Healthy desserts for You

Dessert is the most enjoyable part of a meal. Specially so if you have a sweet tooth. A lot of people go through an entire meal anticipating the arrival of the mouth watering yummy dessert. But what about the calories that gather? It seems that you just cannot have the best of both worlds.

Trying to indulge in your sweet tooth almost seems like a sin when you think of the hours and hours of physical exercise that you will have to tolerate just for the pleasure of eating a sweet dish once in a while. Apart from the rather obvious fact of weight gain, there seems to be the added danger that sticky caramelized sweets impose on your gums and teeth. So what do you do? Abstaining from sweets life long feels like a torture. Here are a few sweet ideas that will keep you both happy as well as healthy…

Why not try out a banana pudding instead of the rich treacle tart. It is low in carbohydrates and will undoubtedly put a smile on your face when you realize how tasty it is. Adding a low fat milk and sugar substitutes in lieu of the usual stuff will help you to reduce weight without letting you compromise on the taste.

You are also free to add a handful of vanilla wafers as well as the plain, low fat variety of yoghurt in order to make it healthier. Topping up the entire pudding with freshly sliced banana will help you to intake the iron rich fruit as well.

Filling a popsicle container with fresh fruit juice before freezing them is yet another brilliant idea for making  a healthy sweet. You can insert a popsicle stick to give it the effect of a real popsicle. Carrying them along with you or putting them into your kid’s lunch box will help you to stay healthy while enjoying the delights of a popsicle.

Preparing cookies at home is another way of ensuring health. Oatmeal cookies are grainy and rich in fiber which help your digestive system to stay healthy. The wholesome grains present in the cookies are also extremely beneficial. Using a bit of bitter chocolate chips instead of the usual white, refined sugar will add an interesting twist to the recipe itself.