DIY Fruit-on-the-Bottom Yogurt Cups

Ingredients

4 x 250mL jars (old jam jars)

2 cups strawberries, washed and hulled (frozen work too!)

¼ cup water

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 tablespoon strawberry jam

2 cups plain yogurt

1 tablespoon sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Add prepared berries and water to a small pot and cook over medium until mixture bubbles and berries are softened.

2. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla and jam and cook for two more minutes.

3. Let cool completely. While waiting, whisk remaining teaspoon of vanilla into the yogurt along with 1 tablespoon of sugar.

4. Once berries are cool, evenly distribute into the bottom of the 4 empty jam jars.

5. Top each jar with ½ cup of yogurt mixture.

6. Screw tops on jars and store in the fridge. When ready to eat, feel free to add toppings: ground flax, chia seeds, hemp hearts, pumpkin seeds, and more!

Recipe developed and photographed by Alex Chesney, RD