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edited November 2024 in Recipes
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  • Posts: 374 Member
    A couple of spoonfuls of whipped cream and a handful of fresh berries ...

    A Halo Top milkshake (see my recipe for Boozy Halo Top milkshake posted here. Lol - minus the booze, if desired!)

    A graham cracker with a thin peanut butter or light cream cheese coating ...

    I am not a dessert/sweets person usually but these do the trick - bring on the salt and cheese for me instead!
  • Posts: 9,520 Member
    I don't consider dessert to be a "normal" part of a meal. I sometimes accept it if offered in social settings, but other times I politely decline.
  • Posts: 1 Member
    Greek yogurt, Fruit, Protein Muffins
  • Posts: 185 Member
    Whipped cream with berries

    Yogurt with berries

    A serving of ice cream is only like 150-170 cals

    I make a no bake cheesecake using 1/3 fat cream cheese that's delicious but I never checked the calories maybe I will I'll let you know

  • Posts: 14,517 Member
    http://www.skinnytaste.com/recipes/dessert/

    http://www.cookinglight.com/food/top-rated-recipes/best-dessert-recipes
  • Posts: 500 Member
    Oatmeal with dark chocolate chips and peanut butter and strawberries... high in fiber and protein, low on sugar and fat (as long as you watch how much peanut butter you add).

    Sometimes when I'm extra hormonal I will spread ice cream on a saltine, which limits my ice cream serving and gives me a satisfying salty-sweet fix.

    Fruit.

    Tea with lemon and honey.
  • Posts: 10,330 Member
    Since it's summer, all kinds of ice pops, granitas, and sorbet. They're all low calorie and very refreshing. They're mostly sugar and water, so sugar is the the main contributor to calories and is not as calorie dense as fat.
  • Posts: 5,283 Member
    edited July 2017
    Crockpot applesauce
    Meringues
    Peach nut pudding cake
    Chocolate truffles (1 is about 80 calories)

    ETA: Also agree with the pp about granitas. I have a recipe for orange granita that includes variations for green tea and lemon-lime versions. The green tea is the lowest, the lemon-lime needs more sugar to offset the tartness and comes in at the highest.

    Also look into strawberry sorbet and/or mango-lime sorbet
  • Posts: 1 Member
    Protein donuts :)
  • Posts: 2,745 Member
    My MIL makes a thing like a deconstructed cheesecake, where she puts crushed digestive biscuits (you could use any plain sweet cookie, oat cookies would be good) in the bottom of a bowl, tops with a mixture of light cream cheese, fat free yoghurt and a little sugar, then tops that with berries mixed with a small amount of jam. It's really delicious and very low calorie.
  • Posts: 4,123 Member
    Cool whip with berries , sugar free jello and cool whip , diet root beer with vanilla halo top ( low calorie root beer float ) rice cake with little peanut butter ..banana with drizzle of honey ..dark choc chips ( small handful )
  • Posts: 3,835 Member
    edited July 2017
    I like a serving of frozen dark sweet cherries. Just pop them in your mouth one at a time like ice cream bon bons. Right now is cherry season so they're cheap. I use an OXO cherry pitter and prepare one-serving portions for the freezer. In fact, I have a bag of 'em to do that to this afternoon.
  • Posts: 11,463 Member
    A smaller portion of any dessert?
  • Posts: 190 Member
    Those little individual shortcakes (80 or 90 calories a pop) with some berries and whipped cream.
  • Posts: 1,429 Member
    Two scoops of casein mixed with a bit of cold unsweetened almond milk makes pudding. Low fat reddi-whip is only 15 cals per serving to put on top.
  • Posts: 14,517 Member
    lorrpb wrote: »
    A smaller portion of any dessert?

    Blue Bunny Mini Swirl ice cream cones. I like the chocolate dipped, chocolate ice cream in a chocolate cone.....yum!
  • Posts: 10,179 Member
    The packaging for Cool Whip shows how it's to be done. Dip strawberry in Cool Whip. Eat strawberry. I use about 6 or so berries and just dip from the Cool Whip package after first weighing the package, then weigh the package afterward to see how much Cool Whip I used.
  • Posts: 2,540 Member
    1 Tablespoon Peanut Butter
    1 cup of Sugar Free Dark Chocolate Pudding

    100 calories PB + 60 calories pudding = 160 calories overall.
  • Posts: 25 Member
    Just berries

    Freeze a single serve yogurt if you crave ice cream.

