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Recipes for Desserts & Drinks
Entertaining can be healthy and easy! Celebrate with your guests without having to worry about your waistline.
Chocolate Avocado Milkshake
Avocado in a milkshake might sound unusual, but in Vietnam it’s a traditional treat that you can order in local restaurants. Enjoy a creamy, rich shake while getting a serving of vegetables to boot!
Crock-Pot Baked Apples
This was an old standard in our family home on icy Pittsburgh winter nights when cold weather keep us in doors. This dessert has the same flavors as apple pie without the guilt of a fattening crust
Grapefruit Buttermilk Cupcakes with Chai Icing
Grapefruit and buttermilk are both high in nutrition, but create a tender texture in baked goods. When I bake these for friends’ birthdays, no one guesses that they are made with grapefruit. Regardless, they disappear fast!
Irish Drop Cookies
I call these cookies “Irish” because their green hue makes them perfect for St. Patty’s Day. Instead of using food coloring, I mix in anti-oxidant green tea powder that helps make these low-sugar cookies even healthier!
Grapefruit Bellini
This Bellini is rich in vitamin C with the addition of grapefruit juice. Nutmeg adds spicy sweetness to this peach based drink.
Chocolate Toffee Grahams
These are a fast and simple treat, adapted from a recipe my granny used to make. Fun and fast, it’s the ideal recipe to make for an impromptu party or an easy, rewarding project to do with kids.
Rugelach
This classic cookie makes a festive Hanukkah treat or a sweet gift. It’s more than just a cookie, it has an extra dose of antioxidants from the prunes and chocolate. The wheat germ adds fiber to the flaky topping.
Peppermint Biscotti
These festive cookies are so sweet but low in fat. Crunchy cookies with a hard candy coating make the perfect treat for kids with a mean sweet tooth or even prancing reindeer!
Pumpkin Bread Pudding
Moist pumpkin and rich chocolate make an outrageous dessert pair. Pumpkin has tons of beta carotene, an important antioxidant and the chocolate has flavonoids which also boost the levels of antioxidants in this bread pudding.
Pumpkin Peanut Butter Cookies
Purchase a pumpkin shape cookie cutter to make these fanciful whole wheat trick or treats for Halloween. The molasses adds vital iron and other minerals to these whole grain goodies that have an extra helping of fiber.
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