Light sweets are an essential tool to be able to stay on a diet for a long time. We have to add in its elements that cause us pleasure.

Gourmet people know that sugar is our worst enemy in the long term. However, it is a great companion in any immediate circumstance.

Whether we are sad, tired or angry, sugar gives us the relief we need.

This conflict leads us to look for solutions that satisfy our desire for glucose, that sweet taste, but that harm us as little as possible.

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

The truth is that yes. To facilitate the search for them, we wanted to bring you some examples of the tastiest and healthiest.

Do you want to continue with us? Do not be scared, the recipes are easy to make and they just require time.

Meet these 3 light sweets

1.Sponge cake without flour

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

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

Ingredients

• 1 yogurt of your preferred flavor skimmed
• 1 glass (150 gr) of wheat bran
• ½ tablespoon of sunflower oil (7 g)
• 2 eggs
• ½ envelope of yeast (8 g)
• 3 tablespoons of liquid sweetener (30 ml)
• 7 ½ tablespoons of brewer's yeast (75 g)
• Grated lemon (to taste)

Preparation

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

2.Cheesecake with strawberries

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

This makes them the ideal complement to any healthy diet.

Consequently, if you have nothing prepared and you want something sweet, you can resort to them whenever you want without any problem. With a little bit of sweetener, they are exquisite.

Ingredients

• ½ cup of cheese spread 0% fat (100 g)
• 1 cup of yogurt (200 g)
• 1 egg
• ½ cup of skimmed milk (125 ml)
• 2 tablespoons of cornstarch (20 g)
• 3 tablespoons of liquid sweetener (30 ml)
• Strawberries (to taste)

Preparation

• Preheat the oven to 200 ºC.
• Mix the cheese, yogurt, and milk in a container suitable for the oven.
• Add the starch and the sweetener.
• Put the cake in the oven for 30 minutes.
• Chop the strawberries.
• Remove the cake, unmold it and cover the cake with the fruit.
• Put it to cool in the fridge until it is time to serve it.

3.Cranberry Muffins

As in the previous case, blueberries and all red fruits are elements that we must take into account whenever we want to sweeten life, without getting fat.

In addition, we add the sponginess so characteristic of muffins.

While this is an option that is not convenient to abuse, ideal moments where we feel we deserve a tribute.

Ingredients

• Half a cup of pastry flour (100 g)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder (5 g)
• Grated lemon (to taste)
• Cranberries (to taste)
• ½ cup of sunflower oil (100 g)
• 3 eggs
• 1 tablespoon of honey (25 g)

Preparation

• Preheat the oven to 200 ºC.
• Chop the cranberries into very small pieces.
• In a large bowl, mix the sweetener and the oil.
• Add the eggs one by one and keep beating.
• When you have a homogeneous mixture, add honey, lemon zest, and blueberries.
• Sift the flour and baking powder to add them to the preparation.
• Work the mixture until you get a good dough.
• Put a little oil in the molds.
• Enter the mass in them.
• Keep the sweets light 30 minutes in the oven.

It is desirable that we introduce these solutions into our diet at least once every two weeks.

Otherwise, we will have the feeling that we are giving up pleasure. When we have this impression, we choose to eat something more harmful or to abandon discipline.