Tempting Desserts Made Easy
Let’s face it, when you’ve had a busy day, you want to be able to come home and unwind. Maybe enjoy some white wine and cheese, or maybe a delicious chocolate dessert. While we certainly deserve our treats, some of these can add unwanted pounds. For dessert-lovers, the trick to keeping trim is to create your own unique recipes. Here a just a couple of simple ideas that you might enjoy.
First and foremost, baking should never be a tedious process. In fact, I have found baking to be a relaxing escape from reality as long as I allow myself the room to be inventive. One way I have done this is by purchasing boxed dessert mixes and then altering the additional ingredients to come up with something altogether different than what the box is meant to produce.
Here’s a fun cookie recipe to try that starts with a box of double chocolate cake mix. With a few minor adjustments you can easily create pancake cookies, and they will even be low fat too. All it takes is combining your mix with one half cup of soymilk, 2 caps of vegetable oil and a little water. Mix until the consistency is like cookie dough, then spoon on a pan and bake in the oven for about 10 minutes. If the cookies become too puffy during baking, just take a spatula or fork and flatten them to look more like pancakes. Once they’re done, remove and cool on a cooling rack.
As they cool, cut up some fresh strawberries and then take one of the cookies and sprinkle the fruit on top. If the cookie is still warm, it will have a very soft texture and will blend nicely with the fruit. I suggest also grabbing a glass of nice, cold soymilk to compliment the chocolate taste, Grab a fork and enjoy!
You can also take a batch of your favorite granola and combine them with some of you favorite mixed berries. You’ll want to first heat the berries in an oven for a few minutes so they are soft and warm. Meanwhile, combine the granola with a small amount of soymilk and microwave the mixture for a minute or so. Take your warm fruit and place it on top of the granola, stir and enjoy. This is a nice special dessert to enjoy with a warm soothing tea.
So now you have some fun, easy recipes to try. Remember that you can take any of your favorite dessert recipes and make them a little healthier. There are also wonderful recipes online that can be adapted to your own special tastes. And be creative because you never know what cool new desserts you may come up with. And you can even name them after yourself, wouldn’t that be fun?