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How to make desserts or breads that are healthy?

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I’ve been looking for recipes that require little butter, oils or fat.

Answers (2):

Answer 1:

I hate to break it to you, but there aren’t many out there. It’s nearly impossible to cook dessert and bread from scratch and have it turn out healthy. I’ve tried for a long time…
Angel food cake, some puddings, and jello are all options. Maybe some fruits with a light topping, like cool whip. But the issue with that is all that stuff (low fat puddings, boxed cakes, cool whip) are filled with processed fake ingredients that are made in a lab! So what’s the point of eating less fat, when you’re filling your body with what is basically poison?
I stopped eating diet and low-fat foods and just eat less of the yummy stuff. It’s hard to get yourself to just eat less, but it’s worth it

Edit: sorry, I guess I should clarify. There are no healthy recipes for foods that taste GOOD. If you like sawdust and clay, then sure, enjoy! 🙂 Just eat less of the yummy stuff…because you’re going to eat six carob-chip-rice-flour-apple-butter cookies and still be craving real chocolate.

Answer 2:
Any Whole grain yeasted breads have almost no fat in them. Look up the Tassajara Bread Book, it is full of great recipes and desserts.

From my cookbook:
Red River Soda Bread – makes 2 loaves
1 cup Red River Cereal ( cracked wheat, cracked rye and flax seeds)
1/2 cup wheat germ
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
4 cups of whole wheat flour
2 cups of all purpose flour
3 Teaspoons of baking soda
2 teaspoons of salt
1 quart or litre of buttermilk – at room temp. – leave out of the fridge for one hour.

Mix the dry ingredients really well in a large bowl. Add the buttermilk and stir well – it will resemble thick mud.
Scrape the mixture into 2 greased loaf pans and bake at 350ºF in a preheated oven for one hour or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the middle of the loaf.

When the loaf is done, unmold it onto a cookie or cake rack to cool before packaging in a paper bag and then into a plastic bag. This bread is wonderful as toast, for sandwiches and is okay for diabetics as it only has 1//4 cup of brown sugar in 12 slices.

If you don’t have Red River Cereal then you can buy cracked wheat and cracked rye and flax seeds from your health food store. Use 2/3 cup of cracked wheat, 1/3 cup of cracked rye and 2 Tablespoons of flax seeds.

Variations on the theme:

I also replace one cup of the flour with rolled oats and add 1/2 cup of dried cranberries or chopped dried apricots and 1/2 cup of pumpkin seeds and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon. OR add 1 cup grated cheese and 1 Tablespoon of mixed Italian herbs to the dry ingredients. If you divide the dough in half then you can make a savoury loaf and a sweet loaf. this is one of the nicest gifts to give someone. I am known as Red River Viv.

the other healthy dessert that I make is
Fruit Crumble for One
1 apple or 1 pear or 1 peach or 1 cup berries
1 portion yogurt – or 1/2 cup plain yogurt
1 portion pack instant oatmeal breakfast – or 1/3 cup rolled oats
1 egg
3 drops of vanilla extract
dash of cinnamon
1 Tablespoon of melted butter
In a microwaveable large cereal bowl mix the diced fruit, egg, yogurt and vanilla. I another bowl mix the instant oatmeal with the cinnamon and melted butter. Sprinkle the oatmeal mixture over the fruit and yogurt mix and bake in the microwave for 5 minutes in all in 2.5 minute increments – covered with a paper towel. Let it cool for a few minutes and eat – it is a great breakfast or afternoon snack or a meal replacement as it has all the food groups. If pressed it is enough for 2 as a snack or for 4 as a taster.