3 Light Candies You Can’t Miss

Whether we’re sad, tired, or angry, sugar gives us the relief we need. Fortunately, we can prepare some light sweets to satisfy our cravings without getting the harm of this component.

Foodies know that sugar is their worst enemy in the long run. This conflict leads us to seek solutions that satisfy our desire for glucose, its sweet taste, but that harm us as little as possible.

In fact, we wonder if there really are light  sweets or if they are just an advertising invention.

The truth is, yes. To make finding them easier, we want to share some of the tastiest and healthiest examples.

Recipes are easy to make  and require little time. Check out!

Discover these 3 delicious light sweets

1. Flourless cake

Flour is the main source of carbohydrates. As you know, these  are very dangerous if we are trying to lose weight  or maintain a healthy weight.

But is it possible to bake a cake without flour? If you follow our instructions, you will see yes.

Ingredients

• 1 low-fat yogurt of your favorite flavor
• 1 cup (150 g) of wheat bran
• ½ tablespoon of sunflower oil (7 g)
• 2 eggs
• ½ yeast envelope (8 g)
• 3 tablespoons of liquid sweetener (30 ml)
• 7 ½ tablespoons of brewer’s yeast (75 g)
• Lemon zest (to taste)

Preparation

• Preheat oven to 180 ºC.
• Beat the eggs.
• Add brewer’s yeast and oil.
• Add sweetener, lemon zest and yogurt.
• Mix everything well.
• Put a little oil on the bottom and edges of the pan.
• Place the mixture in the oven for about 40 minutes at 180ºC.

2. Cheesecake with strawberries

Strawberries are ideal for making light sweets  . For one thing, they  are very low in calories. On the other hand, they are very useful to fight cholesterol thanks to the presence of ascorbic acid, lecithin and pectin.

This makes them the ideal addition to any healthy diet.

Consequently, if you don’t have anything prepared and want something sweet, you  can go to them whenever you want  without any problem. With a little sweetener, they will be delicious.

Ingredients

• ½ cup of cream cheese 0% fat (100 g)
• 1 cup of yogurt (200 g)
• 1 egg
• ½ cup skim milk (125 ml)

• 2 spoons of cornstarch (20 g)
• 3 tablespoons of liquid sweetener (30 ml)
• Strawberries (to taste)

Preparation

• Preheat oven to 200 ºC.
• Mix cheese, yogurt and milk in an oven-safe container.
• Add starch and sweetener.
• Place the pie in the oven for 30 minutes.
• Cut the strawberries.
• Remove the pie from the oven and cover with the fruit.
• Put it to cool in the fridge until it’s time to serve.

3.   Blueberry Muffins

As in the previous case, blueberries and all wild fruits are elements that we should consider whenever we want to sweeten life without gaining weight.

In addition, we’ll add the spongy texture so characteristic of  muffins.

While this is an option not to be abused, it is perfect  when we feel we deserve a reward.

Ingredients

• Half a cup of wheat flour (100 g)
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder (5 g)
• Lemon zest (to taste)
• Blueberries (to taste)
• ½ cup sunflower oil (100 g)
• 3 eggs
• 1 tablespoon of honey (25 g)

Preparation

• Preheat oven to 200 ºC.
• Cut the blueberries into very small pieces.
• In a large bowl, combine the sweetener and oil.
• Add eggs one by one and continue beating.
• When you have a smooth mixture, add the honey, lemon zest and blueberries.
• Sift the flour and yeast to add them to the preparation.
• Work the mixture until you get a good dough.
• Grease the muffin molds.
• pour the batter into the slugs
• Keep for 30 minutes in the oven.

It is desirable to include these light candy recipes in our diet at least once every two weeks.

Otherwise, we will have the feeling that we are missing out on pleasure. When we have this impression, we choose to eat something more harmful or we end up abandoning the diet.