Sunday, April 06, 2008
Recipes
Published January 26, 2007, From Lansing State Journal
Fitness magazine makes your Valentine's Day indulgences a little bit sweeter with six quick and healthy fixes.
Boost the fiber
In cakes and cheesecakes: Instead of frosting, icing or whipped cream, top generously with seasonal fresh fruit.
In cookies: Add 1/3 to 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats and subtract 1/4 cup all-purpose flour.
Cut the Calories
In cakes: Replace half of the fat (butter, margarine or oil) with unsweetened applesauce, then reduce sugar by about a spoonful.
In cookies: Eliminate a quarter of the sugar and increase vanilla extract by 1/4 teaspoon.
Up the Nutrition
In cakes: Replace half of the butter or margarine with healthier canola oil.
In cookies, brownies and muffins/sweetbreads: Replace up to half of the all-purpose flour with whole-wheat or buckwheat flour.
For more easy, delicious, low-cal desserts, go to www.fitnessmagazine.com/dessertrecipes.
- MCT News Service. First printed in the February 2007 issue of Fitness magazine.