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My husband is the worlds worst when it comes to desserts! I was wondering if there was a healthy way to make desserts or maybe a couple of healthy recipes that I could get?

In general, use fat free recipes for sponges. Also use fruit or nuts rather than fillings such as coffee or chocolate. Plain yogurt is often a good instead of cream.

A favorite recipe is to make meringue baskets by beating egg whites until they are white and stiff and shaping into individual basket shapes. Cook slowly until they are crusty. I do not advise adding sugar or using shop bought meringues that contain sugar. Top the baskets with strawberries or fruit of choice, then a little plain yogurt.

Make your own yogurt with a yogurt maker, then you can add fruit of choice, without sugar and it is much nicer than shop bought yogurt.

Mix low fat plain yogurt with ground almonds and low fat chocolate powder

Core a cooking apple and stuff with raisins or dates. Prick skin to prevent it bursting in the oven, lightly grease baking tin and bake on high heat for twenty minutes.

Apple Snow is a great favorite with my crowd:
6 large apples – peeled, cored and chopped
3 tablespoons water
1 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
Directions
In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, combine apples and water and cook, covered, over low heat, until frothy, 15 to 30 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in sugar, cinnamon, cloves and vanilla. Let cool.
In a medium bowl, whip the egg white until stiff peaks form. Fold into the cooled apple mixture. Serve.

Low fat sponge
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs 1 cup milk
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift together flour and baking powder. Heat milk in a small saucepan until just boiling, then remove from heat and set aside.
Beat eggs until foamy, then add sugar. Continue beating on medium-high speed until thick and lemon colored. Add vanilla, reduce mixer speed to medium and add hot milk in a steady stream. Quickly beat in flour mixture.
Pour into a 10 inch tube pan. Bake in preheated oven 45 minutes, or until top springs back when lightly tapped.

Use the low fat sponge mix as a basis for sponge recipes such as Eve’s Pudding, or Pineapple Upside Down Cake.

An unusual version of bread pudding
Ingredients
3 apples – peeled, cored and diced
3 cups bread crumbs
1/3 cup white sugar
1/2 cup currants
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon 3 eggs

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 2 quart casserole dish.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the apples, bread crumbs and sugar. Add currants, nutmeg and cinnamon; mix well. Add the eggs; stir gently to combine. Pour into the prepared casserole dish.
Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until solid and golden brown.

I use very low amounts of sugar, or leave it out altogether.

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