Healthier Dessert Options
Serve fruit for dessert- Baked berries, Baked apples, Baked pears, or Fruit with a chocolate dip, Oatmeal Apple Sauce Muffins, or even a Fruit Nut and Cheese board
Baked berries
Drizzle 1 tsp (per 3 servings) balsamic vinegar on strawberries and blueberries (I use dark chocolate or espresso flavored balsamic
Stir well, place in foil packet in oven and bake at 400 for just a few minutes
Pour baked berries over greek yogurt
Baked apples
Core apple, fill with a little butter, sugar, cinnamon and pecans or walnuts
Put in baking dish, add a little water
Bake at 350 for 45 minutes/ or until desired consistency
I use honey crisp but they are tart, so use gala if you want a less tart apple
Baked pears
Preheat oven to 425 and spray pan with baking pam
Melt 1 tbsp butter with fresh rosemary shavings
Cut pear in 1/2 and place in baking pan, top with melted butter and rosemary
Bake 8 minutes, turn oven off
Top with honey, goat cheese, and pecans, place back in oven for a few minutes
(I use Anjou pears)
Chocolate fruit dip
Combine 1 cup greek yogurt, 1/4 cup cocoa powder, 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter, 3 tbsp honey, 1/4 tsp cinnamon
Mix well
Serve with fruit
Fruit, cheese, and nut board
-Fruit- apples, pears, cherries, berries, grapes
-Nuts- almonds, pecans, walnuts, hazelnuts, cashews, pistachios
Serve with your favorite cheeses, pumpkin seeds, and honey- try spicy honey
Oatmeal Applesauce Muffins
(makes ~28 muffins)
3 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 cup brown sugar
1 sliced banana
1/2 cup blueberries
1/4 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup pecans
1/4 cup walnuts
5 cups old fashioned oats
1 tsp salt
3 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup chia seeds
1 tbsp cinnamon
2 1/2 cups 1% milk
1. Preheat oven to 350
2. In a large bowl, combine ingredients: eggs, vanilla, apple sauce, and brown sugar, mix well, then add bananas, berries, nuts, and chocolate chips
3. In another bowl, combine oats, salt, baking powder, chia seeds, and cinnamon
4. Combine both bowls of ingredients, mix well, then add milk
5. Spray muffin cups with baking pam
6. Bake 35-40 minutes