Recipe #71: Homemade Frozen Yogurt

Homemade ice cream and custard are delicious but they've become a thing of the past (or so it seems around here). Don't worry though, traditional ice cream and custard desserts will always be a favorite treat of mine. But I decided it was time to let it go and now I've just got to convince my thighs to do the same. But getting back on track, if you are counting your calories, syncing your daily activity on Facebook, or simply being somewhat lactose intolerant, than you're most likely heading to your nearest yogurt shop when you encounter the dreaded sweet tooth.

Luckily in place of the ice cream and custard places there are a ton of frozen yogurt shops. As it seems there is one on every corner nowadays. Well thank goodness because I have fallen in love with the creamy and convincingly-similar-to-real-ice-cream treat but best of all...the whole dessert is completely guilt-free, baby! (Please note: it is guilt-free as long as you do not pile it sky high with candy and chocolate bits. I've made that mistake before!)

The Midwest is infamously known for always getting the latest fashions and trends after every other place has already experienced them. So this may not even be relevant to anybody else outside of Indiana but I am lovin' this huge craze for yogurt! Yogurt in your salad dressing, yogurt in your cake, yogurt in your mayonnaise (although I don't think Paula Deen would approve of this one), yogurt in your ice cream, yogurt in EVERYTHING! I've jumped on the yogurt train because it is taking me to skinny town.

The only downside? The expense. We spend about $10.00 on Frozen Yogurt every time we go and since we like to go often the cost adds up quickly. I spent $3.00 on my recipe tonight and there was more than enough to share with Ian. I was very pleased because the recipe was laughably easy to make. It only required a food processor and a freezer, both of which I could handle. I was able to play with some of the ingredients from this recipe: http://www.runningtothekitchen.com/2012/07/peach-frozen-yogurt/ and it was a perfect end to not only my meal but my evening as well.

Ingredients:

* 16 oz of Non Fat Blueberry Yogurt (Chobani)
* 1/2 tsp of Vanilla Flavor
* 1 cup of Blueberries




Cooking Directions:

Combine the vanilla and the yogurt together. (I kept them in the original yogurt container)

Place the container into the freezer and let it sit there for 2 hours.

Remove the yogurt and let sit on the counter for about 15 minutes before pouring it into a food processor.

Add the blueberries and on low speed blend the berries into the yogurt.

Pour the yogurt mixture into a bowl and cover in the freezer for another couple of hours before serving.