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Chocolate Banana Breakfast Bowl

Anyone who knows me knows that although I’ve maintained a fifty-five-pound weight loss for close to twenty years, I proudly eat chocolate every day. Here’s a great example of how I can face my chocolate craving head-on, even at breakfast!

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes 1 serving

Ingredients

1 medium banana, cut into 1/4-inch-thick rounds
1/2 cup Fiber One vanilla or naturally sweetened fat-free vanilla or banana yogurt
2 tablespoons low-fat granola without raisins
1 1/2 teaspoons chocolate syrup

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Add the banana pieces to a small, deep bowl. Top them with the yogurt, then the granola. Drizzle the chocolate syrup on top. Serve immediately.

  2. nutrition information

    Step 2

    Made with Fiber One yogurt:

    Step 3

    Calories: 268

    Step 4

    Protein: 6g

    Step 5

    Carbohydrates: 56g

    Step 6

    Fat: <1g

    Step 7

    Trace Saturated Fat

    Step 8

    Cholesterol: 3mg

    Step 9

    Fiber: 10g

    Step 10

    Sodium: 105mg

    Step 11

    Made with naturally sweetend yogurt:

    Step 12

    Calories: 285

    Step 13

    Protein: 8g

    Step 14

    Carbohydrates: 65g

    Step 15

    Fat: <1g

    Step 16

    Trace Saturated Fat

    Step 17

    Cholesterol: 4mg

    Step 18

    Fiber: 6g

    Step 19

    Sodium: 119mg

  3. Step 20

    Made with naturally sweetened yogurt:

    Step 21

    Calories: 285

    Step 22

    Protein: 8g

    Step 23

    Carbohydrates: 65g

    Step 24

    Fat: <1g

    Step 25

    Trace Saturated Fat

    Step 26

    Cholesterol: 4mg

    Step 27

    Fiber: 6g

    Step 28

    Sodium: 119mg

Reprinted with permission from I Can't Believe It's Not Fattening! by Devin Alexander. Copyright © 2010 Devin Alexander. Published by Clarkson Potter Publishers, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. Devin Alexander is the author of The Most Decadent Diet Ever, Fast Food Fix, and coauthor of The New York Times bestsellers The Biggest Loser Cookbook and The Biggest Loser Family Cookbook. She was a chef on NBC's The Biggest Loser and the host of Healthy Decadence on Discover Health and FitTV.
TagsBananaFruitChocolateYogurtDairyBreakfastVegetarianEasyQuick5 Ingredients or Fewer30 Minutes or LessNo-CookCookbooks
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