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Low fat AND low sugar dessert?

skintchick
skintchick Posts: 15,114 Forumite
Debt-free and Proud!
edited 28 June 2011 at 12:31PM in Old style MoneySaving
I have invited three friends round for dinner on Friday. The plan is to cook chilli the night before and serve with rice and garlic bread.

But I need a dessert. One friend is on a strict diet, and my OH won;t eat certain things, mainly cheesy thing.

Does anyone have a recipe? I don;t want to be doing loads of cooking as I will only have an hour to get ready on Friday before they arrive, plus I get very stressed when entertaining.

I've looked online but I can;t find low fat AND low sugar ideas.

Please help!




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  • ShelBell
    ShelBell Posts: 502 Forumite
    what about making a posh fruit jelly? use sugar free jelly, put some fresh grapes or something in it and set it in nice wine glasses, then top with some low fat creme fraiche with some lemon zest stirred through it and a sprig of mint if you want it to look pretty :D best of all, you can do it all the day before ;)
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  • echelon101
    echelon101 Posts: 279 Forumite
    low fat cheese cake

    use blended cottage cheese instead cream cheese and crackers instead of biscuit base :D
    Buy for value not cost.
    Feb Grocery = £55.87 / 80
  • smartandshrewd
    smartandshrewd Posts: 170 Forumite
    How about Cranachan or a variation? It's a mix of oats, berries, cream, and honey. Instead of using cream you could use greek yoghurt or creme fraiche. I don't have a recipe but a search on the web should come up with one.
  • Plum_Pie
    Plum_Pie Posts: 1,285 Forumite
    How about a parfait of raspberries and ricotta? You could add vanilla seeds (from a pod) to sweeten the ricotta and any other sweet spices (cinnamon?) that you like. You could also add a very small amount of chopped roasted hazlenuts or slivered almonds or grated chocolate to decorate.

    Buy frozen raspberries or use mixed frozen berries. They taste as good and are usually cheaper than fresh.
  • anguk
    anguk Posts: 3,412 Forumite
    There's lots of dessert recipes that are sugarfree/low sugar and low fat on the Diabetes UK site.
    http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Food_and_recipes/Recipes/Recipes_Listing/?page=1
    Dum Spiro Spero
  • pandas66
    pandas66 Posts: 18,811 Forumite
    fruit salad

    with/without cream
    Panda xx

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  • Classy_Chick06
    Classy_Chick06 Posts: 4,195 Forumite
    Make up a packet of sugar free jelly (raspberry) but dont use all quiet of the water stated, mix in some frozen forest fruits. Wait until it is ALMOST set, then mix in a tub of vanilla muller yogurt, pour into individual serving dishes and put in fridge to set....
    This is really nice and perfect for anyone who is diabetic or has a sweet tooth but on a low fat diet.
    HTH
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  • skintchick
    skintchick Posts: 15,114 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    OOh some great ideas, thanks.

    I'm not sure about Greek yogurt (although I love it) as I think it is quite high in fat? But I like the idea of using low fat jelly and yogurt with fruit - sounds like it will look impressive while being easy! :D

    Not that I'm being judged on the food but I'd like to make something nice!
    :cool: DFW Nerd Club member 023...DFD 9.2.2007 :cool:
    :heartpuls married 21 6 08 :A Angel babies' birth dates 3.10.08 * 4.3.11 * 11.11.11 * 17.3.12 * 2.7.12 :heart2: My live baby's birth date 22 7 09 :heart2: I'm due another baby at the end of July 2014! :j
  • tinkerbell84
    tinkerbell84 Posts: 5,323 Forumite
    0% Greek Yoghurt has, erm, no fat ;)
  • skintchick
    skintchick Posts: 15,114 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    tinkerbell84 wrote: »
    0% Greek Yoghurt has, erm, no fat ;)

    THey don;t sell it in my Tesco. I made a Raspberry Fool but had to make fruit salad for her as she wouldn;t eat it because of the Greek yoghurt.
    :cool: DFW Nerd Club member 023...DFD 9.2.2007 :cool:
    :heartpuls married 21 6 08 :A Angel babies' birth dates 3.10.08 * 4.3.11 * 11.11.11 * 17.3.12 * 2.7.12 :heart2: My live baby's birth date 22 7 09 :heart2: I'm due another baby at the end of July 2014! :j
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