Valentine’s Day Black Cherry and Coconut Parfait

Raise your hands if you are seeing Valentine’s Day recipes everywhere that look delicious but are completely loaded with chocolate, sugar, and more sugar! ME! Don’t get me wrong, I completely agree that the holidays are a great time to indulge a little bit, but at the same time, not to go overboard. It gets to be too much. And there are so many cute ones that we I want to try them all. So  if you want to go back to basics and treat your family to healthy guilt-free Valentine’s Day desserts this year, this black cherry and coconut parfait is the way to go.

Start with some beautiful black cherries that are naturally super sweet and bursting with flavor!

These 4 simple ingredients (organic honey, coconut flakes, greek yogurt and black cherries), keep you completely in control over what your family is eating. The cherries give it a festive color and this parfait seriously tastes like ice cream. My grocery store was out of regular coconut flakes so I have to use the baker’s sweetened kind. If this happens to you, you can opt to skip the honey since that makes it a little bit too sweet. I also highly recommend just buying plain, full fat Greek yogurt so you know that you are getting about 4 grams of sugar from that and no added crap that your body doesn’t need, like we talked about in my post 5 Not So Obvious Eating Habits to Avoid.

Layer your cherries, coconut and honey on top of your Greek yogurt and you are ready for your sweet treat!

I know that you can’t resist! This is honestly a great breakfast food to get your day started. As I talked about earlier this week, it’s so important to have a great morning routine to get your day off to a good start and be productive the whole way through. Personally, if I know I have something like this waiting for me – my morning is made!

What are your family plans for Valentine’s Day? And what treats will you be snacking on?

Fashionably Yours,

Allison