Quick and Healthy Desserts
March 31, 2009 by Kristen Thorpe
Filed under Diet
Let’s face it, when you’ve had a busy day, you want to be able to come home and unwind. Maybe enjoy some white wine and cheese, or maybe a delicious chocolate dessert. While we certainly deserve our treats, some of these can add unwanted pounds. For dessert-lovers, the trick to keeping trim is to create your own unique recipes. Here a just a couple of simple ideas that you might enjoy.
Now remember, whether you’re cooking a meal or baking a dessert, take the time to make it fun – be creative and don’t make it too difficult. It can be as easy as taking a store-bought mix and adding some special ingredients of your own. Be sure to substitute the healthiest ingredients you can so the dessert is delicious but less fattening.
Here’s a fun cookie recipe to try that starts with a box of double chocolate cake mix. With a few minor adjustments you can easily create pancake cookies, and they will even be low fat too. All it takes is combining your mix with one half cup of soymilk, 2 caps of vegetable oil and a little water. Mix until the consistency is like cookie dough, then spoon on a pan and bake in the oven for about 10 minutes. If the cookies become too puffy during baking, just take a spatula or fork and flatten them to look more like pancakes. Once they’re done, remove and cool on a cooling rack.
Once cooled, you can top them off with some fresh blueberries or chopped strawberries for a perfectly delicious treat. The texture of the cookie should be very soft which is a yummy combination with fresh fruit. Pour yourself a warm cocoa or a glass of milk and enjoy. This is a great treat for the whole family with much less fat than most cookies.
You can also take a batch of your favorite granola and combine them with some of you favorite mixed berries. You’ll want to first heat the berries in an oven for a few minutes so they are soft and warm. Meanwhile, combine the granola with a small amount of soymilk and microwave the mixture for a minute or so. Take your warm fruit and place it on top of the granola, stir and enjoy. This is a nice special dessert to enjoy with a warm soothing tea.
While these recipes are not complicated or overly artistic, they are simply delicious and will help you to stay on a healthy path even when you are indulging. The key to satisfaction in dessert isn’t in the richness, but in the taste. The more you train your taste buds to enjoy fresh and delicate flavors, the more you will appreciate the beauty of a healthy and time savvy dessert.
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