Healthy Eton Mess

This super tasty dessert is not only light on calories but it’s packed with antioxidants from the fruit and calcium & protein from the yoghurt. Eton Mess is a classic British dessert, however the original version is loaded with both fat and calories. A single serving of traditional Eton Mess can be a whopping 580 cal and 50g of fat, whereas this version is just 165 cal and less than 1g of fat.

 

Healthy Eton Mess

Ingredients

• 1 large or 4 individual meringue nests
• 500g fresh strawberries/frozen summer berries (defrosted)
• 450g fat-free vanilla/Greek yoghurt

Method

1. Break up the meringue nests with the back of a spoon
2. Layer the ingredients in 4 wine glasses: yoghurt, meringue, berries, yoghurt, meringue, berries, yoghurt, meringue – Or you could mix the broken meringue nests and yoghurt together before folding in the berries and spooning into 4 wine glasses or bowls
3. Top with sliced strawberries or berries or crumbled meringue.

Most of the sugars are naturally occurring, from the fruit (fructose) and yoghurt (lactose) but there is a small amount of added sugar from the meringue and low-fat yoghurt.
To make a super skinny version (which is higher in protein too) use fat-free Greek yoghurt instead of the fat-free vanilla yoghurt.

N.B If you use 0% fat Greek yoghurt then the recipe is only 150Kcal, 25g Carbs, 13g Protein and 0.1g Fat

Serves 4 – Serving Size 1 portion – Nutrition Per Serving
Calories: 165, Carbohydrate: 35g, Protein: 7g, Fat: less than 1g