Greek Yogurt with Honey and Walnuts

Greek Yogurt with Honey and Walnuts

The simplest Greek dessert - thick yogurt, wild honey, and crunchy walnuts. Perfect.

Prep 5 min
Cook 0 min
Total 5 min
Servings 4
Desserts

This is what Greeks eat for breakfast, for dessert, for a snack. It takes five minutes to make and tastes like you put in hours of effort. That’s the Mediterranean way.

The secret is quality ingredients. Thick Greek yogurt—real Greek yogurt, the kind that’s almost like cream cheese. Good honey—wildflower, thyme, whatever you can find that tastes like something. Fresh walnuts that aren’t bitter.

Simple is only good when every ingredient is good.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Divide yogurt between four bowls.
  2. Toast walnuts lightly in a dry pan for 2-3 minutes. Watch carefully, they burn fast.
  3. Drizzle each bowl generously with honey. Let it pool and drip down the sides.
  4. Scatter warm walnuts on top.
  5. Add a small pinch of cinnamon if you like.
  6. Eat immediately while walnuts are still warm and crunchy.

Nutrition Facts

Per serving (approximate)

    Tips from My Kitchen

    In Crete, we use a honey called “thyme honey” made by bees that feed on wild thyme. It’s intense, floral, almost medicinal. If you ever find it, buy lots.

    Some Greeks add sesame seeds instead of walnuts. Some add both. In summer, we add fresh figs cut in half, or pomegranate seeds in fall. The yogurt is the canvas.

    This is what I eat most mornings. Sometimes I add a spoonful of good olive oil on top—sounds strange, but try it. The richness is beautiful.

    Kalí órexi!