This roasted cherry chocolate chip frozen yogurt can be made without an ice cream maker!
This summer has felt like a blur. There’s been exactly 2 weekends since the start of June that we’ve just chilled at home. There have been exactly zero nights we’ve used our chiminea on the porch and kicked back with a beer (or cider if your name is Ulysses).
Instead, it’s been a stream of go-go-go, struggling to feel like you have any control over your life from both a work and personal standpoint and barely coming up for enough air to keep at it. And you know what makes it 10 trillion times worse, leaving you feeling completely on edge all.the.time?
Social media updates.
Last week I finally had enough.
I turned off email push notifications on my phone.
Turned off instagram “like” notifications.
Told twitter mentions to shut the heck up.
Deleted my Facebook “pages” app.
And made frozen yogurt.
I can’t even begin to explain how freeing it is to not have your phone buzzing at you constantly, waking up to see 25 emails in your inbox or obsessing over who has “liked” your stupid picture of food on instagram.
These things take up so much mental space that you don’t even realize until you’re outside on your front porch, in bare feet, soaking up the sun, eating roasted cherry frozen yogurt that you made from scratch without any technological distractions watching your dog jump around like a maniac trying to eat a bee.
Just you, sweet honey roasted cherries, handful of chocolate chips and a crazy Weimaraner that make you wonder why the heck you didn’t do this sooner.
And then in the irony of all ironies, you write about it on your blog. Ha.
Looking for more summer treats?
If you love the tartness of frozen yogurt, try this strawberry kefir ice cream. It has a similar tanginess and lovely creamy texture!
Roasted Cherry Chocolate Chip Frozen Yogurt
Ingredients
- 1 cup pitted & halved cherries
- 1/2 + 1 tablespoon honey
- 1/2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1-1/4 cup plain full fat greek yogurt
- 7 oz half a can full fat coconut milk
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Toss cherries with 1/2 tablespoon honey and olive oil in a small bowl.
- Spread out on lined or very well greased baking sheet and roast for 15-20 minutes.
- Remove from oven, set aside.
- Whisk together yogurt, coconut milk and remaining 1 tablespoon honey in a medium bowl.
- Freeze mixture for about 30 minutes.
- Remove the bowl from the freezer and whisk vigorously breaking up any chunks that started to freeze.
- Add roasted cherries and chocolate chips and transfer to a shallow baking dish (a 8×8 or something similar).
- Return to freezer and freeze for about 1-1.5 hours, removing every 20-30 minutes to stir and break up mixture with a spatula.
- After 1.5 hours you should have an almost "soft serve" like consistency.
- Transfer frozen yogurt to a medium bowl and blend with a hand held mixer on medium speed until creamy.
- Return to freezer (in the medium bowl) for another 30 minutes and you'll have a "soft" frozen yogurt like consistency ready to enjoy!
- If eating after being frozen overnight or many hours later, remove from freezer 10-15 minutes before serving.
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’m soooo with ya ;) In the past two nights I’ve made cookies, read a book, and made like 8 headbands for the kids. wtf
Oooh the Mr would LOVE this!
Glad it sounds like you are finally relaxing at least a little! Frozen yogurt sounds like an excellent way to give yourself a break :)
I have been feeling just like you this summer. Overwhelmed and missing my own personal time. I love the idea of shutting things out though. I really need to do that. Sometimes I feel like a prisoner to my phone, which is just plain silly. That is why I love going to yoga every morning. 90 uninterrupted minutes for me. No phone, no IM, just silence. My breath. Maybe this weekend I will follow your lead and shut some stuff off and see how it feels. Thanks for the inspiration.
And of course this frozen yogurt looks incredible!!
Girl, I hear you! That’s why I’m going on vacay (FINALLY) this summer and renting a cottage on Lake Michigan up north. I’m glad we won’t have wifi or good cell service. I hope you find a weekend or two this fall to have to yourself <3 or you could come here and make me this delicious fro yo. Or anything else you've made this summer that's made me drool on my work keyboard. I'm not picky :)
Droooooooling over here! Yum!
I couldn’t agree more with the social media. It can take up so much time! One of the reasons I got rid of Facebook. There’s actually a term for people who don’t want to get rid of social media. FOMO, or fear of missing out. It’s scary!
And that picture looks delightful!
FOMO! That’s so funny. I’ve caught myself checking my phone while eating dinner. What the heck. When did that become appropriate?
It’s crazy how time goes so quickly! We wait so long for the summer to come only to find out it’s over right before our eyes. Your frozen yogurt looks fantastic! Now I would love to go to an ice cream social! ;)
I should totally turn off some notifications on my phone. Maybe… ;)
I taught a new media class for the first time this summer–amazing how quickly social media can latch on and leech the life out of every moment, isn’t it? Good on you (I say as I type this comment…on your blog)!