A diet is not a temporary measure at all, but a lifestyle. Rather, it's not even a diet, but proper nutrition. Does this mean you should give up sweets entirely? No, no, no, and no again! You can eat chocolate, marshmallows, marmalade, ice cream, and even cookies, cupcakes, and cheesecakes. The main thing is to eat healthy sweets before noon, about 2 hours after a main meal. That is, as a snack. And no more than once or twice a week. Then you won't have to scold yourself for what you've eaten - after all, it will only benefit your body.
The most important thing is to carefully monitor the quality of products. The main enemies of health and your figure are sugar, white wheat flour, and trans fats. Therefore, it is still better to prefer homemade sweets over store-bought ones. If you have absolutely no time, but really crave something sweet, buy yourself jelly bears or other marmalade without sugar coating. You can also buy white zephyr without glaze (never buy the cheap kind). Just don't buy marshmallows - these candies consist almost entirely of sugar. It is best to choose plain dairy ice cream without any fillings.
The healthiest sweets
Dark bitter chocolate and dried fruits are considered the healthiest sweets. Unfortunately, the quality of these products in stores leaves much to be desired. Dried fruits are often treated with chemicals so that insects do not covet them, and unscrupulous manufacturers add palm oil to chocolate. Real chocolate consists of cocoa mass, cocoa butter, sugar, and lecithin. Milk chocolate also contains milk powder. If cocoa butter is partially or completely replaced by other fats, then it is a chocolate product, by analogy with a cheese product.
Where to buy quality products
Chocolate in its familiar form was first produced in Belgium. In this wonderful country, they are very passionate about chocolate and strictly monitor its quality. Belgian chocolate is not only healthy but also incredibly delicious. You can buy it in specialized shops for pastry chefs. Thanks to the internet, it is very simple - place an order and in a couple of days you will receive a tasty parcel. Good news for those who don't like dark chocolate - Callebaut produces a wonderful line of sugar-free chocolate. Dark, milk, and white: a variety of flavors without harm to the figure.
In baking, give up white wheat flour - stock up on flaxseed, oat flour (flakes will also do), and bran. To give it a special aroma, use almond flour or almond flakes for decoration. Just be careful, because almonds are a very high-calorie product. The daily portion of almonds for a diet menu is 30-50 g. Replace sugar with honey or molasses and enjoy delicious and healthy desserts.
Recipes for healthy diet desserts
And now the most interesting part - we will tell you how to prepare low-calorie desserts yourself.
No 1. Chocolate mousse.
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No 2. Low-calorie ice cream.
Ingredients:
Preparation. You need to make a purée from the fruits. In winter, you can use ready-made frozen fruit purée from a pastry shop. Take yogurt and fruits at the rate of 2 spoons of purée per 100 ml of yogurt. You can mix the mass until smooth, or whip it in a blender if you are using fruit pieces. Send the finished mass to the freezer for a few hours - until completely frozen.
No 3. Chocolate-flavored marmalade.
Ingredients:
Preparation. Make shavings from half of the milk chocolate, chop the other half. Melt the dark chocolate and leave to cool. Meanwhile, whip the egg whites with powdered sugar and vanilla or cardamom until stiff peaks form. Add the melted chocolate to them, carefully and thoroughly folding the mixture in the process. Now add the pieces of chopped chocolate, and fold for the last time. Divide the mousse into portions and place in ramekins. Sprinkle with shavings on top and put in the refrigerator for about an hour. Before serving, the finished mousse can be decorated with fresh mint leaves.
Tools for preparation: piping bag, piping nozzles.
Ingredients:
Preparation. Mix almond flour with cocoa powder. Fry the mixture in a pan for a couple of minutes, stirring constantly. Preheat the oven to 150 degrees Celsius. While it is heating, whip the egg whites well. Carefully pour the fried mixture into the egg whites, mix gently. Add sweetener to taste and also mix carefully. Spoon the resulting dough onto parchment paper at a distance of about 1 cm from each other. Bake for 10-15 minutes.
We hope you will like our low-calorie recipes. If a recipe didn't suit you, it doesn't matter - the same sweets can be prepared in different ways. You will definitely find your perfect combination of products. We wish you health and bon appétit!