Low
Fat Dessert
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No
meal is over unless there is a dessert involved. If you
are here in America, you know that most of the desserts
out there are bad for you. They are loaded with salt,
sugar and or fat. We have become a nation of junk food
addicts. I do have a theory on this. I think that when a
group of people experience wealth, their diets change. I
know that this is simple and even a moron can come up
with something like this, but hear me out. When a group
of people have enough money that they have a choice of
what they will eat, they will choose to go along with
the more fatty foods. I think this is because we tend to
store fat to keep us warm for the winter. In our minds
if there is a bunch of food to choose from, then we will
go towards the fatty foods. Like most animals, we
prepare for the winter time. We know that it will be
cold so we want a layer of fat to keep us warm. Another
aspect of it is, we are greedy. All people are greedy.
We want the best of everything. We want a
nice new car, new house and all the rich food that we
can eat. In the past, a wealthy person ate different
foods than someone who is poor.
What
to do? You want that little bit of joy at the end of the
meal, but you don't want to become a lard ass. Well, you
can have your cake and eat it too. We will discuss some
of the more healthy desserts that you can eat. First I
want to say, don't get fooled by this low fat stuff. It
isn't worth the time. You will eat twice as much of it
to fill your cravings. It is because it is missing
something, the fat. The one thing that you are craving
the most. In the end you aren't really doing yourself
any favors. You are falling in the trap that all fat
people fall into. They think since it is low fat, they
can eat twice as much of it. That maybe true, but only
if you don't want to loose weight.
Fresh
fruit is always a good dessert. You can prepare it
easily and it tastes great. Nothing
tastes better than fresh fruit that is in season. Make
sure that it is perfectly ripe and ready to eat. If it
is ripe, it will be sweet and juicy. If you eat fruit
that isn't ripe it will be hard and not have all the
flavor that it can yield. You don't have to stick with
the ho hum fruit salad. You can choose a ton of
different ways to eat fresh fruit. You can bake apples
for example wrapped in tin foil with a little bit of
brown sugar. This is wonderful.
One
of my favorite things is bananas sliced in orange juice.
The sweet tangy flavor of the orange juice is really
different compared to the banana. I could eat a truck
load of this stuff. It is also a great pick me up if you
are feeling sluggish. We have all seen those wand mixers
advertised on television. Some people call these boat
motors. It is a hand held mixer/blender that you can use
for a lot of things. I love these things. If you have
one of these, it is easy to make a great low fat
dessert.
Here
is a simple dessert using your boat motor. Take skim
milk. You need to make sure that it is ice cold for
this. Take your milk and put it in a drinking glass. Use
your boat motor to whip air into it. You will notice
after awhile it kind of looks like whipped cream. Add
some bananas and strawberries and a little pinch of
sugar to make it sweet. This is very low fat and it
tastes great. You get that desire for fat taken care of
that you have been craving so much. The whipped milk
really almost feels like whipped cream. You won't
believe how much it feels like the real thing.
You
can also use this to add some zing to all kinds of
things. You can use it to make your low fat milkshakes.
You can add your protein mix to this for a great meal
with very little fat. You will be surprised at how many
things you can do with this whipped topping. People will
think that you have fallen off of your rocker when they
think you are eating a big serving of whipped cream.
Before you know it, all your buddies at the gym will
want you to make them something to eat with your boat
motor. That is when you will have to tell them to get
their own.
You
can also eat gelatin. Make sure that you get the
unflavored kind. It will come in either envelopes or in
sheets. There will be directions on the package to tell
you how to make it. You can add fruit juice or you can
add fresh fruit to your gelatin. If you have a boat
motor, you can use it and add some of that whipped
topping you make from the skim milk. You will love this.
You can also eat some low fat cakes. Just because it is
cake, doesn't mean that it is bad for you. Just make
sure that there isn't a whole lot of eggs or dairy
involved. Also sometimes people sneak in mayo in their
cake batters. Make sure you know what is on the cake.
Also jam or jelly is great instead of frosting.
I'm
sure that you can come up with your own ideas as well.
Just think of what you already like to eat and put a
spin on it. Please,
stay away from the low fat stuff. All that will do is
make you crave more of that than you should be eating.
In the long run, you aren't saving any calories.
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