It’s easy to overindulge when we deprive our body of anything sweet; 70% of people give up on eating healthy within the first 3 weeks. Extreme dieting is scientifically proven not to be sustainable. What if I told you that dieting doesn’t need to be boring or extreme? Moderation and balance is key to long term success. If you’re craving something sweet, here are my healthy and delicious anti inflammatory desserts.
Frozen Healthy Chocolate Banana popsicles
Ingredients:
- 400g 70-90% dark chocolate
- 1 tablespoon Coconut oil
- 3 bananas, cut into thirds
- Chopped hazelnuts and almonds
- Drizzle of raw honey
- Popsicle sticks
Method:
- Boil water in a sauce pan, using a heatproof bowl, place it on top of the simmering water.
- Add your chocolate into the double boiler, with your coconut oil. Keep storing until smooth and completely melted.
- Next, insert the popsicle stick into each of the banana pieces. Dip them into the melted chocolate.
- Place each one onto a baking tray, lined with baking paper. While the chocolate is still wet, sprinkle your hazelnuts, and almonds over each one.
- Pop the tray into the freezer and allow them to harden for 4 hours or overnight. In the morning, wrap each one individually with foil
Top tip:
- Want less mess or lacking time? We hear you. Simply use a microwave instead of the saucepan.
- Something new? Try swapping your hazelnuts for pistachios or any of your favourite nuts.
- Make these anti inflammatory desserts kid friendly? – Add sprinkles, or once hardened, use icing pens to create Disney characters, reindeer’s, Santa Clause and much more!
Chocolate And Cherry Chia Pudding
Ingredients:
- 300ml of almond, coconut or non-dairy milk
- 5 tablespoons of chia seeds
- 5 tablespoons dark cacao powder
- 3 tablespoons of raw honey
- 100g cherries, pitted and sliced
- 70% chocolate shavings, chopped hazelnuts or almonds and extra cherries for garnish and topping.
Method:
- In a mixing bowl, place the milk, raw cacao, chai seeds and honey until smooth. Leave in the fridge overnight.
- When set, place the contents into 4 mason jars. Add your sliced cherries, and choice of nuts on top, then finally shave your dark chocolate for garnish.
Delicious And Healthy Hot Chocolate With Superfoods
Superfood Ingredients:
- Raw cacao – Full of antioxidants, magnesium and iron.
- Maca powder – known as Peruvian ginseng, Maca is loaded with metabolism boosting benefits such as iodine, iron, vitamins and minerals.
- Turmeric – super powerful anti-inflammatory and an antioxidant ingredient.
- Cinnamon – Another ingredient loaded with antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties.
- Raw honey – powerful healer; loaded with antibacterial and anti fungal properties, and antioxidants.
- Coconut oil – excellent for encouraging fat burn, reducing cravings, and improving overall health.
Ingredients
- 500ml of coconut milk or almond milk.
- 2 tbsp raw cacao (or cocoa powder)
- 1 tsp maca powder
- 1/4 tsp ground turmeric
- 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon
- 1 tbsp raw honey
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
Method:
- Using a sauce pan, add your milk and bring it to a boil. As soon as it bubbles, turn the heat to medium and allow to simmer. Once simmering, add cacao power.
- Then stir in the Turmeric, maca powder, and cinnamon
- Add your raw honey
- Then finally the coconut oil. Stir until your mixture is completely smooth and has a thick consistency.
- Serve up in a mug and enjoy!
Anti inflammatory desserts: Frozen Blueberry Yogurt Pieces
Ingredients:
- 250g of your chosen yogurt (I use Vanilla)
- 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 350g fresh blueberries
- Without crushing the blueberries; gently mix the blueberries, lemon juice and yogurt together in a mixing bowl.
- Once your blueberries are fully coated in yoghurt, scoop out the blueberries one by one and place them on a tray, lined with a baking sheet
- Pop the blueberries into the freezer over night.
- In the morning, place all the frozen blueberries into a freezable tub. Place back into the freezer, and when you fancy a snack, grab a handful from the tub, and place it back in the freezer for later.
Anti inflammatory desserts: Healthy Cinnamon Apple Chips
Ingredients
- 1 large Apple
- Ground Cinnamon
Method
- Preheat oven to 90•C, 60•C for a fan oven.
- Thinly slice the apples, and place onto a baking tray, lined with baking sheets so they don’t stick.
- Sprinkle the ground cinnamon and place into the oven
- Depending on how thinly you sliced your apples, they should be ready in 30 minutes. Keep an eye, as soon as they start to curl up at the sides they are near ready.