Shannons Good For You Parfait Recipes

SHANNON'S SMOKY MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Fill a pot with lightly-salted water and bring to a boil. Stir the macaroni into the water and return to a boil. Cook and occasionally stir until the pasta has cooked through, but is still firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain.
• Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the flour to the melted butter and whisk continually for 1 to 2 minutes to make a roux. Whisk 2 cups of the milk into the roux until smooth and then add the remaining milk. Raise the heat to medium-high and continue cooking and stirring until thickened, but not boiling. Stir the Gouda, Cheddar, Swiss, and 1 cup Parmesan cheese into the mixture; once the cheeses have melted completely, fold the drained macaroni into the mixture to coat. Pour the macaroni mixture into a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Stir 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, and cayenne pepper together in a small bowl; sprinkle over the macaroni. Drizzle the olive oil over the bread crumbs.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and bubbly, about 30 minutes. Allow to rest 10 minutes before cutting.

YOGURT PARFAIT

Steps:

• In a large glass, layer 1 cup yogurt, 1/2 cup granola and 4 blackberries. Repeat layers.

FRESH FRUIT PARFAITS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine yogurt and whipped topping; set aside 4 teaspoons for topping. Spoon half of the remaining yogurt mixture into four parfait glasses; layer with half of the banana, sliced strawberries, pineapple and blueberries. Repeat layers. , Top each parfait with reserved yogurt mixture and a whole strawberry. Chill until serving.

SHANNON'S STRAWBERRY PINEAPPLE PARFAIT

Steps:

• Layer in a parfait glass pineapple then yogurt then strawberries.
• Top with the Grape Nuts.

SHANNON'S GOOD FOR YOU NACHOS

Steps:

• Top each chip with refried beans.
• Spread cheese evenly on top of chips.
• Cook in a toaster oven at 350 F until heated through and cheese is melted.
• Top with chopped tomatoes, spinach, salsa and sour cream.
• Enjoy.

SHANNON'S STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE PARFAIT

Steps:

• Mix the skim milk, cream cheese, and lemon zest and juice together until well combined (no lumps!).
• Add pudding mix and blend well.
• Add about 1 tbsp.
• noncalorie sweetener and mix well, set aside.
• Sweeten strawberries to taste with sweetener.
• In 3 parfait glasses (Wal-mart sells some cute plastic ones) start with 1 graham cracker, broken in half.
• Place about 2 tablespoons of strawberries in each.
• Cover with 5 tablespoons of pudding mixture.
• Place 2 graham crackers in each glass, and cover with 2 tablespoons of strawberries, then 5 tablespoons of pudding mixture.
• Continue until all of the ingredients are used up.
• Serve immediately.
• If not serving immediately, use reduced fat Nilla wafers or thin slices of sugar free fat free angel food cake.

BERRY GOOD YOGURT PARFAIT

Steps:

• In a brandy snifter or hurricane glass, layer the ingredients in the following order: strawberries (half cup), yogurt (4 oz), granola, blueberries, strawberries (other half cup), and the remaining 4 oz. of yogurt.
• Optionally, you can also sprinkle the fruit with artificial sweetner to sweeten it.

SHANNON'S GOOD FOR YOU PARFAIT

Steps:

• Sweeten strawberries and blueberries to taste with noncalorie sweetener (about 1 1/2 teaspoons on each).
• Layer half of blueberries in a wine goblet, half of yogurt, and then half of strawberries.
• Top with 1 tablespoon of Grape Nuts and repeat with remaining ingredients in another wine goblet.
• Yum.
• Sometimes I use cherry pie filling (the kind made with Splenda, of course) instead of strawberries.