Weight Watchers Recipe of the Day: Strawberry Rhubarb Coulis
Here's a dessert combining strawberries and rhubarb that's as easy as it is delicious. From the book, Sweet Simplicity: Jacques Pepin's Fruit Desserts (affiliate link), it's called rhubarb and strawberry coulis, which is essentially a thick sauce or soup.
I'm calling mine Strawberry Rhubarb Coulis, since I changed the proportions of fruit called for to reflect what I had on hand.
Strawberry and rhubarb soup - healthy summer dessert
I'm always amazed when something this easy turns out so lovely to look at and delicious to eat.
Who knew that simple fruit desserts like this could be so satisfying? Certainly not me. It's taken years for me to come around to thinking that fruit = dessert.
For a long time for something to be considered dessert in my book, it had to be super sweet, super rich, super creamy and preferably chocolate.
But even diehard dessert lovers like me can change. These days I'm fascinated with fruit desserts, which isn't really all that hard when they are as yummy as this.
Recipe Notes
I adapted the recipe slightly, using 2 cups rhubarb and 2 cups strawberries instead of the suggested 4 cups rhubarb and 1 cup strawberries, for two reasons: 1) Rod is not a huge rhubarb fan, and 2) It's what I had.
Strawberry rhubarb jam with fresh strawberries and rhubarb
The recipe also calls for ¾ cup of jam, specifying any type of berry or other fruit or a mixture, so it was a great way to use up the odds and ends from several jars taking up space in the fridge.
Easy Strawberry Rhubarb Coulis
I also decreased the serving size to ¾ cup, which was more than enough, and used a dollop of plain non-fat Greek yogurt instead of sour cream or whipped cream.
Served with shortbread cookies, it was the perfect dessert for Weight Watchers and non Weight Watchers alike.
How Many Calories and WW Points in this Strawberry Rhubarb Dessert?
According to my calculations, each serving (made with regular jam) has about 176 calories and:
7 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
7 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
6 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
5 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
Each serving made with sugar-free jam has:
4 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
4 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
3 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
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If you enjoy this dessert soup with strawberries and rhubarb, be sure to check out my other Weight Watchers friendly recipes including No-Bake Strawberry Cheesecake Parfaits, Skinny Strawberry Almond Crumble, Easy 4-Ingredient Strawberry Dessert Bruschetta, Strawberry Shortcake Cookies and Strawberry Waffle Shortcake
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Strawberry Rhubarb Coulis (Dessert Soup) Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups (1-inch chunks) of rhubarb
- 2 cups ripe strawberries, hulled and halved or quarried, depending on size
- ¾ cup jam, any type of berry or their fruit or a mixture. (I used a combination of raspberry, apricot, orange marmalade and fig.)
- ¼ cup sugar
- ½ cup water
- 6 tablespoons non-fat Greek yogurt, for serving
Instructions
- Place the rhubarb, strawberries, jam, sugar and water in a large stainless steel saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat.
- Reduce the heat to medium, cover and cook for 10 minutes or until the fruit is well cooked and tender when pierced with a fork.
- Cool to room temperature and refrigerate until serving time.
- To serve, ladle into small soup plates or bowls.
- Serve topped with a tablespoon of non-fat Greek yogurt.
Equipment
Recipe Notes
Source: Slightly adapted from Sweet Simplicity: Jacques Pepin's Fruit Desserts (affiliate link)
*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
More Weight Watchers Friendly Strawberry Rhubarb Recipes
- Strawberry Rhubarb Compote (Slender Kitchen)
- Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp (SkinnyTaste)
- Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler (Weight Watchers)
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choppy
Wow! Some very unheard of combinations here! I like it!
Kristen
Looks delicious! Can't wait to try it - I have never tried a dessert soup. Also thanks for including me as well 🙂
Martha McKinnon
Thanks, Kristen. Hope you like it!!
Yasna
STRAWBERRY SOUP ! wow this is really testy and it will help to reduce my body fat.
Thank you very much for sharing this awesome article.