13 healthy desserts healthy desserts Recipes

just three ingredients , this delicious salad is a snap to make. spoon it into stemmed glasses and enjoy as a light fruit dessert. or, serve with meat sizzling from the grill or with simple chicken sandwiches., blueberry-mango colada salad, fresh blueberries, mangos, peeled, seeded and chopped (about 1 3/4 cups), frozen pina colada mix, thawed, in a large bowl, toss blueberries, mangos and pina colada mix. into four martini glasses or dessert dishes, spoon fruit mixture, dividing evenly., garnish with blueberries , mango slices and thin lime slices threaded onto long wooden picks, if desired., recipe and photograph are courtesy of the us highbush blueberry council .

nonfat milk, creme de menthe coffee syrup or 1 tbsp peppermint schnapps or 1 tbsp creme de menthe, espresso coffee (prepared ), sugar (optional) or splenda substitute (optional), frozen light whipped dessert topping, thawed (such as light cool whip), peppermint stick candy

whole wheat bread, cut into 1/2-inch cubes (about 3 cups), snipped dried apricot, egg beaters egg substitute (or egg whites), nonfat milk, canned pumpkin, splenda sugar substitute, ground cinnamon or 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice, frozen fat-free whipped dessert topping, thawed (optional)

fat-free half-and-half, fat-free sweetened condensed milk, dessert topping mix, peppermint extract, andes mints candies, coarsely chopped (about 10-15 pieces, to taste)

greek nonfat plain yogurt, blue agave nectar, raspberries, mint sprigs

low fat cottage cheese, vanilla extract, sugar substitute (splenda ), fat free cream cheese, softened to room temperature, egg whites or 1 cup egg substitute, reduced fat graham cracker crust

papaya, ripe but firm, melon, ripe , luscious flavour, bananas, firm, canned peach halves, roughly cut up (from a tin, yellow cling peaches, drained, keep syrup), canned lychees, glace cherries (or use fresh , pitted cherries), apricots, fresh, ripe, in quarters (canned can be used), kiwi fruits, peeled and quartered, granadilla , pulp, vanilla, sugar

sugar-free orange gelatin, boiling water, cold water, crushed pineapple in juice, mandarin orange, drained, low-fat plain yogurt

milk or 1 cup soy, frozen banana, frozen blueberries, whey or 2 tbsp soy protein, almonds or 1 tbsp flax seed meal, honey (or a sprinkle of splenda or sugar), scoop ice cream (if you re making it for dessert)

water, instant coffee crystals, healthy choice premium low-fat vanilla ice cream, softened, chocolate sandwich style cookies, coarsely chopped, reddi-wip fat-free whipped topping (optional), maraschino cherry (optional)

fat-free brownie mix (such as no pudge!), carton french vanilla fat-free yogurt, fat-free chocolate sundae syrup, cappuccino-chocolate chunk low-fat ice cream (such as healthy choice), softened, fat-free frozen whipped topping, thawed, chocolate-covered espresso beans (optional)