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Breakfast Banana Split
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Take this dessert favorite and give it a healthy spin to start your kiddo's day.
Ingredients
- 1 medium banana, sliced lengthwise
- 1/3 cup nonfat strawberry yogurt
- 1/3 cup nonfat vanilla yogurt
- 2 Tbsp. chopped walnuts
Directions
Place banana, sliced lengthwise, in a bowl. Top with nonfat strawberry yogurt and nonfat vanilla yogurt. Sprinkle with chopped walnuts.
Nutrition: 332 calories, 10 grams protein, 55 grams carbohydrate, 4 grams fiber, 11 grams fat, 1 gram saturated fat, 100 milligrams sodium. From When to Eat What by Heidi Reichenberger McIndoo, MS, RD, LDN. Used by permission of Adams Media, a division of F+W Media Inc.
