How I Eat Yogurt

How do I eat yogurt? In a word: frozen. I don’t like little cups of yogurt with little foil lids. I don’t care about the flavors. I don’t care if it’s regular or light or probiotic or if it helps my digestion. I don’t care if it has granola mixed in or if it’s made into a parfait. When it comes to yogurt, I am not a fan. And there are very few foods that I can say that about. I’m not, generally, a picky eater.

My kids, on the other hand, are picky eaters, and they love yogurt. I love that they love yogurt because it’s easy to serve them, and it’s good for them.

When I was a kid, my mom made banana pops for us. Her banana pops didn’t have any yogurt in them. Bananas covered in chocolate, frozen on a stick. yum. Hers were a little different from mine, but they were so good. :)

Banana Popsicles

5-6 bananas, peeled and halved

1/2 of a large container of vanilla yogurt

1/2 to 3/4 cup peanut butter

1 tablespoon honey

popsicle sticks

Line a cookie sheet with foil and clear a spot in the freezer. Insert a popsicle stick into each banana half. In the half-full yogurt container, add the peanut butter and honey. Mix it up well, and adjust amounts of peanut butter and honey if needed. Spread mixture around each banana with a spoon, and lay on the cookie sheet, making sure they don’t touch. Freeze until firm, 3-4 hours.

I like to sprinkle a little bit of chopped nuts on top before freezing them. You could also drizzle some melted chocolate. You can use crunchy peanut butter. You can use all-natural peanut butter. You can top them with rice krispies or granola. Or, you could get them all frozen, then dip the whole popsicle into melted chocolate.

Really, with peanut butter and bananas, you really can’t go wrong, right?

And, that, my friends, is how I eat yogurt. Frozen.