Today's recipe came to me after dinner a few minutes ago and I had to post it immediately! As you all know, it's strawberry season. I have been getting the best strawberries lately and it inspired me to do something with them. I've also been doing a pretty strict cleanse, so I have been craving something sweet all day.
This recipe is very simple, very light, and very pleasing. I will confess now before you read on, I did use a can of whipped cream from the dairy section in this recipe. It has 15 calories, 0.5 fat grams and 1 gram of sugar. Sure, it's not "healthy", but it's not unhealthy either. :) There, I justified it!
Ready for the teaser?
Yes, it looks too good to be true! I know! I was shocked too when I did the math!
Ready for the recipe?
Cleaner Strawberry Shortcake Parfait:
Yields: 5 cupcake size shortcakes
· ½ cup almond milk
· 1 tsp. of vanilla
· ¼ tsp. of baking soda
· 1 tsp. of baking powder
· 2 tbsp. agave nectar
· 1 tsp. lemon zest
What you will need in addition to these baking ingredients
are:
- Fresh sliced strawberries
- 1 can of whipped cream from the dairy section
Line a muffin tin with 5 wrappers.
Mix all ingredients and bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes.
Done!
1 parfait consisting of 1 shortcake cupcake, 4 tablespoons
of whipped cream from a can, and 3 strawberries sliced = 96 calories! 0
saturated fat! 6.6 grams of sugar! 2 grams of protein!
The lemon zest in these cakes is heavenly! It adds a nice fresh flavor that you can't leave this ingredient out! I even suggest adding a touch of the lemon juice to the batter as well. Also, I cut my shortcake cupcake in half and added a few little bits on top as you can see:)
Under 100 calories! 0, yes that's a zero, saturated fat! Wow!
As always, enjoy friends!! I sure did!
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