather yet but I will definitely be remembering this pretty pink fro yo. I especially like how you’ve photographed in the silver pots.
Jamie
Oh lord, cooking for Coco on top of the teens? LOL you always make me laugh! And lucky dog – I’ll bet she eats better than my own sons! And yay – your strawberry frozen desserts do indeed signal the beginning of spring and summer, even for your devoted blog readers! Gorgeous! And now I am inspired to make my own! xo
Kate/ onionchoco
Pictures are gorgeous.
I still can’t decide which of your ice creams I’d like to eat 🙂 Maybe all?!