Ideas wanted for low cal deserts...
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Split a bar of dark chocolate with your so...
We'll usually split half a bar saving the 2nd half for the next day... With a glass of wine5 -
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!1 -
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.3
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My sister made a great pie for my birthday, since she knew I was cutting calories and wouldn't eat cake. Graham cracker pie crust, 12 oz lite yogurt, 12 oz lite cool whip, and fruit. Mix the yogurt and cool whip together then add fruit. Fill pie crust with mixture and chill for a few hours. Top with more fruit, and serve. Makes 12 slices at 150 calories/slice. We did strawberry yogurt and cut strawberries, but it would be really good with lemon yogurt and raspberries.11
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Greek yogurt, Fruit, Protein Muffins1
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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
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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.1 -
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.1
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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 sorbet0 -
Protein donuts
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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.2
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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 )1
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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.0
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A smaller portion of any dessert?4
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Those little individual shortcakes (80 or 90 calories a pop) with some berries and whipped cream.
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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.2
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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.3
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- 60 CAL - Jello - Reduced Calorie Pudding Snacks - Chocolate Flavor
- 60 CAL - Jello - Sugar Free Dulce De Leche Pudding
- 10 CAL - Jello - Strawberry Sugar Free (Other flavors available)
- 80 CAL - Sunnyside Farms - Low Fat Orange Cream Bars, 1 ba
- 60 CAL - Weight Watchers - Ice Cream Bar, Chocolate Raspberry, 32 g (1 bar)
These work great for me! They're all well under 100 calories, easy to find and keep in the refrigerator. I just keep rotating so I don't get bored.5 -
1 Tablespoon Peanut Butter
1 cup of Sugar Free Dark Chocolate Pudding
100 calories PB + 60 calories pudding = 160 calories overall.2 -
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.0 -
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...1 -
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).0 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »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).
Um, I used a box of Jello pudding...no corn starch involved. Pudding Mix + 2 cups of Almond Milk = Pudding soup 2 -
kristen8000 wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »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).
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.0 -
amyrebeccah wrote: »kristen8000 wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »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).
Um, I used a box of Jello pudding...no corn starch involved. Pudding Mix + 2 cups of Almond Milk = Pudding soup
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 0 -
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!
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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.0 -
Choc coconut Protein shake made with almond milk tbsp peanut butter .....then in the icecream maker .... frozen snickers!0
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