Who says your favorite sweet cravings have to be accompanied by a dose of guilt? While it is definitely important to commit to a healthy lifestyle and to ingredients that contribute to your overall health and well-being, it is quite possible to find low-calorie desserts that do not disrupt your diet plans. With these diet desserts, you can now indulge your sweet tooth, and still stay steadfastly loyal to your lifestyle plans.
Here is a list of diet desserts you should definitely refer to if you have been seeking inspiration. It contains recipes that can be customized as per the availability of seasonal ingredients. For instance, recipes that call for mango can also be recreated with bananas or poached apples.
Greek Yogurt Berry Sorbet
Ingredients:
- 200 gm Greek yogurt
- 75 gm assorted berries
- 12 ml honey
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Method:
- You first have to add frozen berries, vanilla extract, honey and yogurt in a mixer grinder, and blend everything well.
- After that, you need to fish out that trusted ice cream maker from your cupboard, and let it turn the mixture into a smooth ice cream.
- You have to wait a little longer because after churning the ice cream, you must not forget to freeze it for at least 3 hours.
- When serving, you can add some mint leaves as toppings or even some sweet agave syrup as you enjoy this guilt-free and healthy sorbet.
It is widely known that chia seeds are one of those powerhouses of nutrients that make some of the healthiest and best desserts to eat.
Ingredients:
- 100 gm chia seeds
- 200 ml coconut milk
- 53 gm mango
- 14 gm honey
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Method:
- For this dish, you need to soak the chia seeds in water overnight for them to fluff up.
- Take a medium-sized bowl and in it, add coconut milk, soaked chia seeds, vanilla extract, mango and honey, and stir everything together with a wooden spoon.
- Then you just have to let this mix refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
- When serving, you can top it with some freshly diced mangoes or roasted coconut shreds.
No-Bake Banana Oat Bites
Ingredients:
- 1 banana
- 52 gm oats
- 23 gm almond butter
- 14 gm honey
- 2 tsp cinnamon
Method:
- This recipe will best use up the overripe bananas you have been avoiding for weeks. You just have to mash them up, add them with honey, almond butter, oats and cinnamon, and mix everything well.
- After that, you can roll the sticky batter with your palms into bite-sized balls.
- It is important that you let these bites chill in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
- You can then serve them with some maple syrup.
These bites can also be stored in an airtight food container, in the refrigerator for up to a week.
Poached Pears with Cinnamon and Lemon
While this recipe may sound like it would take a lot of your effort, the only bit of effort for this is waiting around for the pears to soften. Made with real fruits, it is also a much healthier option in comparison to store-bought desserts.
Ingredients:
- 5 pears
- 2 l water
- 12 gm honey
- 3 cinnamon stick
- 14 ml lemon juice
- Star anise for garnish
Method:
- Fill a large saucepan with water, add a cinnamon stick, honey and lemon juice, and let the water heat up until it is nearly bubbling.
- After that, you need to add peeled pears, and let them simmer for at least an hour. In this time, the pears will have gone soft but not overly mushy.
- After that, you can take the pears off of the heat and let them cool a little.
- To serve them, you can transfer them to a serving plate, and add a dash of icing sugar, with some sweet maple syrup on the side. Garnish your dish with whole spices like cinnamon stick and star anise.
Since the main objective of these recipes is to keep your calories in check, use natural sweeteners (instead of processed sugar) and low fat milk, if you choose to add them in any of the dishes.
With these easy at home desserts, you can guiltlessly indulge yourself without spoiling your diet plans.