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It's heating up out there, and I still want my treats! There's no reason you need to deny yourself some frozen treats during the summer. Freeze fresh fruit, and use it to mix up some great tasting frozen smoothies or slushies. Just plain old frozen grapes are really sweet and satisfying. Some people even use frozen bananas to make a kind of substitute soft serve "ice cream." 

Here's a recipe for one of my favorite low-calorie summertime treats--Frozen Yogurt Granola Bars.

1 1/2 cups non-fat yogurt (greek or regular) You can use any kind of flavored yogurt, but if you use plain, sweeten it with your sweetener of choice.

1/2 cup granola

1 cup chopped strawberries

2 Tbsp chocolate chips

Line an 8X8 pan with foil. Mix all ingredients together and spread in prepared pan. Cover with plastic wrap and place in freezer. When frozen, remove from freezer and let thaw 5 minutes. Cut into six bars, and re-wrap with plastic wrap to keep individual bars in freezer. They will be frozen hard, so let them thaw about 5 minutes before eating. 

You can see that there are a lot of ways you could vary this recipe. Just keep track of what you add in, and do a calorie count on it. Prepared as written, this recipe makes 6 servings at about 110 calories each.

Here they are, all wrapped up and ready to go back in the freezer.