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Grilled Peaches with Cardamom Yogurt & Chai Spiced Pecan Granola
The summer season = peach season, y’all!
D uring the summer, I want to be outside and spend less time in the kitchen. I’m also looking for light desserts. This dessert is like a hug on a nice cool summer night cuddled under a blanket while sitting around a fire pit. Warm!
them as snacks, making salsas, and cooking them with fish. But grilling them is great for a perfectly ripe peach. Hot chai tea is always so comforting. I used the flavors of cardamom, ginger, and cinnamon
to flavor the granola. I don’t make my chai tea with star anise because I’m not a fan of licorice flavors but you can add them to your granola if you like. The granola adds some great texture to the dish but you can use this granola as a snack, cereal, or top- ping for yogurt. The yogurt for this dish comes togeth- er in 3 ingredients. That’s right. Three! It’s plain low-fat yogurt, honey, and ground cardamom. It’s so simple. I’ve started to lean towards buying
Because the granola can keep in an airtight contain- er for 2 weeks and the yo- gurt can be made ahead a few days, this dish can come together in no time. Just throw the peaches on the grill to heat them through. Let me tell you that I had leftovers for breakfast. I mean it’s yogurt, fruit, and granola. I see no problems. The grilled peaches warm up the peaches and take ripe peaches to the next level! There’s a few peach orchards in my area, and I love going out to pick fresh peaches. It’s nice to connect
plain yogurt and flavoring it myself. There’s hundreds of flavored yogurts but there may be something that I’ve got an idea for that’s even better than the refrigerated aisle. Plain and simple, this dessert/breakfast is a great option for using those ripe peaches.
with my food in such an intimate way. I appre- ciate it more. But when I pick my own, I’m not walking away with 5 peaches. I need to have at least a half a bushel. Then I’m trying to figure out how to use all these peaches. I’m making preserves like my grandmother would make and am giving them away as gifts. I’m having
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