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Start your day with a balanced combination of sweet, nutty, creamy and crunchy. This light, yet satisfying, Papaya Coconut Bionico comes together fast and makes breakfast nutritious and fragrant while giving it just the right amount of sweetness!
January comes with the excitement of new resolutions for the New Year. I like challenging myself to try new things, learn new skills, and improve my life. I bet you do, too.
I’ve written in the past about how much easier it is to start with one small resolution, until it becomes a habit, then moving on to another, and maybe trying one new resolution per month throughout the year.
Well, my first microresolution for January 2019, then, is to start each day with a nutritious breakfast. Checkout my first go-to breakfast for January: Papaya Coconut Bionico.
Bionico, known in some parts of México as energético, describes a popular Mexican fruit cocktail topped with granola, coconut, nuts and a vanilla sweet cream, usually made with sweetened condensed milk. My recipe is lighter and faster, though.
My version swaps out the sweetened condensed milk for plain yogurt, deliciously sweetened with honey, and flavored with vanilla extract.
Bionicos often involve a mix of several fruits like cantaloupe, strawberries, bananas, honeydew and papaya. I chose to use just papaya for this one, because I love papaya and I can usually find it any time of year.
Plus, I wanted to suggest this simplified recipe to make it easier for hurried mornings.
If you make
Papaya Coconut Bionico
4 Servings
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt
- 2 tablespoons honey, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 cups papaya, chopped into cubes
- 6 tablespoons unsweetened shredded coconut
- 12 pecans, chopped
- 3 tablespoons granola
Mix together plain yogurt, sugar, and vanilla extract with a spoon. Set aside.
Place chopped papaya in a platter or bowl. Add coconut and carefully combine them.
Sprinkle with pecans and granola to taste.
Pour the sweet yogurt mixture on top and serve immediately.
The perfect start to our day and our year. Happy New Year.
Buen provecho!
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Enjoy!
Papaya Coconut Bionico
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 cups papaya chopped in cubes
- 6 tablespoons unsweetened shredded coconut
- 12 pecans chopped
- 3 tablespoons granola
Instructions
- Mix together plain yogurt, honey, and vanilla extract with a spoon. Set aside.
- Place chopped papaya in a platter or bowl. Add coconut and carefully combine them.
- Sprinkle with pecans and granola to taste.
- Pour the sweet yogurt mixture on top and serve immediately.
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Love papaya! This is such a good idea to start the day in a very healthy way. Thanks for the tip.
Love the combination of flavor in this recipe. Thanks for sharing!
Perfect to start the day!!! So yummy and healthy.
This looks so healthy and delicious at the same time. Thank you sharing this healthy recipe with all of us
Thank you for stopping by!
I have never tried papaya but my step mother swears by it. I’ll have to pass this along for her to try. I know she would enjoy it.
You haven’t!?! I invite you to give it a try.