Tropical Parfaits Recipes

Steps:

• In a small bowl stir together yogurt, lime juice, and cayenne pepper; set aside.
• Spoon 1/4 of drained fruit into the bottom of 2 wine or parfait glasses. Add 1/4 of the banana. Spoon 1/4 cup yogurt mixture over fruit and top with 1/4 cup of granola. Repeat layers.
• Serve immediately garnished with a sprig of fresh mint.

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• In a bowl, whisk the milk, extract and pudding mix for 2 minutes. Stir in coconut and lime zest if desired. In each of two 1-1/2-cup parfait glasses or dessert dishes, layer about 1/3 cup pudding mixture, 1/4 cup pineapple, 2 tablespoons almonds, 1/3 cup pudding mixture, 1/4 cup strawberries, 2 tablespoons almonds and remaining pudding mixture., Top with whipped cream. Sprinkle with the remaining almonds. Garnish with cherries.

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• Put 2 tablespoons of yogurt in the bottom of each of four juice glasses. Top with 4 orange slices. Sprinkle the oranges with a 1 1/2 tablespoons of cereal, followed by 2 more tablespoons of yogurt. Top with diced pineapple then with another 1 1/2 tablespoons cereal.

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• Melt butter in heavy small saucepan over medium-high heat. Whisk in brown sugar and cream; bring to boil. Add lime juice, lime peel and salt. Boil until sauce is reduced to 3/4 cup, whisking occasionally, about 2 minutes. Set caramel-lime sauce aside.
• Place 1/3 cup sorbet in each of 4 parfait glasses or wineglasses. Top sorbet with 1/4 cup pineapple, 1/4 cup mango, 2 tablespoons coconut, 2 tablespoons sauce and 1/3 cup ice cream. Sprinkle each parfait with 1 tablespoon coconut and drizzle with 1 tablespoon sauce. Serve immediately.

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• In a small jar, layer fruit with yogurt. Top with toasted sliced almonds.

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• Stir 1 cup boiling water into each flavor dry gelatin mix in separate medium bowls at least 2 min. until completely dissolved. Stir 1 cup of the cold juice into gelatin in each bowl. (Do not add cold water.)
• Pour each flavor gelatin into separate 8- or 9-inch square pan. Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm. (Gelatin no longer sticks to your finger when touched.) Cut into 1-inch squares, being careful to cut all of the way through gelatin to bottom of each pan.
• Layer gelatin flavors in alternating colors in 12 parfait glasses.

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• Preheat oven to 375. Spread coconut on a baking sheet. Bake until toasty brown, 3 to 5 minutes. (Watch carefully so it doesn't burn!).
• Peel bananas, cut into 1/4-in. thick slices, and put slices in a bowl. Finely shred zest from the lime over the banana slices. Juice the lime and toss juice with banana slices.
• Divide 1/2 the banana slices among four parfait glasses or small glass bowls,lifting bananas out of the lime juice with a fork or slotted spoon. Top bananas in each glass with 1/4 Cup sorbet and sprinkle with 1 T. coconut. Repeat to make a second layer in each parfait. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Spoon 1/3 cup yogurt into a 6- to 8-ounce parfait glass or jar. Top yogurt with 1/2 of the kiwi, 1/2 of the macadamia nuts, 1/2 of the agave. Repeat layers with the remaining yogurt, kiwi, nuts, and agave. Top parfait with mint.

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• Whisk Neufchatel and sugar in small bowl until blended. Stir in COOL WHIP.
• Reserve 1/2 the Neufchatel mixture. Stir mangos into remaining Neufchatel mixture.
• Spoon mango mixture evenly into 4 parfait glasses. Top with layers of bananas, 1/2 the coconut, reserved Neufchatel mixture and remaining coconut.