Lady Guru's Fit Kitchen: You don't have to skip dessert!

I think that everyone craves sweets from time to time and there is no reason not to indulge in those cravings. I cannot eat things with lots of sugar because my body cannot handle it. I have come up with some great alternatives without the excessive sugar and fat.

These are really good. I make these quite a bit.

Skinny Apple Nachos

1 Apple

Advocare Chocolate Muscle Gain (Protein Powder)

Natural Peanut butter

Natural Granola

Unsweetened Coconut Flakes (If desired)

Cut up apples and drizzle peanut butter over the apples. Combine Muscle Gain (Or whatever protein powder you are using) with a little almond milk until its in the form of chocolate drizzle. Drizzle Muscle Gain over apples. Top with granola and coconut flakes.

Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries

1 lb of Large Strawberries

1 package of Sugar Free Cheesecake Pudding

Almond Milk

Graham Cracker Crumbs

1 tsp of Vanilla Extract

1. Rinse strawberries and cut around the top of the strawberry. Remove the top and clean out with a paring knife, if necessary (some of them are hollow already. Prep all of the strawberries and set aside.

2. In a mixing bowl mix combine pudding mix with almond milk. Then refrigerate for at least an hour so it gets thicker. I would suggest using less milk then the package instructions to make it thicker.

3. Combine pudding and vanilla extract and put into a zip lock bag. Cut corner so you can pipe the mixture into the strawberries. It makes less mess this way. Top with the graham cracker crumbs. I use this ingredient sparingly to keep the calories down. Enjoy!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Soft Serve

2 T Greek yogurt
1 T peanut butter
1 T honey
1 T cocoa powder or Advocare Muscle Gain
1 banana, sliced and frozen

Blend together in a blender or magic bullet and its done. Top with a few chocolate chips (They have sugar free chocolate chips as well). Enjoy!

chocolate Covered Banana Pops

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
4 TB honey
5 (or more) bananas, cut in half
1/2 cup coconut oil, melted
good-quality salt, pinch
popsicle sticks or sturdy paper straws
parchment paper
nuts (crushed) or shredded coconut

Cut the bananas in half and carefully insert one popsicle stick (or straw) in bottom of each banana. Place each banana on a tray that is lined with parchment paper and place in the freezer.
Keep in the freezer until they are frozen, a couple hours.
While the bananas are freezing, mix the chocolate dip. Whisk until all the ingredients are smooth. This can sit on the counter while you wait for your bananas to finish freezing.
Once your bananas are frozen take them out of the freezer. Pour the Chocolate Dip into a mug or large measuring cup . Dip each banana into the chocolate dip. When the coconut oil comes into contact with the frozen banana it will cause the chocolate dip to instantly harden creating a chocolate shell. Pretty awesome chemistry. If you desire toppings, now is the time to sprinkle nuts or shredded coconut over the chocolate.
Lay your bananas on the parchment paper once the chocolate hardens.
Keep banana pops frozen.
Note: If you desire a thick chocolate shell, follow the steps above, don't add extra toppings just yet. Place the chocolate bananas back in the freezer, freeze. Remove from the freezer and repeat with the dipping process, add toppings as desired.