Desserts
Carrot cake (Serves 2)

Ingredients

  • 1 cup grated carrot
  • 2 cups cottage cheese (low fat) crumbled
  • 1 glass milk (low fat)
  • 3 tablespoons unrefined sugar

Method

Warm the ingredients in a pan until the mixture thickens. Bake in a baking dish for 5 to 7 minutes. Cut into slices and serve.

Warm apple and berry crumble (Serves 4)

Ingredients

  • 2 cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced and steamed
  • 1 pear, peeled, cored and sliced and steamed
  • 1-cup berries (cranberries, gooseberries, strawberries, black berries)
  • ½ cup unrefined powdered sugar
Crumble topping

  • ½ cup rolled oats
  • 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds
  • 1/4 cup roasted peanuts/ almonds
  • 4 tablespoons unrefined sugar

Method

Pre-heat oven. Wash, cut and coarsely puree the berries and simmer in a saucepan. Add the apples, pears and sugar. Pour the mixture in a baking dish and spread the crumble topping on it. Bake for 5 minutes. Serve warm.

Fruit fondue (Serves 4)

An irresistible, colourful, simply-must-try dessert ! This comprises of an assortment of fresh fruits that contain essential vitamins, minerals and fibre. The honey, yogurt and almonds help in building immunity and boosting energy levels.

Makes: 8 skewers

Ingredients

  • 2½ cups fresh fruits (strawberries, bananas, cherries, grapes, plums, pineapples)
  • 1-cup thick yogurt (hung)
  • ½  -cup honey
  • ½ cup coarsely ground almonds (roasted)

Method

Arrange the fruits on skewers (put contrasting coloured fruits next to each other so that the skewers look appealing). Mix the yogurt, honey and the almonds.

Pour the sweetened yogurt dip into separate glasses and insert one fruit skewer into each glass.

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