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Make Holiday Desserts Healthier
Posted by Annette Presley on December 17, 2009
The holidays are just around the corner and we all know dessert is going to be on the menu. You may have a favorite you make every year. Here are some tips to make your favorite desserts healthier while still retaining the great taste.
1. Use butter or coconut oil instead of margarine or vegetable oil in your recipe. If a recipe calls for a liquid oil, just melt the butter.
2. Use alternative sugars such as maple syrup, honey, molasses, or rapadura (unprocessed cane sugar) instead of refined sugar. You can also cut the sugar in most recipes by 1/3.
3. Use vanilla extract and cinnamon to increase the “sweet” flavor of desserts.
4. Use real eggs and cream in any dessert possible to increase the satiety and nutritional content.
5. Use coconut pie crust (2 cups flaked coconut mixed with 1/2 c butter) instead of regular pie crust, or skip the crust entirely. Custard type pies such as pumpkin, Boston Cream, and pudding type pies work really well. Just butter the baking dish and prepare as normal. Making pies without crust is much easier and takes less time, too.
6. Take small portions of dessert and savor every bite.
Here’s to a deliciously healthy holiday season!
Annette Presley RD LD CPT, Chief Nutritionist for Liberation Wellness
Annette has been a registered dietitian for over 17 years and discovered several years ago that every thing she learned in school was wrong and the nutrition advice we dispense in this country actually causes heart disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity. She is now dedicating her life to getting the truth out so people can live a truly healthy life. She is founder of Find Your Weigh online at findyourweigh.com.
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