Protein Banoffee Pie Yoghurt

Protein Banoffee Pie Yoghurt has the flavor of my dream dessert, but decidedly healtier: Creamy protein yoghurt, crunchy granola, Date caramel and fresh Bananas. Have it for breakfast. Or dessert. Or as snack. The flavour of banoffee pie laced with hints of tiramisu and a whopping 22g of protein per portion, with just about 290cal.

 

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• Why You Will Love This
• The Ingredients
• The Process
• Meal Prep

Why You Will Love This 

Super Quick to Assemble

Talking about luxurious breakfast tasting like Banoffee Pie, yet with added protein. Something I’m always trying to achieve; this one is a winner.It is the idea that prompted my Banoffee Mousse Protein Pie, just much easier and mainly an assembly job, if you have all the ingredients prepared.

So, what makes this better for you?

Let’s Start With The Date Caramel

Due to dates having a lower glycemic index than sugar, they raise the blood sugar slower than refined (or cane) sugar and can help with controlling blood sugar levels.
They also come with a great amount of fibre, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals, making them a fabulous choice not just for weight loss, but generally for adding to your intake of plants.
And as if that isn’t enough they taste plain addictive! 

You can use this date caramel for all kinds of desserts, as dip for fruit (apples are delicious!), sweetener for your yoghurt, with ice cream or spooned straight from the jar, it’s so good.

Granola

We need some sort of crunchy “Pie Crust” to make Banoffee Pie. And since this is developed to be a quick breakfast, I only want an assembly job really. Plus lots of fibre and nutrition. I get all of that from the oats and seeds in a crunchy granola. I’m using my Malted Granola Clusters for this, as it allows me to control what goes into them. You can use any brand of granola for this, but check for the ingredients, as most supermarket brands are loaded with sugar and oil.
If you want a version lower in sugar and fat, highly addictive, that you can modify according to your taste, check the recipe linked above.

Protein Powder, The Secret To A Creamy Topping

The secret to a super creamy custard like consistency that will make your 0% fat Greek yoghurt taste like full fat, lies in pre-mixing the protein powder (and instant espresso powder if using) with a little bit of soy milk or any other plant based milk you enjoy.

Why Do I Add Protein?

You mean apart from the well known physical benefits of protein for the body like helping you to build muscle, keeping your bones strong and increasing satiation, meaning you stay fuller for longer and with that can maintain your weight easier?

Lesser known is, that it also effects the brain by helping it to effectively transport information through neuropathways using the amino acods found in Protein.
This even has been shown to help protect from age related dementia.

2 Versions

I have made two versions below, to test which one I prefer. One with espresso powder and almond extract, one without. The one including both was a clear winner in my book. 
If you tried this recipe, I’d love to hear what version you made and how you liked it.

The Ingredients

• 0% fat greek yoghurt – Giving you a decent portion of protein and is really good for you
• Soy milk  – or other milk of your choice. Use full fat. I like soy because it’s really creamy and I’m lactose intolerant when it comes to plain milk, but can eat yoghurt or whey protein without issues.
• Protein powder –  My favourite for this is “MyProtein Whey – Speculoos”. Use one you really enjoy. Don’t ruin your breakfast with a horrible one!
• Date caramel – Takes 5 minutes and a food processor* or blender*
• Banana – Put the Ban-in offee pie
• Granola – You can use your favourite granola from the supermarket or try my recipe for Malted Granola Clusters

The Slightly Tiramisu Inspired Version

• Instant espresso powder – To give that hint of coffee to the yoghurt topping. I feel it perfectly balances the sweetness of banana and caramel
• Almond extract – If you’d want to make a grown up version and take it entirely over the top, use a bit of Amaretto.
  I realise this isn’t the authentic Tiramisu flavor (if you want the “Ultimate Tiramisu“, I urge you to give this one from James Hoffman a try. I had it for Christmas and Oh! My! God! Is all I can say.), but I adore almond in a million things!

The Process

2 Options For Mixing The Protein Powder

To properly mix the powder with soy milk and optionally the instant espresso and amond extract you can either:

Use your protein shaker, which, if you go for the espresso version, has proven to be not ideal, as tiny, bitter nuggets might remain. But if you use it…

Protein Shaker

Shake very well. Vigorously so. Then shake again. And again. Open the lid of your shaker, check if the liquid looks super creamy without any lumps. At the slightest hint of lumps, shake again. If using the instant espresso powder, this process will hopefully dissolve it into the protein mix. It might take a while though.

Nutribullet

Alternatively you could do what I did and mix the above in your Nutribullet* and have it ready and really foamy in under a minute. Look, I’m lazy! More so in the morning. Oh wait, evening too.

Whichever method you used, stir in the greek yoghurt now. I found if I blend it as well, it gets too runny.

If you are using a protein powder you really enjoy, this cream should already taste fantastic. Give it a try. It should taste slightly sweet, but not overly so, as you will add more sweetness with the date caramel, banana and granola. If you like it really sweet, you could add a bit of honey or maple syrup at this point.

Layering the Ingredients (or not).

The recipe says to layer the ingredients, which looks lovely in jars, but for a quick breakfast assembly job, it’s just as good thrown together in a bowl, date caramel drizzled over and dig in.You can easily serve this Protein Banoffee Pie Yoghurt to your guests as dessert and they will love it, while you are happy knowing it will help with weight loss (if that’s your goal).

Assembly

Slice your banana into bite sized pieces. Either mix all your ingredients in a bowl or layer them in a yar as in my pictures. Start with a layer of granola (basically like your Banoffee Pie crust), top with date caramel, then banana slices, followed by the yoghurt-protein mix. Repeat if you have a big jar. Top your Protein Banoffee Pie Yoghurt with slices of banana, some granola pieces and a spoon of date caramel and you are ready to enjoy. That was a quick breakfast, wasn’t it?

A Note On Portion Size

I have calculated this for 2 portions, which is about the average you get here. The jar in the picture (due to lack of smaller jars in my cupboard) contains about 1.5 portions. I ate them after preparing and was decidedly too full until dinner time, so I skipped it.

Meal Prep

While I wouldn’t advise to assemble this in advance, as the granola will go soggy, you can absolutely prepare the Date Caramel and pre-mix the yoghurt.
So all you do right before serving is layer the ingredients and you are done. But then, the whole thing just takes 5 minutes, so you might just want to make it fresh.

Looking For More Protein Breakfast Ideas? Here Are Some You Might Enjoy:

Apricot Almond Protein Oats

Carrot Cake Protein Banana Bread

Turkish Eggs with Asparagus

Now I’d love to hear from you in the comments!

Have you tried this? Did you enjoy it?
What other recipes would you like to see?

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