200 Metabolism-Boosting Dessert And Snack Recipes
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Yes you can. In fact this Ginger Cake is just one of the hundreds of dessert and snack recipes that become possible when you eliminate the sugar, flour, eggs, butter, and cream that make for calorie-high but nutritionally-void treats.
And it tastes that way too. Yet you won’t find a sliver of unhealthy ingredients in these 200+ delicious desserts and savory snacks. That’s because these recipes have been gathered, filtered, and improved by a health-conscious fanatic.
As a young woman I experienced this uncomfortable tension for the longest time. All the way from puberty until my mid-thirties. In hindsight, and I always feel shame admitting to this, I literally tortured my body, both by denying my sweet tooth ‘” and then giving into it by bingeing on the worst possible foods I could put into my body. It wasn’t just physical torture I put myself through when I did this. The amount of mental anguish I endured was just as dehibilitating. Ultimately I had to admit to myself that if someone was in control of the way my body looked then it certainly was not me. Eventually I found a way to overcome this problem ‘” one that I now share with women all across the world who have had to put up with the unnecessary stress and feelings of powerlessness that come from living in a world in which physical confections are ALWAYS within sight and within reach 24 hours a day. What I mean by this is that if I asked you to head into your kitchen right now, what are the odds that you would be able to find some guilty pleasure that you know is ruining your long term health but which you simply cannot live without? If you can say “Zero, Carolyn. I actually feel no need to indulge myself this way…” then you can close this page right now. You are the woman that the rest of us aspire to be! You will find NOTHING on this page that can significantly improve your life. But if the idea of removing the desire to eat junk food sounds like it could benefit your health and well-being, stick around. Because what I discovered in my late-thirties in regards to how to satisfy your sweet tooth without punishing your body has the potential to completely change the way you view your food and the shape of your body for the better.
I learned that day that it was possible to create white chocolate fudge without any of the traditional unhealthy ingredients such as white sugar, white chocolate, marshmellow cream, sour cream, cream cheese, condensed milk or butter that seemed to be required to make white chocolate but which could actually be dispensed with. The recipe contained nothing more than cacao butter, cashews, raw agave nectar, and goji berries. It almost seems weird that chocolate can be made with ingredients like these:
That got me wondering what else it was possible to prepare this way using non-traditional but healthy ingredients, and ever since then I have been dabbling in my kitchen. The result is more than 200 recipes that even a die-hard nutritional purist like myself can recommend without reservation. That’s because the desserts, snacks, treats that these recipes produce can legitimately be regarded as a wholesome substitute to the usual junk food that is so popular but is also so unhealthy to consume. The recipes behind the foods described here are wheat-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free, soy and egg-free, and unprocessed. This makes a HUGE difference when it comes to “watching what you eat”. Why? Because now you are giving your body what it needs for the long term rather than the temporary mental high that comes of eating a sugary treat that contains almost nothing in the way of nutrients. In fact it’s worst that than. You could say that traditional treats with their high level of processed ingredients are anti-nutrients. They oppose your bodily needs. This is an important distinction that until I was introduced to the subject I could not fully fathom. I had been so focused on trying to stick to a low-fat diet to burn fat that I had overlooked a powerful principle of body weight control.
Would you be surprised to learn that you can combine almonds, avocados, dates and cacao powder in a food processor to make a rich creamy chocolate mousse? How about a “cheesecake” made principally with ingredients like fruit and nuts? The secret to creating these “midsection safe” desserts is that they are filled with anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and enzymes. This makes them quite unlike the desserts you may be familiar with. Yes, your tastebuds will be stimulated with the intense flavors. Yes, your mouth will salivate uncontrollably. But more importantly, when you take a bite of one of these wholesome delights you can take comfort from the fact that by displacing processed ingredients from your diet you will automatically stimlate fat burning triggers in your body. That is what GOOD food does for you. Nor is this something you need to work at, like making sure that you get your daily vitamins and minerals. Because who doesn’t like a great-tasting dessert!
Of course, if I could have stopped there I would have. But once you begin down this path you discover that the pleasure of putting together healthy raw desserts is almost addictive. That’s how the second set of 50 recipes came about…
After the publication of “Volume 1″ I discovered that I was far from done with my healthy dessert recipe rolodex. So I went back to my kitchen and my word processor. The result? Another 50 nutritious dessert recipes designed to cause family and friends to beg for seconds. In fact, I suspect you may find these ones even more delicious… Read more…
