| People are becoming more health conscious and for | | | | recipes can teach you about other ingredients that |
| good reason. Being careless about food and nutrition | | | | can be replaced to make cakes, cookies, or brownies |
| not only can affect your weight and body image, but | | | | a lot healthier. High-glycemic flours can, for instance, |
| also poses serious health risks. Lifestyle-related | | | | be substituted with nut- or whole grain-based flour. |
| diseases like diabetes are mostly caused by what we | | | | As a result, you will get fiber-rich desserts that can |
| consume, so making the decision to correct our diets | | | | help prevent gastrointestinal problems. And did you |
| early can help a lot. | | | | know that there are 11 types of flours you can use |
| But for the health-conscious and even those who | | | | to make your desserts gluten-free? |
| already have diabetes, great tasting food does not | | | | For true dessert-lovers, however, richness and taste |
| have to be a luxury of the past. There are now | | | | are almost as important as eating it guilt-free. When |
| cookbooks that feature recipes that are both | | | | you pop in some crème brulee, for example, |
| delicious and nutritious. Who says all healthy dishes | | | | you would want it to be as satisfying as the best |
| have to taste like tofu? | | | | crème brulees you can buy from a |
| It seems particularly tricky when it comes to | | | | restaurant. |
| desserts. When you think of sweets, you naturally | | | | There are now dessert recipes that have been |
| think of sugar and calories-thus the guilt associated | | | | developed through kitchen research that not only |
| with them. The words "sinful" and "decadent" have in | | | | ensure nutrition but also deliver the desired |
| fact become the best adjectives to describe the | | | | "sinfulness" and "decadence" of a dessert. You will |
| best and "baddest" of desserts. | | | | learn how to use the right amounts of ingredients to |
| In the past years, though, the use of artificial | | | | create sweet treats that are both delicious and |
| sweeteners as a substitute to sugar has become | | | | no-guilt. There are actually ways of combining organic |
| common. However, what most people do not know | | | | sweeteners that would match the sweetness of |
| is that these artificial alternatives can also cause | | | | sugar without the unwanted calories. There are also |
| health problems. There are a number of healthy | | | | healthier ingredients you can use to boost the |
| dessert recipes and cookbooks available online, but a | | | | sweetness and improve the texture of your dessert |
| lot of them may be using the same artificial | | | | creations. |
| sweeteners. | | | | A great guilt-free dessert cookbook should cover a |
| A real guilt-free dessert cookbook should recommend | | | | wide selection of recipes, from everyday favorites |
| the use of natural sweeteners that are not only safe | | | | like vanilla ice cream and muffins, to holiday desserts |
| but also have added health benefits. There are in fact | | | | like pumpkin pie. Even restaurant favorites like |
| alternative natural sweeteners that can improve | | | | soufflés and cheesecake have guilt-free |
| metabolism, boost the immune system, improve | | | | versions. Now you can indulge yourself and your |
| calcium absorption, lower cholesterol, and even | | | | family with these sweet creations, knowing that you |
| enhance insulin sensitivity. | | | | are serving desserts that are good for you. |
| Aside from sugar substitutes, real guilt-free dessert | | | | |