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I like to eat a lot of yogurt. But sometimes I find that I'm just sick of eating my 5-6 oz. of plain yogurt in the morning. A couple weeks ago, I realized this AFTER I'd bought my weekly quart of yogurt. Well, no loss. Just an opportunity for a food experiment. I had had my husband put the ice cream maker canister in the freezer the day before, so I made frozen yogurt.

Not just any frozen yogurt. Cherry chocolate chip frozen yogurt. Serious yum. The chunks of organic dark chocolate are pleasantly snappy, and the cherries swirled their juice into the yogurt, giving it a lovely pink color. The recipe is free-form, but delicious.

Cherry Chocolate Chip Frozen Yogurt

1 quart whole milk yogurt

honey, to taste

1/2 tsp. vanilla bean paste

1 cup (or so) frozen cherries, thawed

1 3.5-oz. bar of dark chocolate, chopped (I used Rapunzel)

Stir together the yogurt, vanilla, and honey, giving it a little taste. Remember, the cherries will make it a little sweeter. Pour the mixture into your ice cream freezer as per manufacturers instructions. After 10-15 minutes, drop in the cherries, and sprinkle in the chocolate. Watch in awe as the ice cream blushes deep pink. When it's frozen to soft-serve consistency, pour into a container and freeze. This will freeze completely solid, so you may have to leave it out of the freezer for a little bit before scooping after it's frozen overnight. Makes about 6 cups.