Greek yogurt with blackberry and blueberry sauce
Try this delicious recipe with Greek yogurt, a super nutritious food with multiple benefits for our health and ideal to help us lose weight
For a sweet and fruity dessert that won’t break your diet, this simple bowl of Greek yogurt with blackberry-cranberry sauce is the perfect solution. When making this dessert in summer, substitute fresh fruits for frozen ones for more freshness.
*Ingredients
• 2/3 cup frozen blueberries** • 2/3 cup frozen blackberries** • 1/2 cup water** • Sweetener of your choice** • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice* • 1 tablespoon butter** • 2 cups plain Greek yogurt
Preparation
- Combine the first 5 ingredients in a small saucepan. Wait until the mixture boils. Reduce heat to medium-low; let simmer slowly for 10 minutes or until sauce thickens. Add the butter.
- Spoon 1/2 cup yogurt into each of 4 bowls; Top each serving with about 1/4 cup of the fruit sauce you made. Serves immediately.*
Benefits of Greek yogurt
Greek yogurt is not only a delicious and fresh food that you can prepare in many ways, but it also provides multiple health benefits and is highly recommended for people who want to lose weight. This food has become a much healthier and healthier option than natural yogurt, as it contains less sugar as it has been filtered to eliminate the vast majority of the liquid whey from the milk. Because of this filtering, Greek yogurt is thicker than natural yogurt, although its flavor is just as delicious, just less sweet.
Nutrient content
*Greek yogurt contains more protein, fat and calories than natural yogurt and fewer carbohydrates. That is why it is good for people who want to lose weight because protein causes satiety, which reduces hunger and the consumption of extra calories. Greek yogurt contains 9 grams of protein in 100 grams of food, compared to 3 grams in natural yogurt. That is, three times more protein, which also helps increase your metabolism. Both types of yogurt, both natural and Greek, are very good for your digestive system because they contain probiotics or healthy bacteria that improve our digestion, protect our immune system and prevent the development of many diseases, such as obesity. Greek yogurt is low in carbohydrates (3 grams per 100 grams of food) and contains less lactose. Which makes it a suitable food for those people who are intolerant to this type of sugar. It is also a food rich in iodine, which is a necessary nutrient for the proper functioning of the thyroid, a key gland in the body’s activity of processing and storing fats. Among many other benefits for our health, Greek yogurt helps reduce blood pressure, reduces the risk of suffering cardiovascular accidents and relieves the symptoms of irritable bowel and intestinal inflammation. In the recipe we leave you today you have a dessert loaded with nutrients by adding the health benefits that fruits provide to your Greek yogurt. If you want more information on nutrition and health topics or need help losing weight, click here.
