Healthy Desserts and Nutrition

Healthy Desserts And Nutrition
Whether you are trying to lose weight or simply live a healthier lifestyle, dessert is not something you have to give up entirely. In fact, there are a lot of health desserts available today that can curb your cravings and even satisfy your sweet tooth while still being healthy for you. When it comes to health desserts and nutrition one of the toughest things to do is provide your body with what it needs (i.e. avoiding empty calories) while still being able to have that feeling of satisfaction you get after dessert.

Use Fresh Fruit To Make Nutritional Desserts
One problem that many desserts have is that they simply do not provide any benefit other than to indulge your sweet tooth. Instead of eating desserts that are full of refined and processed sugars, consider making desserts that use fresh fruit. Fresh fruit has naturally occurring sugar to add sweetness to your desserts, but they are also full of vitamins and minerals; this is the key to successfully balancing healthy desserts and nutrition. Here is a simple dessert you can make that has little sugar but tons of flavor, vitamins, and nutrients:

Watermelon, Lime, Mint Granita Recipe
With all healthy desserts nutritional information is extremely important. This granita recipe is an excellent treat in the summer and uses a lot of watermelon and mint to provide health benefits and a satisfying, light dessert.Watermelon contains high amounts of vitamin B6, niacin, riboflavin, magnesium, and many other essential minerals while mint has an extremely high antioxidant capacity. With tons of flavor, a massive amount of beneficial micro-nutrients, and just 70 calories per serving, this recipe is one of the most nutritional desserts you can make any night of the week.


Ingredients (4 to 5 servings)

• 4 Cups of Cubed Watermelon
• 2 Tablespoons of Lime Juice
• 1/2 Cup of Mint (very finely chopped)
• 3 Tablespoons of Sugar


Directions

1. Ensure that there are no seeds in the watermelon and puree in a food processor.
2. Place the pureed watermelon into a fine mesh sieve and force through with a wooden spoon; discard any leftover solids.
3. Mix the watermelon, sugar, mint, and lime juice in a glass bowl that will fit in the freezer.
4. Put the bowl into a freezer for 2 hours, using a fork to scrape through the mixture every 20 minutes.
5. When the granita is frozen into crystals about the size of rock salt, scrape through once more and then serve in a parfait glass. Garnish with extra mint.

 For more Healthy Dessert Recipes take a look at Guilt Free Desserts
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