Layered fruit yoghurt

It has been one week and three days since I gave up processed sugar! Wee! At the same time, I am also giving up grains. The goal is to give up sugar and grains until March 25. Even though I only consume grains during baking sessions on the weekend, they affect me badly. If I consume them on Saturday I am still suffering on Monday! I do love to bake; I like mixing, making a mess, licking the bowl and watching the mix turn into something beautiful. But, it makes me sick! How does it feel after being grain and sugar free for one week and three days? Good! :) I also feel like a good citizen, so rather than offering family members sugar/grain laden cakes and biscuits (or as I like to say 'a little piece of death on a plate'...but it was always tasty death!), I am offering them healthy foods.

On Saturday I spent a long day at the office studying as it was much too warm at my house. Though a little scary being at work all alone in a big empty building which kept making strange noises, the experience was a very productive one. The only thing missing from Saturday's long study session was yoghurt....oh, and cocoa. So, once home where it was still thirty (!!) degrees inside, I made some refreshing sugar and grain free yoghurt in layered form. Ooooo ahhhh.

Hot days prove unsuccessful for people watching from the office building window

Oh no! There was no cocoa in the office! I had to drink coffee....for the first time in two years! I never want to be in a 'no cocoa on hand' situation again!

Layered fruit yoghurt
The real measurements will depend on the size of your serving glass, and how many servings you wish to prepare.

What you need

• Stewed fruits (I used apple and plum)
• Watermelon, cut into a disc, just smaller than the diameter of your serving glass
•  Banana, sliced
• Mixed nuts, chopped (I used Brazil, cashews, almonds and walnuts)
• Natural yoghurt
• Dried fig, sliced
• Honey
• Cinnamon

What you need to do

1. Place stewed fruits into the bottom of a serving glass.
2. Insert the disc of watermelon into the glass and push down carefully onto the layer of stewed fruit.
3. Spread the sliced banana on top of the watermelon.
4.  Sprinkle chopped nuts on top of the banana.
5. Spoon the yoghurt into the glass.
6. Top with dried figs and honey.
7. Sprinkle with cinnamon.

Making layers of fruit

Overall, a good dessert and very healthy. Doesn't it look pretty for something so healthy? Oh and there are dried figs in there Mmm. Just have to watch out with them as I found  black and slightly furry rotten one in my bag of dried figs. Is this a usual occurrence in the world of dried figs?

Next time I would not use banana in the yoghurt as it was a little too strong compared to the other components. I think berries or stone fruits would work well in its place. Mmm yoghurt! I like it so much!:)