Day 4: Fruit Desserts
On the fourth day of Dessertmas Natural Nutrition is giving you some fruit dessert recipes! When it comes to desserts for the family, or yourself, it does not always have to involve the use of chocolate. Here are some ideas for you to use to get some of your fruit into the diet in a creative way!
Recipe 1: Strawberry-Raspberry Sundaes
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| Strawberry-Raspberry Sundae Source |
This may be more of a summer treat, but who is to say you cannot enjoy the tastiness of it at the holidays in December? The natural flavors of the strawberries and raspberries will bring out the sweet taste without all the sugar. Serve over frozen yogurt, which is absolutely delicious if I may say so myself!
Ingredients:
- 1 cup strawberries, plus more for garnish
- 1/2 cup raspberries, plus more for garnish
- 2 tablespoons sugar [ I recommend using NONE or very little of this]
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
- 2 cups nonfat vanilla frozen yogurt
In my opinion, you are going to get the sweet taste out of the fruit naturally. Really making the dessert less healthy when you start adding that sugar when it is not necessary for the sweet taste.
RECIPE HERE
Recipe 2: Apple-Sauced Nachos
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| Apple-Sauced Nachos Source |
Sounds absolutely ridiculous does it not? Well do not knock it until you try it. Bake the tortilla chips in the oven in muffin cups and then top it with hot apples and raisins from a skillet gives you an interesting dessert. It is a very light dessert and is such an interesting idea that you will surely be the talk of the party when you reveal this one!
Ingredients:
- 2 6 - 7 - inches whole wheat flour tortillas*
- Nonstick cooking spray
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon apple pie spice or pumpkin pie spice
- 2 medium apples or pears, cored and sliced
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon golden raisins, dark raisins, or dried currants
- 1/2 teaspoon finely shredded orange peel
Again when making the topping for the tortilla chips, I think you can go lighter on the sugar. Remember that fruit have their own natural sugars in them, so you will really be overloading on the sugary taste in these desserts by adding more sugar.
RECIPE HERE
Recipe 3: Cinnamon-Scented Baked Pears
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| Cinnamon-Scented Baked Pears Source |
Minimum ingredients, only ~25 minutes to prepare, and tastes great! What is not to like about this recipe? It uses fat-free ricotta cheese as a dip, but if you are like me and not a fan of ricotta, you can also use some fat-free yogurt to dip.
Ingredients:
- 4 medium pears, very ripe and juicy, such as Comice or Packham
- ¾ tsp. ground cinnamon, divided
- 1 cup fat-free ricotta cheese
- 1 ½ tsp. SPLENDA® SPLENDA no calorie sweetener
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Cut pears lengthwise in quarters and core; do not peel. Slice pear quarters into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Arrange half of pears in a 9-inch glass pie dish in concentric circles. Sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon. Top with remaining pear slices and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon. Bake until pears are tender and give off juices, about 25 minutes; remove from oven.
- Place ricotta in bowl of an electric mixer. Add Splenda and remaining 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon. Beat until cheese is light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Yields about 1 cup of pears topped with 1/4 cup of seasoned ricotta per serving.
Notes:
To enhance the flavor of this dessert, pour the cooked pear juices into a small saucepan and reduce by half over medium-high heat. Spoon over the pears before serving.
Conclusion:
So this is what I have for you in the category for fruit desserts. I hope that you will maybe think about using these for your holidays and thank you so much for reading. See you for the final day of Dessertmas tomorrow!
If you missed day THREE, Link is HERE
Day 5: Pudding | Yogurt Desserts LINK
