Simple homemade peach frozen yogurt you can make without an ice cream maker. Creamy and peachy but still healthy.
Yesterday at the Jersey shore watching plenty of stick thin girls in bikinis walk around with surf boards on their shoulder, I reached an epiphany. If looking like that means forgoing toasted coconut ice cream cones from the boardwalk on summer weekends, it’s not worth it to me.
I’d much rather happily attack a rapidly melting ice cream cone when it’s 98 degrees outside than worry about what it’s doing (or not doing) for my hip, thigh and stomach area. They make cover ups for a reason.
I’m over it. Some things are just worth it and toasted coconut ice cream sugar cones are one of them.
This is not ice cream. This is homemade frozen yogurt with fresh peaches. A weekday attempt at a treat when you’re sans ice cream maker, beach and boardwalk.
It’s takes almost no effort to put together, just some patience.
And the best part about it? It’s packed with protein and completely guiltless. So you can enjoy it after a workout to refuel or just as an afternoon treat in between the “real” stuff on the weekends.
No cover ups needed.
Homemade Peach Frozen Yogurt
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup plain greek yogurt, I used Chobani 0%
- 2 tablespoons vanilla whey protein powder, optional
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup sliced fresh or frozen peaches that have been thawed
Instructions
- Combine yogurt, protein powder if using and vanilla extract in a medium bowl.
- Freeze for 2 hours.
- Remove from freezer and let sit 15-20 minutes.
- Transfer frozen yogurt to a food processor and add peach slices.
- Pulse a few times until peaches are broken but still chunky and incorporated with the yogurt mixture.
- Transfer back to medium bowl and refreeze for another 1-2 hours depending how hard or soft you want it.
- Enjoy an easy frozen treat guilt free!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Gina Matsoukas is an AP syndicated writer. She is the founder, photographer and recipe developer of Running to the Kitchen — a food website focused on providing healthy, wholesome recipes using fresh and seasonal ingredients. Her work has been featured in numerous media outlets both digital and print, including MSN, Huffington post, Buzzfeed, Women’s Health and Food Network.
I have been looking for an easy ice cream recipe that doesn’t require a maker, for the past couple weeks…THANK YOU!! I look forward to trying this one out, it looks delicious :)
This looks great! I’m constantly wanting to make ice cream or frozen yogurt but don’t have an ice cream maker – this is a great solution!
OOOHHH. It’s the greek yogurt piece I’ve been missing!
You can use regular yogurt too. Just use a yogurt strainer or line a colander with cheesecloth to strain the yogurt until you get out as much liquid as possible. Greek yogurt is prestrained, but it will still help to strain it even more. It’s the liquid that freezes. Same reason it helps to prefreeze the peaches. If they’re juicy when you add them to the yogurt, the liquids incorporate with the yogurt mixture and cause the whole thing to freeze solid instead of just the fruit. This is less a problem with peaches than it would be with, say, berries, because of their relative densities.
I love the HUGE peach chunks in this fro-yo Gina! I need lots of chunks in my ice cream, love all the texture! It’s good to know that I can make healthy fro-yo at home with greek yog!
haha yup I posted an “ice cream” recipe today too, its that time of year! I love the chunks of peaches in there, must have things to chew on in my ice cream too.
Definitely making this!!! What protein powder do you use? Just wondering if Sunwarrior will work…
I use Designer Whey. I’m sure Sunwarrior would work and the protein powder is totally optional so you could definitely leave it out if you didn’t want to go that route!
This sounds fabulous :)
Love peaches at the moment so this combo sounds just perfect (if we had any summer here at all…)
I like your epiphany a lot.
I love homemade frozen yogurt, especially with fresh fruit – great, simple recipe!
Great use of not having an ice cream maker! I’ve been making frozen yogurt in my machine and it comes out hard as a rock!! I love the idea of not using the machine, it’s perfect way to make a small portion for dessert! Going to do this tonight!!!