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No meal is over unless there is a desert involved.
If you are here in America, you know that most of the deserts out there
are bad for you. They are loaded with salt, sugar and or fat. We have
become a nation of junk food addicts. I do have a theory on this. I
think that when a group of people experience wealth, their diets
change.  I
know that this is simple and even a moron can come up with something
like this, but hear me out. When a group of people have enough money
that they have a choice of what they will eat, they will choose to go
along with the more fatty foods. I think this is because we tend to
store fat to keep us warm for the winter.
In our minds if there is a bunch of food to choose from, then we will
go towards the fatty foods. Like most animals, we prepare for the
winter time. We know that it will be cold so we want a layer of fat to
keep us warm. Another aspect of it is, we are greedy. All people are greedy. We want the best of everything. We
want a nice new car, new house and all the rich food that we can eat.
In the past, a wealthy person ate different foods than someone who is
poor.
What to do?
You want that little bit of joy at the end of the meal, but you don't
want to become a lard ass. Well, you can have your cake and eat it too.
We will discuss some of the more healthy deserts that you can eat.
First I want to say, don't get fooled by this low fat stuff. It isn't
worth the time. You will eat twice as much of it to fill your cravings.
It is because it is missing something, the fat. The one thing that you
are craving the most. In the end you aren't really doing yourself any
favors. You are falling in the trap that all fat people fall into. They
think since it is low fat, they can eat twice as much of it. That maybe
true, but only if you don't want to loose weight.
Fresh fruit is always a good desert.
You can prepare it easily and it tastes great. Nothing tastes better
than fresh fruit that is in season. Make sure that it is perfectly ripe
and ready to eat. If it is ripe, it will be sweet and juicy. If you eat
fruit that isn't ripe it will be hard and not have all the flavor that
it can yield. You don't have to stick with the ho hum fruit salad. You
can choose a ton of different ways to eat fresh fruit. You can bake
apples for example wrapped in tin foil with a little bit of brown
sugar. This is wonderful.
One of my favorite things is bananas sliced in orange juice.
The sweet tangy flavor of the orange juice is really different compared
to the banana. I could eat a truck load of this stuff. It is also a
great pick me up if you are feeling sluggish. We have all seen those
wand mixers advertised on television. Some people call these boat
motors. It is a hand held mixer/blender that you can use for a lot of
things. I love these things. If you have one of these, it is easy to
make a great low fat desert.
Here is a simple desert using your boat motor.
Take skim milk. You need to make sure that it is ice cold for this.
Take your milk and put it in a drinking glass. Use your boat motor to
whip air into it. You will notice after awhile it kind of looks like
whipped cream. Add some bananas and strawberries and a little pinch of
sugar to make it sweet. This is very low fat and it tastes great. You
get that desire for fat taken care of that you have been craving so
much. The whipped milk really almost feels like whipped cream. You
won't believe how much it feels like the real thing.
You can also use this to add some zing to all kinds of things.
You can use it to make your low fat milkshakes. You can add your
protein mix to this for a great meal with very little fat. You will be
surprised at how many things you can do with this whipped topping.
People will think that you have fallen off of your rocker when they
think you are eating a big serving of whipped cream. Before you know
it, all your buddies at the gym will want you to make them something to
eat with your boat motor. That is when you will have to tell them to
get their own.
You can also eat gelatin.
Make sure that you get the unflavored kind. It will come in either
envelopes or in sheets. There will be directions on the package to tell
you how to make it. You can add fruit juice or you can add fresh fruit
to your gelatin. If you have a boat motor, you can use it and add some
of that whipped topping you make from the skim milk. You will love
this. You can also eat some low fat cakes. Just because it is cake,
doesn't mean that it is bad for you. Just make sure that there isn't a
whole lot of eggs or dairy involved. Also sometimes people sneak in
mayo in their cake batters. Make sure you know what is on the cake.
Also jam or jelly is great instead of frosting.
I'm sure that you can come up with your own ideas as well. Just think of what you already like to eat and put a spin on it. Please,
stay away from the low fat stuff. All that will do is make you crave
more of that than you should be eating. In the long run, you aren't
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