Little Ivy Cakes

Beet and Brown Sugar
Frozen Yogurt


I baked some beets in the oven the other day and had this weird idea to make beet frozen yogurt. A healthy frozen treat. I kinda liked it, it was different with a sublte beet taste and a tang from the yogurt. And I just loved how the brilliant color turned out. Anyway, I thought I would share. Even though sometimes these different recipes don't turn out great like a Mocha brownie would, I still like the adventure.

Recipe
1 1/2 medium size baked beets
3 tbs dark brown sugar
2 tbs water
1 tbs vanilla
half a 2lb. tub of Mountain High original plain yogurt

-Rinse beets and cut greens off the top leaving a small stub
-Wrap beets in foil and place on a baking sheet also covered with foil
-Bake beets at 450F for and hour until soft in the middle when pierced with a fork
-Let beets cool over night in the fridge
-Peel off outer skin of beats
-Place an empty container that will hold your finished frozen yogurt in the freezer
-Place 1 1/2 beets in blender and puree with 2 tbs water, vanilla, and 3 tbs brown sugar
-Mix beet puree with yogurt

-Place mixture in ice cream maker per manufacture's instructions-blah,blah, blah
-Put your frozen yogurt in the chilled container and cover with plastic wrap directly touching the yogurt
-Let fro-yo freeze up to an hour and then serve
After 24 hours the yogurt could get pretty hard. If you let it thaw for 15-20 minutes and then blend again. the consistency should come back.

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