Tips: Desserts

  • For dessert, try fresh fruit, such as cut-up melon, fresh strawberries, or raspberries.

  • Top off a bowl of frozen yogurt or low-fat ice cream with berries or sliced fresh fruit. They add flavor and texture.

  • Combine apple slices with peanut butter and honey for a tasty, high-protein dessert.

  • Use applesauce as an alternative to butter when baking your favorite cookies.

  • Make a healthy fruit trifle by layering several different fruits between low-fat whip cream or cool whip.

  • Heat up baked apples with caramel and cooked oats for a healthy spin on apple crisp.

  • Make fresh fruit popsicles for a kid-friendly dessert. Simply pick your favorite fruits, place them in a popsicle tray with water and freeze until hard.

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