clean desserts please!

runway12
runway12 Posts: 63 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I love ending my day with a little treat, but I always want it to be healthy. I'm getting kind of tired of arctic zero, greek yogurt, fruit parfaits, fruit, etc. haha I have tried lots of different things : ) Is there any recipes (preferably without flour) or even a healthy or healthy-ish treat you buy at a store? I always see those skinny cow desserts but it seems like those are just unhealthy ice cream bars shrunk in size for less calories :P Ideas?!
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  • SugaryLynx
    SugaryLynx Posts: 2,640 Member
    Talenti is clean as long as you don't drop it on the way to your mouth :flowerforyou:
  • LolBroScience
    LolBroScience Posts: 4,537 Member
    Yea, change your attitude towards food.
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  • MistyMtnMan
    MistyMtnMan Posts: 527 Member
    Just eat what u want in moderation girl!
  • xplosion80
    xplosion80 Posts: 51 Member
    Eat whatever you want.... Run for 30 mins (or more based on how much you eat) to compensate.
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    Why not have a serving of ice cream or a cookie?? These foods aren't bad, in moderation.
  • determinedbutlazy
    determinedbutlazy Posts: 1,941 Member
    Eating pop-tarts in the shower.
  • bajoyba
    bajoyba Posts: 1,153 Member
    Yeah, I don't know dude.

    I mean, one of my favorite snacks/treats in the summer time is plain greek yogurt mixed with fresh strawberries and a serving of Nutella. Helps me meet my protein goals and tastes pretty delicious at the same time.

    But I guess I'm a little unclear on the definition of "clean" and "healthy". I just try to meet my body's nutritional requirements with a moderate and balanced diet, which sometimes includes Ben & Jerry's. :smile:
  • eso2012
    eso2012 Posts: 337 Member
    Baked apple!
  • MissxAsh
    MissxAsh Posts: 83 Member
    Whenever I crave cheesecake I spread a little bit of cream cheese over a Graham cracker and my sweet tooth is satisfied :smile:
  • larrodarro
    larrodarro Posts: 2,512 Member
    A few years back, when I was 250 pounds and flirting with diabetes, I discovered many low sugar, low calorie desserts. Now that I'm down in the 180 range, I still eat some of them. My favorite frozen pie recipe is:

    8 oz Lite {or sugar free} Cool Whip
    1 package Sugar free Jello {of your favorite flavor}
    2 packages Lite Yoplait yogurt {matching jello flavor}
    I have made this in just about ever flavor you can think of. It's 91 calories a serving.

    And a 66 calorie chilled pudding I really like:

    1 1.4 oz packages of Jello sugar free pudding and pie filling
    1 1/2 cups skim milk
    2 cups lite Cool Whip

    Tonight we served cheesecake pudding on frozen Margarita pie. They were very good together.

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  • Joreanasaurous
    Joreanasaurous Posts: 1,384 Member
    Try googling clean eating desserts. There are lots out there. I eat clean 80% and have made "clean" brownies, chocolate pb cups, junior mints, you name it. j
  • CDogg17
    CDogg17 Posts: 27
    I just ate the booty off an Easter Bunny chocolate cake…with white frosting and blue shredded coconut. But since it was the booty, that's probably not clean, is it? :wink:
  • iPlatano
    iPlatano Posts: 487 Member
    I always eat what I want every day!
  • xilka
    xilka Posts: 308 Member
    Slice a banana and freeze.
    Blend frozen banana slices with peanut butter until texture is like ice cream.
    It's amazing! No sugar needed.

    1 banana, 1 tbsp PB, 1 tsp vanilla = 220 calories
  • steph0nie
    steph0nie Posts: 4
    Yum I love banana ice cream !
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,984 Member
    Define unhealthy.

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    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • iPlatano
    iPlatano Posts: 487 Member
    This^
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    Eat whatever you want.... Run for 30 mins (or more based on how much you eat) to compensate.
    Cool eating disorder trick. :flowerforyou:
  • msbunnie68
    msbunnie68 Posts: 1,894 Member
    I agree that it is very important to have your desserts clean. Hygiene is very important when it comes to food handling.
  • natc65
    natc65 Posts: 2 Member
    :love: A frozen banana, half a cup of coconut milk any other frozen fruit eg raspberries or blueberries . Blitz in the food processor. Best icecream Eva!
  • MrsRatfire
    MrsRatfire Posts: 102
    As long as the Skinny Cow calorie and nutritional count fits into your day, in my opinion, that is fine. They do taste very good.
  • silverinc13
    silverinc13 Posts: 216 Member
    The new Ben & Jerry's core ice creams - noms. Especially good when topped w/whipped cream, a little extra peanut butter and some crushed M&M's. :D Or Pop-Tarts.
  • TX_Rhon
    TX_Rhon Posts: 1,549 Member
    Almonds or Walnuts dipped in Nutella
    Nutella and bananas
    Ice cream - with or without Nutella

    All of these have no flour - I'm assuming that is your definition of "clean" from your OP.
  • IrishHarpy1
    IrishHarpy1 Posts: 399 Member
    Eat whatever you want.... Run for 30 mins (or more based on how much you eat) to compensate.
    Cool eating disorder trick. :flowerforyou:

    How is this an "eating disorder trick"? Lots of us on here on MFP will often do a little more working out to "earn" an extra scoop of ice cream or a cookie once in a while... and no one could ever suspect *me* of having an ED. I like food way too much!
  • asciiqwerty
    asciiqwerty Posts: 565 Member
    righ fruit sorbets, my favourite is mango sorbet - check the ingredients, i've found one which contains the mango :)

    also any ice-cream - i just have a 50g serving and it's wonderful, I get to have walnut at the moment, when i've done enough exercise to spare the calories :)
  • Kestrelwings
    Kestrelwings Posts: 238 Member
    I make my own trifle type thing - home-made jelly flavoured with some of my protein shake flavouring powder (I buy unflavoured protein, and a selection of the flavourings seperately) topped with a huge serving of quark (nom nom nom) and fruit (or whatever you want to sprinkle on the top - nuts/granola etc).
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I like the Skinny Cow ice cream treats. They aren't much smaller than others, they are just low fat. But I've never been a fan of phlegmy milk fat so I actually prefer low fat ice cream treats.

    But a fairly clean dessert I make is to mix dry rolled oats, peanut butter and a little maple syrup and eat with a spoon.

    Fried apples mixed with toasted oats and nuts is pretty tasty too.
  • runway12
    runway12 Posts: 63 Member
    Thank you all for the healthy ideas and recipes!!! I will definitely get creative tonight : )
  • imawatermelon
    imawatermelon Posts: 7
    I love the yaso frozen Greek yogurt bars. They are 80-100 calories each and very low in fat. My favorite flavors are vanilla bean and salty caramel but there are many more like fudge and strawberry. Another healthy dessert choice is fruit dipped in a bit of chocolate. Sometimes I like to freeze fruit like mango and melon, basically any fruit that has some water in it. When it's frozen it's a bit icy. And don't forget smoothies! Low fat fruit yogurt or simply fruit blended up is a great dessert choice. You can then make Popsicles out of that. Hope I helped!!

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