Finishing Your Meal With Healthier Desserts

Admit it, you are lured. And who wouldn’t? The look of desserts is seductive enough, how much more if you taste them? But for some reasons, you keep yourself from sinking your teeth into one soft, lush dark chocolate cake. You know that a bite of that rich, decadent slice wouldn’t be sufficient and would break your hard work at the gym. And you ask, is there any way you can eat sweets without adding a pound or two on the weighing scale?

Well, you can and you cannot.

The answer is ambiguous because there’s no definite answer. What works for some wouldn’t cut it for the others. If there are those who can consume a whole slice of fruit tart without worrying the flab on his/her thighs, there are those who aren’t so fortunate. But for those who like dessert so much, that is not sufficient. So to give us dessert lovers a little peace of mind, since we just can’t keep away from them as much as we would like to, let’s try to make desserts a little healthier for us.

To start with, have an organic meal. If you are expecting a sinfully sweet dessert later on, start with something healthy to cut your guilt. If you are going to have a calorific dessert, then cut down the calories on your meal.

Pile up your desserts with healthy ingredients. Instead of all bad-for-your sweets, add some fruits to balance the healthy factors. But if you are buying instead of making, then read look for those with healthy ingredients and search those with “low fat,” low calorie,” no calorie” etc. on the tags.

Get your dessert in small sizes. Have you seen those chic desserts served at restaurants and bakeries? They are like the Mini-Me’s of a full cake but they are actually less than a regular piece. They look great, though, and still very appetizing. Try to eat yours in those petite sizes. They still taste the same, but you are just taking an average slice.

Finally, have those decadent confections only during special affairs. I’m not saying that you should totally shun sweets during ordinary days, but save those really unhealthy but chocolatey and calorific ones during special days. It would just make special affairs more special. During common days, opt for desserts that doesn’t pose risks to your health, like fruits in parfait or yogurt and fruit salad. They still have the goodness and sweetness of desserts without the guilty conscience.

All great stories must have sweet endings, just like a perfect meal. You may have the heartiest meal ever or you just have had the blandest, but your experience will not be complete without desserts.

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