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Healthier Ways to Eat Dessert

Smart Substitution: Dessert

-- By Liz Noelcke, SparkPeople Contributor


Try:

  • Low fat cookie
  • Frozen 100% juice bar
  • Fresh berries with low fat creamer
  • A few pieces of chocolate
  • Frozen grapes
  • Angel food cake
  • Pudding made with skim milk
  • Non-dairy frozen dessert
  • Low fat ice cream or sorbet
  • Pieces of fruit
  • A fresh fruit smoothie
If you are the one doing the cooking, there are lots of ways to make your favorite recipes healthier. 

Use:
  • Egg substitutes or egg whites instead of whole eggs.
  • Apple sauce or prune puree instead of oil when baking to naturally trap moisture into your cakes and breads.
  • Less sugar. A lot of recipes call for much more sugar than is needed. You might even like it better for a little less of the sweet stuff!
  • Fruit-based desserts. Although you still have to be careful, these desserts often have less calories and fat than a chocolate or cream based one.
  • One of our recipes. SparkRecipes.com is full of healthy dessert recipes just waiting for you to try.
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