Article by Isabel De Los Rios

If you’ve tasted healthy dessert recipes and have decided you would rather eat the bottom of your shoe, then this article is for you! It is true that when you are hoping to lose some weight, sugar is the first substance that needs to go.

Alcohol is the second. So that rum cake you have your eyes on? Well, unfortunately it is a double no-no.

But just because you shouldn’t eat full-fat, full-sugar dessert on a regular basis, that doesn’t mean that you can’t doctor up a few staples in order to satiate that sweet tooth without stretching out that waistline or compromising taste.

Some of us are so conditioned to super sweet desserts that it may take some detoxifying to truly appreciate what a healthy dessert is. But don’t let that get in the way of developing a beautiful relationship with healthy dessert.

This all begins with a fundamental understanding of what a truly healthy diet is all about. While sacrifice- those Little Debbie’s and Ho-Ho’s need the heave-ho- is a trademark of a healthy lifestyle, that sacrifice doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom.

Two Reasons that Healthy Desserts Are Worth the Sacrifice of Sugar for your Diet Program

The Diet Solution Strawberry Shortcake and Chocolate Cookies are the only two reasons you need to discover that giving up the mounds of sugar for a more svelte self is not a sacrifice at all! Here are some tips when it comes to making healthy dessert.

Switch out white flour for coconut flour. Swap sugar for raw honey or Stevia. These two simple changes can make an otherwise dangerous dessert as little slice of heaven for your mouth and your thighs.

Print this recipe; you are going to want to whip it up time and time again!

Simply Strawberry Shortcake

Ingredients

¼ C. sifted coconut flour

3 TBS butter, melted

3 eggs (organic)

3 TBS honey (raw)

¼ TSP Celtic Sea Salt

¼ TSP vanilla

¼ TSP baking powder

Baking Directions:

Blend the butter, eggs, honey, salt and vanilla together. Combine the sifted coconut flour with the baking powder and whisk into batter until lumps are gone.

Pour batter into greased muffin cups and bake at 400F (205 Celsius) for 15 minutes. Top with fresh strawberries and a little bit of whipped cream. Makes 6 cakes.

Tricks of the Sugar Trade: How to Make Cookies for a Healthy Eating Plan

Here is an easy recipe for chocolate cookies. Notice the simple switch-outs that make this cookie different from your average Pilsbury kind.

Coconut flour is used again, and instead of butter you can also use coconut oil. It will give it a nuttier flavor that is rich and creamy. Cocoa powder instead of milk chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate: less sugar and all-natural!

Coconut Flour Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients

¼ C. sifted coconut flour

¼ C. butter or virgin coconut oil

1/3 C. cocoa powder

3 eggs (organic)

1/8 C Baking Stevia

¼ TSP Celtic Sea Salt

¼ TSP vanilla

Baking Directions:

Put a saucepan over low heat to melt butter and then stir in cocoa powder. Remove from heat and let cool. In a bowl, combine organic eggs, Baking Stevia, Celtic Sea Salt and vanilla; stir in cocoa mixture.

Whisk coconut flour into batter until lumps are gone. Rest the batter for 4 to 5 minutes, allowing it to thicken. Drop spoonfuls of batter on greased cookie sheet and bake at 350F Degree, 175 Celsius for 14 minutes. Makes16 cookies.

Article by Chris Williams

Today we all know that we need to “eat healthy”. However eating healthy does not mean you can’t also indulge your longings for chocolate. Let’s be honest – for chocolate lovers, to give up chocolate is a big ask!

There is just something about scrumptious, gooey chocolate treats that all chocolate lovers long for. A delicious professional looking chocolate cake or dessert is hard to resist.

Chocolate treats are a great way to celebrate a special occasion, to say “I Love You”, or just to indulge yourself.

It is even being reported now that chocolate is in fact good for us! It’s full of good antioxidants, especially the high cocoa kind.

Even if you need to lose weight, the best way to lose weight is not to eat so little that you are constantly hungry. It is also important that you allow yourself some of your favorite food as a treat from time to time. If you do these things you are far more likely to be able to stick to your diet program.

If you are not dieting maybe you just long to be able to make those fantastic desserts and cakes you see when you eat out.

Well you really can have it all. It is possible to have your chocolate cake, chocolate desserts and chocolate biscuits and still be healthy! You can even become the envy of your friends, impress your mother-in-law and even your boss. They will think you have trained as a chef! No more “bought” desserts for your next dinner party. When they ask, “Where did you buy it?”, you will be able to say, “Oh, I made it!”

How is that possible?

You can do it by having access to easy, quick, delicious and health concious recipes.

I have discovered an incredible site that is every chocolate lover’s dream.

Kirsty Leigh has developed her very own system that anyone can easily follow. It enables you to churn out quick, mouthwatering but health conscious chocolate creations in your own kitchen at record speed.

We all own numerous recipe books but how often do the recipes actually come out looking like the pictures?

Kirsty has solved all that. She offers a database of 100,000 recipes! What’s more, it is updated weekly and even has live personal support.

Kirsty has tried and tested her recipes and methods so that you can produce all natural, healthy home cooking that turns out just like something made by an international gourmet chef.

