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Greek yoghurt with mashed banana, honey and vanilla
A cold pot of fat-free Greek yoghurt with ripe banana folded through, a little vanilla and a trickle of honey. It takes three minutes and is soft, mild and small.
By The foodose editorial team. Nutrition calculated from USDA FoodData Central. Checked on paper on 16 October 2026; not yet cooked in a test kitchen or photographed, so the times and yield are estimates. How we develop our recipes
What still needs a real kitchen
- Confirm a freckled banana mashes smooth enough with a fork
- Photograph the finished pot
- Time
- About 3 min
- estimated
- Serves
- 1
- see below
- Energy
- 265 kcal
- per serving
- Protein
- 27 g
- per serving
Ingredients for 1 serving
Check off ingredients as you go.
Contains milk.
Cooking steps
Mash the banana on a plate with a fork until it is almost smooth, with a few soft lumps left.
Stir the vanilla into the Greek yoghurt until it is evenly mixed.
Fold two thirds of the banana through the yoghurt, spoon it into a glass or bowl, and top with the rest.
Trickle the honey over the top and eat straight away, while the banana is still pale.
The useful detail
Use a banana with brown freckles on its skin. It mashes in seconds with a fork, and it is sweet enough that one teaspoon of honey is all the pot needs.
Make it work for you
One serving is One pot, about 360 g. You can switch to a smaller portion in the ingredients above; it is three quarters of this, and it contains correspondingly less energy and protein. It is an option, not a goal.
Skyr instead of Greek yoghurt
Thicker and milder, with the same protein.
Per serving: about the same energy, about the same protein, about the same fat.
A ripe pear, grated, instead of the banana
Wetter and less sweet; you may want the full teaspoon of honey and a little more.
Per serving: about 30 kcal less, about 1 g less protein, about the same fat.
Maple syrup instead of honey
A darker, slightly smoky sweetness. Use the same teaspoon.
Per serving: about 5 kcal less, about the same protein, about the same fat.
Estimated nutrition
Per standard serving, calculated from the ingredients above. Nutrition changes with substitutions, brands and how much oil stays in the pan.
The yoghurt carries the protein, about 25 g in 250 g of fat-free Greek yoghurt, and the banana brings the sweetness so the honey can stay at one teaspoon.
| Energy | 265 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 27 g |
| Fat | 1 g |
| of which saturates | less than 1 g |
| Carbohydrate | 38 g |
| of which sugars | 26 g |
| Fibre | 3 g |
| Sodium | 90 mg |
Show calculation notes
Each ingredient’s weight is multiplied by its USDA FoodData Central values per 100 g. The whole recipe is added up and divided by 1. Raw weights are used for meat, fish and vegetables; beans and lentils are drained weights. All of the oil is counted as eaten. Added salt is not included; sodium from stock, bread, cheese and tinned food is.
| Ingredient | Weight used | Source | Energy | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greek yoghurt | 250 g | FDC 170894Yogurt, Greek, plain, nonfat (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) | 148 kcal | 25.5 g |
| bananas | 100 g | FDC 173944Bananas, raw | 89 kcal | 1.1 g |
| vanilla extract | 2 g | FDC 173471Vanilla extract | 6 kcal | 0.0 g |
| honey | 7 g | FDC 169640Honey | 21 kcal | 0.0 g |
| Whole recipe | Divided by 1 | 264 kcal | 26.6 g |
Per serving the energy is rounded to the nearest 5 kcal, grams to the nearest whole gram and sodium to the nearest 10 mg. Calculation method 1.0, September 2026. How the calculation works.
Storage and reheating
- In the fridge
- Best eaten straight away; mashed banana browns as it stands. Keep the yoghurt refrigerated and do not leave the finished pot out of the fridge for more than 2 hours.
- Reheating
- Not for reheating. Serve cold.
Checked against US Food and Drug Administration, Refrigerator and Freezer Storage Chart, USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service, Leftovers and Food Safety, FoodSafety.gov, Safe Minimum Internal Temperatures and FoodSafety.gov, Cold Food Storage Chart. UK guidance from the Food Standards Agency is shorter, at two days for most leftovers.
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