Transforming Your Desserts Into Something Healthy

If appetizers are the starters of the meal and the main dish is the main attraction, then desserts are simply heaven. You can describe dessert in numerous terms, but everybody would probably agree that the best and most accurate term to describe it is it is simply irresistible.

What is more delicious, more tempting, more satisfying than eating chocolate for dessert? A rich and sweet dish would be the ideal dessert to cap any feast, and this fact is known by many people, particularly those who take their dessert seriously.

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

There isn't a definite answer because what works for some may not be effective for others. Don't be puzzled if a pal can eat a whole cake for dessert and not worry about his or her weight, but you can't even finish a half of tart without feeling the result on the weighing scale the next day. So for us who always need to check our weight but still crave for desserts, let's just try to make desserts a little healthier for us.

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

To start with, take a healthy meal before having your dessert. It just wouldn't do if your main lunch and dessert are both unhealthy. At least make your meal as healthy as possible so you can reward yourself with a decadently exquisite confection later.

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

Eat desserts in small portions. Those mini cakes you see in high-end bakeries and restaurants are just the right size. You don't need to supersize your dessert, an average portion will be sufficient.

Lastly, have those decadent confections only during special occasions. I'm not saying that you should completely banish desserts during common days, but save those really unhealthy but chocolatey and calorific ones during special occasions. It would just make special occasions more special. During ordinary days, prefer desserts that doesn't present dangers to your health, like fruits in parfait or yogurt and fruit salad. They still have the goodness and sweetness of desserts without the guilt trip.


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