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We’ve talked about all of the essential menu items for the South Beach Diet. It’s time to talk about the little bit extra, dessert. This chapter will provide you with essential recipes that will leave you feeling satisfied and guilt-free all at the same time. It’s not a good idea to eat these recipes often, but they will adhere to the servings that you’re allotted throughout the day while you’re on the South Beach Diet. This being the case, you can easily meet your daily diet requirements without feeling guilty at all.
South Beach Diet Dessert Recipe 1: Seed and Nut Granola
Directions for Seed and Nut Granola:
Start by preheating your oven to 200 degrees. Put all of the nuts into a food processor, and pulse until they’re coarse. Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat. Once the butter is heated, mix in the cocoa powder, the cinnamon, and the vanilla. Stir until blended. Remove the nuts from the food processor and into a bowl. Pour your chocolate substance over the nuts. Then, add the sunflower seeds and the salt. Stir all of this together so that everything is coated nicely. Put this mixture onto a baking sheet, and cover with foil. Make sure that the mixture is spread evenly. Bake this recipe for four hours.
Nutritional Information Per ¼ Cup of Seed and Nut Granola
Calories |
162 |
Total Fat |
10.5 grams |
Protein |
10.7 grams |
Carbohydrates |
8.9 grams |
South Beach Diet Dessert Recipe 2: Peanut Butter Cookies
Directions for Peanut Butter Cookies
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Crack your egg into a mixing bowl, and then combine the peanut butter and the stevia into the egg. Mix well. The consistency should be thick because of the peanut butter but also softened because of the egg. Using your hands, make half-inch rounds of peanut butter balls and place them onto a baking sheet. If you’d like, you can also dip your fork into the Stevia and then press onto the face of the cookie. This will give the cookies lines.
Nutritional Information Per 1 Peanut Butter Cookie
Calories |
69 |
Total Fat |
4.5 grams |
Protein |
2.3 grams |
Carbohydrates |
6.6 grams |
South Beach Diet Dessert Recipe 3: Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Directions for the Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Preheat your oven to 275 degrees. Once the oven has finished preheating, bake the walnuts for about ten minutes. They should be tinged with brown. While you’re waiting for the walnuts to finish cooking, place your sesame seeds on low heat on a skillet. The seeds will need about five minutes in order to become golden brown. Once both the walnuts and the sesame seeds have cooled, mix together in a bowl. Meanwhile, heat your chocolate and half-and-half in a saucepan over low heat. Whisk together the chocolate and the half-and-half until the chocolate is completely melted. This should take about three minutes. Next, line a baking sheet with wax paper. Take your rinsed strawberries and dip them into the chocolate. Afterward, dip them into the nut and seed mixture. Place this baking sheet into the refrigerator for about fifteen minutes before consuming.
Nutritional Information Per 1 Chocolate Strawberry
Calories |
90 |
Total Fat |
7 grams |
Protein |
2 grams |
Carbohydrates |
8 grams |
South Beach Diet Dessert Recipe 4: Blueberry and Peach Parfait
Directions for Blueberry and Peach Parfait
Make sure that both the blueberries and the peach are clean prior to starting the recipe. If you can’t seem to get remove the skin from the peach, it might be a good idea to put the peach into boiling water for a couple of seconds prior to trying to peel it. In either a parfait glass or a drinking glass, take the blueberries and place 1/8 of them into the bottom of the glass. Next, layer 2 ounces of the yogurt into the glass, and finally a third of the peach chunks. Repeat these steps twice more. Once you’ve finished layering your dessert, enjoy.
Nutritional Information Per 1 Yogurt Parfait
Calories |
292.3 |
Total Fat |
8.8 grams |
Protein |
16.7 grams |
Carbohydrates |
20.2 grams |
South Beach Diet Dessert Recipe 5: Gluten-Free Apple Cranberry Crisp
Directions for Gluten-Free Apple Cranberry Crisp
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. While it’s heating, spray a 9 by 9 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. To make the topping for your crisp, the first step is to mix the oatmeal, the almond flour, and the stevia together in a bowl. Next, melt your coconut oil, and the butter and mix this into the crumble mixture that you’ve created with the oatmeal, almond flour, and stevia. Next, add the vanilla and mix more. Cut your apples so that the peel is still intact. Mix the apple slices, the stevia, the cinnamon and the cranberries together. Spread all of this into the baking pan. Once that’s been done, spread your crisp topping on top of the fruit. Bake for between thirty-five to forty minutes. The crisp that’s on the top should be starting to brown. This is how you’ll know that it’s finished. Cut into three rows, so that there are nine slices total.
Nutritional Information Per 1 Slice of Apple Cranberry Crisp
Calories |
150 |
Total Fat |
2.5 grams |
Protein |
1.5 grams |
Carbohydrates |
10.4 grams |
South Beach Diet Dessert Recipe 6: Slender Peanut Butter Cup
Directions for Slender Peanut Butter Cup
Place your Fudgsicle into a bowl, and then place the bowl into the microwave for about ten seconds. If your microwave is bad, you may have to heat the popsicle for twenty seconds instead of ten. Next, discard the stick of the popsicle. Next, add the peanut butter and the Cool Whip. Mix everything together. Grab your muffin tins and place this chocolate peanut butter mixture into the tins. Place in the freezer for about twenty minutes before devouring.
Nutritional Information Per 1 Peanut Butter Cup
Calories |
80 |
Total Fat |
6 grams |
Protein |
2 grams |
Carbohydrates |
6 grams |
