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 agree! you have to enjoy life, but everything in moderation. that’s why this frozen yogurt recipe is great during the week and then do the toasted coconut ice cream for the weekend splurge!
I absolutely love this recipe! What a great way to sneak in some protein powder! I am definitely going to make this with the peaches I got at the Farmer’s Market this week! You always do such a great job staging your dishes too :)
Thanks, Lee! :)
Not using an ice cream maker is AWESOME! Such a bulky appliance to store and no one really “needs” one. Well, that’s debatable I guess :)
But love the recipe b/c peaches in anything are awesome!
I agree – I’d rather good food than be stick thin which is why I hate diets. It’s a bad word.
5 stars because I’ve not been smart enough to add protein powder to my recipes. Also because your food photos make me never want to post a recipe of my own again. I’ve got piña colada fro cho that I’ve been waiting to blog about. I should get cute ramekins or something.
you better post that fro cho recipe, lady! Don’t mess around with pina colada!
Great idea, especially if you do not need ice cream maker to make this! I love the little peach pieces in the frozen yogurt! Peach obsessed me needs to make this :) Thanks for sharing, Gina!
Your recipe for Peach Yogurt sounds delicious and refreshing. I love how much protein is involved, too! Thanks for sharing.
YUM! I usually skip right by ice cream recipes since i don’t have an ice cream maker so this gets me excited to do some experimenting. I see some basil in there, did you just use it for garnish? Might be good in the ice cream too! Happy Summer!
It was only a garnish…I definitely want to try it in the froyo next time though I just thought about it too late this time around!
This looks super yummy – again, we’ve been shopping from the same cart. Cooked with a bunch of peaches this weekend :)
i love this idea! i do not have an ice cream maker either… peaches aren’t quite so great here yet so i will have to wait on this. but i do have an abundance of cherries. like a huge gallon bag and this might be what i want to do with it! thanks for the idea. no cover ups indeed!