Zero Sugar Added Strawberry Cheesecake Jars
This is a naturally sweet summer dessert for toddlers and babies sweetened only with fruit and super delicious! Make ahead granola for an easy quick snack!
Ingredients
- 180 g 2 cups oats
- ½ cup pumpkin seeds
- ½ cup sunflower seeds
- ¼ cup desiccated coconut
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- 1 banana
- Zest and Juice 1/2 lemon
- 125 g 1/2 cup Marscapone cheese
- 125 ml 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
- 200 g fresh strawberries chopped roughly 10 Strawberries
Method
- Preheat oven to 180ºC.
- Add all of the granola ingredients to a baking tray and mix well until fully combined. Bake in the oven for 12 minutes until it starts to turn golden, remove and stir, then place back in the oven for a further 12 minutes. Check throughout this time as oven temperatures may vary.
- Leave to cool fully before adding to a jar for storage.
- Roll the banana, then open and add to a bowl (this softens it and makes it easy to mash), along with the lemon zest and juice, Mascarpone cheese and yogurt. Stir well until smooth and creamy.
- To make up the jars — Add 2-3 tablespoons of the granola mixture to the bottom of the jar. For smaller babies use a pestle and mortar and make sure the seeds are ground into a finer powder.
- Fill the jars 3/4 way up with the cheesecake mixture and finally top with chopped strawberries.
- Leave to set in the fridge for 2 hours before serving.
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