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No meal is over unless there is a desert
involved. If you are here in America, you know that most of the deserts
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 deserts 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 desert.
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 desert.
Here is a
simple desert 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. |