    Freeze cut up fruit. I like frozen peaches. You can buy frozen fruit but to me it's not the same. I prefer to freeze it fresh.

    Whipped cream added to any of these.

    Make a frozen fruit smoothie by blending the frozen fruit with a yogurt.
  • Posts: 747 Member
    This isn't something TO DO, it's something NOT TO DO. I had a major failure this weekend that anyone can learn from...

    So I had the idea of making sugar free pudding, with Almond Milk (My BF is lactose intolerant and looking for ways to cut out lots of dairy). Word to the wise, it doesn't set up. I ended up with Lemon Soup. :(

    But normally, sugar free pudding with lite cool whip is one of my favorite go toos. Just don't use Almond milk...
  • Posts: 10,330 Member
    kristen8000 wrote: »
    This isn't something TO DO, it's something NOT TO DO. I had a major failure this weekend that anyone can learn from...

    So I had the idea of making sugar free pudding, with Almond Milk (My BF is lactose intolerant and looking for ways to cut out lots of dairy). Word to the wise, it doesn't set up. I ended up with Lemon Soup. :(

    But normally, sugar free pudding with lite cool whip is one of my favorite go toos. Just don't use Almond milk...

    How much cornstarch did you use? I made dairy free pudding using cashew milk successfully. Might have to do with the fat in cashew milk or something added to store bought almond milk (which has VERY LITTLE actual almonds).
  • Posts: 747 Member
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
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    How much cornstarch did you use? I made dairy free pudding using cashew milk successfully. Might have to do with the fat in cashew milk or something added to store bought almond milk (which has VERY LITTLE actual almonds).

    Um, I used a box of Jello pudding...no corn starch involved. Pudding Mix + 2 cups of Almond Milk = Pudding soup :(
  • Posts: 10,330 Member
    kristen8000 wrote: »
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    Um, I used a box of Jello pudding...no corn starch involved. Pudding Mix + 2 cups of Almond Milk = Pudding soup :(

    Oh no! Jello pudding needs casein to set. Next time make it from scratch, it's easy. A general rule of thumb: 1-1.5 tbsp of cornstarch per cup of milk. Mix starch into milk cold plus any sweetener, then just slowly heat the mixture constantly stirring until near thickened. Add any flavorings (vanilla, lemon zest, flavor extracts...etc), and stir for an additional minute and done.
  • Posts: 747 Member
    amyrebeccah wrote: »
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    That's a shame--they've gotten better about listing on the box when it doesn't work but I guess not always. I'm lactose intolerant and do well with greek yogurt, and he might as well. If you don't want to make it from scratch, you could try stirring a tablespoon of the powder into a cup of greek yogurt. Stir well--not exactly the same texture but close!

    He's ok with Greek Yogurt and eats it regularly, but milk and cheese are BAD. I was jut trying things out and it was an epic fail...the box may say something of the sort, but I obviously didn't pay attention :(
  • Posts: 481 Member
    1/2 cup of chocolate halo top ice cream(70 calories), 1/2 cup of Peanut butter halo top ice cream (90 calories), 1 cup unsweetened cashew milk (30 calories), dump it all in a blender and you have an under 200 calories (190) chocolate peanut butter milkshake! You can use any nut milk or milk but I like unsweetened cashew because it is low in calories, no added sugar and super creamy!
  • Posts: 49 Member
    edited August 2017
    Banana ice-cream.

    Chop up however many bananas desired. Place in freezer for a few hours. Once frozen, blend with desired flavoring, eg., Options hot chocolate, maybe. Maybe add a small amount of milk? And eat once desired consistency reached.
    One step further is to put back in freezer once blended for firmer product.

    You tube videos have loads of options and some with coconut cream/milk too. I plan on trying these.
  • Posts: 57 Member
    Choc coconut Protein shake made with almond milk tbsp peanut butter .....then in the icecream maker .... frozen snickers!
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