3 Guilt Free Dessert Recipes
Calorie counting for every meal is not provoked but watching your calorie count when consuming desserts is important for several reasons:
1. Weight concerns: Even if you’re not a weight-conscious person, calorie counting for dessert is important because desserts are often high in calories, sugars, and fats, which can contribute to weight gain if consumed in excess and if you’re weight-conscious monitoring your calorie intake from desserts will help you to maintain a healthy body weight.
2. Blood sugar control: Desserts are generally high in refined sugars that can cause rapid spikes and crashes in blood sugar levels. Hence, even a small bite of dessert is not recommended to diabetic or pre-diabetic people. Monitoring calorie intake and blood sugar from desserts is necessary for controlling these fluctuations.
3. Portion control: An inch of cake is sufficient for meeting sugar cravings and satiating. Calorie counting stirs up portion control, helping you avoid overindulgence. It allows us to enjoy desserts in moderation without feeling guilty or compromising health goals.
4. Mindful eating: Paying attention to calorie counts can promote mindful eating, where you savour and enjoy your dessert. This can lead to greater satisfaction and reduced cravings for unhealthy treats.
5. Long-term health: Just for small pleasures, our long term should not be compromised. A diet high in excessive calories from desserts can increase the risk of various health issues, including obesity, heart disease, and type-2 diabetes. By tracking your calories you can make choices that promote long-term health and well-being.
Hence, to get rid of this dilemma, we have formulated three guilt-free desserts that are filling, tasty and easy to make and guess what? If eaten mindfully, they are low in calories. Each recipes one serving will leave you feeling good and yet healthy.
Hence, to get rid of this dilemma, we have formulated three guilt-free desserts that are filling, tasty and easy to make and guess what? If eaten mindfully, they are low in calories. Each recipe’s one serving will leave you feeling good and yet healthy.
Quinoa Chocolate Bars
Ingredients
30gm True Elements Quinoa dry
1/3 cup water
5-10 whole almonds with skin
1-2 teaspoons coconut finely grated
1-2 teaspoons water
2 tbsp True Elements Peanut Butter Jaggery
1 tsp True Elements 7-in-1 Seeds Mix
Instructions
1. Add quinoa in a small saucepan and bring it to a boil reduce heat to a simmer and cook it for approximately 10 minutes or until all water gets absorbed. Cool to room temperature and refrigerate it for at least 2 hours or overnight.
2. Add True Elements Peanut Butter Jaggery, almonds, coconut, True Elements 7-in-1 Seeds Mix and cooked quinoa to the food processor and pulse until ingredients are well combined. Pour the mixture into the mixing bowl, and add one teaspoon of water at a time until the mixture holds together. Shape into minibars.
3. Bars can be stored in an airtight container for 3 days or frozen in a freezer-safe dish.
Fudgy Beetroot Brownie
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp True Elements Peanut Butter Chocolate
- 2 tsp firmly packed jaggery
- Half-cooked peeled whole beet, pureed in blender or food processor
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp. Kosher salt
- 2 Eggs at room temperature
- 4 tbsp True Elements Pancake Mix Chocolate
Instructions
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8-inch square baking dish with oil and line the bottom with parchment paper.
2. Melt True Elements Peanut Butter Chocolate in a saucepan on low flame and stir occasionally until smooth. Remove from heat, let it cool slightly, then whisk in jaggery, beetroot, vanilla and salt. Whisk in eggs one at a time until combined. Fold in True Elements Pancake Mix Chocolate until just combined.
3. Shift batter into prepared baking dish and bake until knife comes out clean or with just a few moist crumbs attached, 30 to 35 minutes. Let it cool for some time and then cut it into desired squares.
Chocolate Granola Pudding
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp True Elements Peanut Butter Chocolate
- 2 tsp firmly packed jaggery
- Half-cooked peeled whole beet, pureed in blender or food processor
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp. Kosher salt
- 2 Eggs at room temperature
- 4 tbsp True Elements Pancake Mix Chocolate
Instructions:
1. In a medium bowl, mix the True Elements Dark Chocolate Granola, True Elements Peanut Butter Jaggery, milk and vanilla extract together using an electric hand mixer.
2. Keep mixing it for 2 minutes until we get a thick pudding.
3. Stir in the chocolate chips.
4. Enjoy immediately, or you can put it in the fridge or freezer if you prefer it to be more firm.
Authored By: Dt. Priya Bansal
Masters in Dietetics and Nutrition
