4 Summer EasiYo Recipe Ideas For All Of the Family

EasiYo yoghurt was developed by a school teacher, a father, over 25 years ago. He was passionate about feeding his eight children with fresh and healthy food. Yoghurt is a much loved food all over the word but he was concerned about the preservatives in the products on the shop shelves. He took pride in producing a fresher alternative that had no additives.

EasiYo yogurt is available in a vast choice of flavours and it is not only delicious and packed full of nutrients and goodness but it’s really versatile too. Yoghurt can be used in a whole host of recipes and EasiYo is no exception. Here are some of our favourite recipes that are just delicious and perfect for the summer season.

Banana & Chocolate Smoothie

Makes 2 smoothies

Ingredients:

• 2 bananas
• 250ml EasiYo Chocolate Swirl Yogurt
• 2 small handful of fresh or frozen blueberries
• 2 tsp chia seeds
• 250ml milk
• 4-8 ice cubes
• Chocolate sauce to serve (optional)

Method:

• Place the peeled bananas, yoghurt, blueberries, chia seeds and milk in a blender and blitz until half blended.
• Add ice and blend until smooth.
• Pour the chocolate sauce around the inside of the glasses
• Pour in the smoothie

Salted Caramel Frozen Yoghurt

Ingredients:

• 1kg EasiYo Vanilla yogurt (follow mix instructions to make the yogurt)
• 200g sugar
• 6 Tbsp water
• 1 Tbsp butter
• 250ml cream
• ½-1 tsp salt

Method:

• Line a strainer or sieve with a clean fabric cloth and place on top of a bowl. 
• Pour the yogurt into the cloth and leave to strain in the fridge overnight.
• Add the sugar and water to a small pan and bring to a gentle simmer over a medium heat. Swirl the pan to help dissolve and caramelise the mixture before adding the butter.
• Remove from the heat once the mixture is a dark amber colour, add salt and whisk in the cream. 
• Pour into a container and set aside to cool.
• In a large bowl, whisk the strained yoghurt with ¾ of the caramel sauce. 
• Pour the yogurt into a loaf tin, cover tightly and freeze for at least 4 hours.

Before serving, allow to sit at room temperature for 5 minutes to soften slightly.  You can serve this delicious frozen dessert in a bowl or cone and then finish with a drizzle with reserved caramel and enjoy!

Stripey EasiYo Ice Lollies

As we said, EasiYo is really versatile.  To make these wonderful frozen yoghurt ice lollies all you need is:

• 1 cup of each of your favourite 2 or 3 flavours of EasiYo yogurt (we recommend Easiyo Greek Style Blueberry & Blackcurrant Yogurt Mix and Vanilla) 
• An ice-lolly mould

Method:

• Fill the ice-block moulds 1/3 full and freeze for at least an hour or until set on top. 
• Add the second flavour, filling another 1/3 and at the same time push a lolly stick down into the frozen bottom layer.
• Freeze for at least another hour until set on top then finish off with the final layer
• Chill overnight before serving.
• You could add some fruit or berries to each layer as you go.

Frozen Yogurt Bites

Child (and adult friendly), these delicious little frozen treats make a wonderful treat on a warm day and they are so easy to make, plus you can use any of EasiYo flavour you like.  We would choose Raspberry, Banana and even Passionfruit.

Ingredients:

• Your choice of EasiYo flavours
• Freeze dried crushed raspberries or fruit of your choosing

Method:

• Mix the freeze dried raspberries with the Raspberry yogurt
• Spoon or pipe your favourite flavour EasiYo into a silicone mould or ice tray.
• Freeze for 2-3 hours
• Simply pop out your frozen treats and serve immediately

We hope you enjoy these lovely summer recipe ideas.  They are really easy to make and you can even get the children involved with making them too.  Take a look at more EasiYo flavours here.