13 healthy desserts Recipes

whole wheat bread (homemade ), figs, dates, evaporated cane juice, yogurt, honey

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 .

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)

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

prepared graham cracker crust, reduced fat, fat free cream cheese, room temperature, sugar-free instant vanilla pudding mix, skim milk, no-sugar-added cherry pie filling

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

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)

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