Ice cream is a delicious, refreshing dessert loved by many. However, it has a drawback - a high calorie content, which makes the product unsuitable for those who are losing weight. Those who do not want to give up the delicacy should look for sugar-free options or make such ice cream with their own hands.
Ice cream for losing weight: what are the features
Ice cream contains milk fats and sugar, which are high in calories. The nutritional champion is the classic ice-cream sundae. In second place is ice cream with fillings: jam, marmalade, caramel, nuts, chocolate or waffle crumbs. Least of all calories contain granite and popsicles, which do not include cream, milk, butter. However, such desserts have their pitfalls - an increased dose of sugar that does not contribute to weight loss.
Dieters often make the mistake of buying diabetic sweets. However, such products do not at all help to lose weight, their calorie content is not at all lower than that of the usual delicacies. In recipes for diabetics, sugar is replaced by other safe sweeteners: fructose, xylitol, stevia. The glycemic index of such products is low, but industrial ice cream contains not only sweet ingredients, but also rapidly absorbing fats that interfere with weight loss.
The best way out is to make your own ice cream. This will allow you to change the proportions of ingredients to taste, replace sugar with lighter sweeteners, and increase the amount of fruit. In addition, the homemade treat does not contain artificial colors, flavors, thickeners and other not very useful additives. It's easy to master the art of making ice cream, it's better to start with elementary recipes, gradually mastering more complex options.
Sugar-Free Popsicles: Step-by-Step Preparation
A healthy and delicious dessert based on low-fat sour cream and fruit puree contains only 248 kcal per 100 g serving. In order not to gain weight, it is permissible to indulge yourself with a couple of servings of ice cream a week. For a change, you can use various seasonal fruits and berries: strawberries, currants, peaches, apricots, melons, bananas. The fruits should be ripe, with a sweet and juicy pulp - the ice cream will be tastier.
Ingredients:
- 100 g fruit puree;
- 50 g low-fat sour cream;
- 5 g of gelatin in powder or granules;
- 100 ml of water;
- Stevia syrup to taste
- fresh mint leaves for decoration.
Soak gelatin in cold boiled water. When it swells, heat the mixture on the stove, stirring until the granules are completely dissolved. Remove the gelatinous mass from heat and cool.
Peel and chop the fruits in a blender. Beat the sour cream into a fluffy mass using a mixer, combine with fruit puree. If sour fruits were used, add stevia syrup that is harmless to the figure. To stir thoroughly.
Pour in the cooled and strained gelatin through cheesecloth. Pour the mixture into bowls, refrigerate. When the mixture has hardened, garnish with fresh mint leaves and serve.
Yoghurt ice cream: a pleasure for losing weight
Delicate yogurt-based dessert will appeal not only to girls who are forced to sit on a diet. Such a delicacy can be offered to children, as well as people suffering from diabetes. An important condition is that the portion should not be too large, otherwise the dessert will damage the figure. A sweetener is included, but it's easy to skip it by adding some sweet fruits like raspberries, blackberries, bananas, pears or peaches. An alternative is to make unsweetened ice cream and serve it with a spoonful of jam or fructose jelly.
Ingredients:
- 50 ml low-fat yogurt without additives;
- 10 g of high-quality butter;
- 3 egg yolks;
- stevia syrup or other low-calorie sweetener;
- fruit (optional).
Beat the yolks with a mixer, add yogurt and butter. Continue whisking until the mixture is fluffy and completely homogeneous. Heat it in a water bath until it thickens, stirring constantly, remove from the stove and cool. Add sweetener and finely chopped peeled fruit.
Pour the mixture into a container and place in the freezer. The contents are stirred every hour so that the ice cream gets the desired consistency. Dessert will be ready in 5-6 hours. Before serving, arrange it in chilled bowls, garnish with fresh fruit or confiture.
Black coffee granite: a step by step recipe
On the festive table you can serve an original dessert - granita based on freshly brewed coffee. This delicacy does not contain milk fats and the amount of sugar is low. You can refuse rum, but it is he who gives the delicacy an unusual spicy taste and delicate aroma.
Ingredients:
- 600 ml strong coffee;
- 100 g sugar;
- 2 tbsp. l. dark rum or coffee liqueur;
- whipped cream for garnish;
- several slices of dark chocolate.
Boil strong black coffee, cool, strain, mix with sugar and rum. Pour the mixture into a wide plastic or ceramic container and place in the freezer. When the mass hardens, break it with a fork and freeze it again. Repeat the procedure twice.
Arrange the coffee snow in chilled bowls, garnish each portion with a spoonful of whipped cream and sprinkle with finely grated dark chocolate without sugar. Serve immediately. Granite can also be made from freshly squeezed juice: orange, raspberry, grapefruit, strawberry. An interesting option for a celebration is a delicacy made from red or white wine.