How do you ensure fautless results everytime? Easy! Just follow Kirsty’s videos. They show you step by step how it’s done.

Simply great for the learner cook, but also the experienced cook will learn easy new ways to produce stunning desserts, cakes and biscuits to be proud of.

Kirsty also offers advice on how to use her recipes and methods to start your own profitable chocolate business. Imagine actually selling your home baking and have others lining up to order from you for their next dinner party!

How much is going to cost you to have access to wicked but guilt free chocolate recipes? Well the answer is very little, less than a meal out and what’s more, its a one-time fee! I found it hard to believe. If you are a chocolate lover like me, check this one out now. You won’t be disappointed.

Article by Lia Moore

Planning your wedding is often a very stressful time for brides, their families and sometimes their fiancés. It does NOT need to be this way. STOP and BREATH! Planning your wedding can be as easy as pie as long as you’re organized! Just as you need a recipe before you start baking, before you can really start planning, you need to get organized, very organized!

Every Couture wedding has a detailed outline for the overall plan ahead. You would never dream of making Martha’s Chocolate Chip Cookies without gathering the key ingredients and getting organized is just as essential.

Here are a few things that I suggest:

Bridal Orgazined Survival System 1. Determine your B.O.S.S. (Bridal Organized Survival System)

* Whether you’re a “Martha” girl, a Knottie, Wedding Wire, Tech Savvy, or Do-It-Yourself, make your own binder bride, keeping it together is essential to designing your Couture wedding. It’s important to use what works for your personality and time and to make sure it’s functional.

* Keep copies of all contracts and correspondence with vendors in your wedding file.

* So much communication with vendors is done via email. So it is extremely important that your keep track of ALL email correspondence to and from vendors. I always recommendations creating a folder to keep ALL email, sent and received, between you and vendors. You might even think about creating a separate email account to track all wedding related correspondence and to make sure it doesn’t get lost in the shuffle of your personal email. These are a couple ways we keep ourselves AND our brides organized too.

2. The (dreaded) Guest List

* I know, I know, I can hear it from here. The dreaded guest list is near the bottom of your To Do List, but it is one of the most CRITICAL elements to ensure your spectacular wedding and must be tackled ASAP! Assembling all the guests’ addresses and typing them up will ensure your sanity when it comes to ordering and sending out save-the-dates not to mention invitations. It will also give you a realistic look at your expected guest count and allow for time to make any necessary changes. (BEFORE crunch time.)

3. Get the Money Straight

* Again, crunching numbers is not a fabulous part of wedding planning; however it is a necessary one. We use a very detailed and customized budget planner for clients to really look at where the wedding money will go and where we might make changes. Whether your budget is ,000, ,000 or 0,000, a budget is needed to give you direction in your planning process (and no matter what, it’s never enough).

4. Bridal Task ListStressed Out Bride

* There are gazillions of planner books and magazines that offer good planning guidelines for when you should accomplish wedding tasks. While we create a custom planner for our brides, having some point of reference is a really good place to start.

* DON’T PANIC if it suggests you start 24 months in advance if your wedding is 8 months way. The standard planner is exactly that, a standard. This is your Couture wedding, which means it can be tailored to suit YOUR engagement.

Your Couture Bride Assignment:

Start with the basics and no one get’s hurt!!! Take time today to sit down and begin your guest list or hash through your budget. There are many organizational tools, both online and in the bookstores to get you on the right track. Remember, budget suggestions from online planners and books are just that…suggestions. If you don’t want to fork over 30% of your budget for flowers and decor, DON’T. You can choose to place your money where you want to, to get the dream wedding you’ve always envisioned.

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Event Planning entrepreneur Lia Moore publishes the “Couture Bride Circle” weekly e-zine. Get your F*REE report: “5 Planner Secrets to AVOID the Dreaded Cookie Cutter Wedding!” at http://www.FullCircleEventi.com

Article by James Harley

Christmas is the most anticipated time of the years where we can share and rejoice for the promise of God to give us the savior where we also give our faith a lift and celebrate by the same way and that is giving. Also Christmas is the time for desserts where we can share some sweet taste of love with desserts. As we spend the holidays, we can sure figure out ways to make some fun Christmas dessert recipes for you to share with everyone.Let’s start with the traditional fruit cake. It’s easy to make as well as you can give a twist to it like putting up some citrus zest or adding another layer of frosting to make it more delicious. Also choosing the fruits that you put in like instead of candied or dried fruits, try putting some dried berries o some vanilla beans to it to make it different kind of traditional fruit cake.Cookies are most favored to have when Christmas. Try to reinvent your usual cookies with some citrus zest whether it would be lemon, lime, or orange you surely would get those cookies awaken your senses and a perfect match to your hot or cold drinks. Mousse is another way to show off some skill and bring more delight on your desserts on Christmas. Chocolate mousse as a standard can even more be special when added some chocolate chips or melted chocolate to fill your taste buds with a special Christmas spirit that is worth to share and enjoy.Spend your sweet Christmas holiday with fun Christmas dessert recipes for that sweet and more delightful Christmas with your loved ones and the ones who needs love. Spread the love by sharing to really get the spirit working and consuming us to do good for everyone. Have the sweetest and the merriest Christmas!!!Access 101 Xmas Recipes Now!

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