Low Fat Dessert
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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