Cinco de Mayo: No-Fry Fried Frozen Yogurt

     Happy Cinco de Mayo! For dinner tonight we had 

chicken enchiladas, fresh guacamole, and tortilla chips.

And even though it is not Friday, 

Cinco de Mayo is a good enough excuse 

for dessert on a Thursday night, right? 

I thought so. 

Here is what we had for dessert!

No-Fry Fried Frozen Yogurt

recipe adapted from The Girl Who Ate Everything

Ingredients 

2 cups corn flakes (crushed) 

1 Tbsp sugar

1 Tbsp melted butter

 2 Tbsp corn syrup

1 tsp cinnamon

vanilla frozen yogurt 

chocolate sauce 

Directions

1. Combine the corn flakes, sugar, butter, corn syrup and cinnamon in a bowl.


2. Roll a scoop (ball shaped) of frozen-yogurt in the corn flake mix. 
*I used a large cookie scoop and the recipe covered about 6 frozen yogurt balls. 


3. Put frozen yogurt balls in bowls and keep in freezer until ready to serve. 


4. Drizzle chocolate sauce on top and eat up! 

Crock-pot Applesauce

     I was looking for some new healthy breakfast ideas. Abby loves applesauce so I thought this would be a great way to get some delicious fruit into our morning.

Crock-pot Applesauce 

Ingredients 

7 Apples  (I used Fuji)

1/2 cup brown sugar 

2 tsp cinnamon 

3/4 cup water 

Directions 

1. Peel, slice and chop the seven apples.

2. Put the apples, water and cinnamon in the crock-pot and cook on low for 2-4 hours.

3. Add brown sugar and stir until mixed completely. 

4. Serve warm with Homemade Granola (recipe coming soon).

*For Friday Night Dessert Night this week, we will be using the applesauce to make apple pie a la mode!

Chex Mix

     We love Chex Mix in this house, but it is definitely not a healthy snack (or cheap either). Making our own Chex Mix has proven to be both healthier and cheaper (the boxes of chex can be used to make 3 batches of chex mix so put the leftovers in an air-tight container). 

Homemade Chex Mix 

Ingredients 

4 cups Corn Chex 

4 cups Rice Chex 

1 bag of Pretzel Goldfish 

1 bag of Whole-Grain Goldfish 

2 tsp garlic powder 

1 tbsp seasoned salt 

4 tbsp butter (melted) 

3 tbsp worcestershire sauce

Directions 

1. Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl (it needs to be a really big bowl). 

2. Spread out on a cookie sheet (with an edge). 

3. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes. 

4. Allow to cool completely before transferring to an air tight container. 

This post is linked to: 

DIY Thrifty Thursday