Grapefruit-Almond Crunch Parfaits
- 13 cup slivered almonds
- 13 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 13 cup coarsely crumbled amaretti cookies
- 2 cups nonfat Greek yogurt
- 2 Tbs. honey
- 2 1/2 cups grapefruit supremes (see below), each segment halved (3 to 4 grapefruit)
- To make Almond Crunch: Preheat oven to 300F.
- Spread almond slivers
- on baking sheet, and toast 3 minutes.
- Add coconut to baking sheet, and bake
- 5 to 6 minutes more, or until coconut is lightly browned, tossing once or twice.
- Cool slightly, and toss with crumbled amaretti cookies.
- To make Parfaits: whisk together yogurt and honey until honey dissolves into yogurt.
- Spoon 2 heaping Tbs.
- grapefruit sections, then 2 heaping Tbs.
- yogurt mixture into bottoms of 6 parfait glasses.
- Sprinkle with 1 heaping Tbs.
- Almond Crunch.
- Repeat layering once more, finishing with layer of Almond Crunch.
- Serve immediately, or refrigerate up to 1 hour.
- Trim ends all the way to juicy flesh.
- Stand fruit upright, and remove peel and pith with knife, following curve of fruit from top to bottom.
- (A small, serrated paring knife works best.)
- Holding fruit over a bowl, cut sections along membranes as if you were
- slicing out a wedge, releasing them one by one.
- Set supremes aside, and squeeze membrane skeleton over bowl to release any remaining juice.
almonds, coconut, amaretti cookies, yogurt, honey, supremes
Taken from www.vegetariantimes.com/recipe/grapefruit-almond-crunch-parfaits/ (may not work)