Have Your Cake and Eat it Too
You can indulge without guilt! Enjoy delicious desserts, perfect pastries, cookies and cakes, breads and bakes as part of a healthy lifestyle. Who says you can’t have it all?The third title from Sally Bee.Busy mum, home cook and heart-attack survivor Sally Bee knows better than anyone how to incorporate healthy eating into a busy lifestyle with her gorgeous, flavoursome and balanced recipes. In her new book, Have Your Cake and Eat it Too, Sally turns her attention to the sweet things in life to show that you don’t have to give up your favourite treats to maintain a healthy lifestyle or slimmer waistline. In fact, Sally claims that depriving yourself of these little pleasures makes it harder to stick to a nutritious and balanced diet long term.Sally shows how to make your favourite treats a little less naughty with healthier versions of much loved puddings, bakes, cakes and desserts. You can rest assured that they won’t be as sinful as they taste; a sensible attitude and a bit of creative cooking is all that’s needed to spoil yourself the healthier way.Sally also shares her helpful tips, advice and experience to show you how to enjoy little luxuries sensibly. She also reveals some of her culinary secrets and how to make compensations for 'naughty' ingredients by adding more of the good stuff.At the age of 36 Sally Bee suffered three major heart attacks in a single week. Sally defied all odds and, 5 years on, is glowing with health. She is the ultimate endorsement for living a sustainable healthy life, and is living proof that her recipes work.Recipes Include…Hot Choccy SouffléRaspberry MuffinsLow-fat Zesty Lemon ButtercreamPineapple, Raspberry and Amaretti ParfaitsChocolate Vanilla MoussePeach and Strawberry SorbetSoda BreadSpicy Apple MuffinsAlmond and Hazelnut GateauGooey Chocolate Orange CookiesCaramelised ApplesAlmond MacaroonsOatmeal Fruit BreadChocolate Pistachio BiscuitsPassionate Pear Crumble
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Dedication
This book is dedicated, as ever to my wonderful little family: Dogan, Tarik, Kazim, Lela and Dad!
It is also dedicated to all my heart patients around the country. I know how tough it is to face the day sometimes when you have a worry about your health. We all know that life is too short and healthy eating is crucial to our wellbeing and survival. We also all appreciate how important a special treat and a celebration is. So, this book, filled with goodies, is for you when you need a little pick-me-up to pick you up! Enjoy, my friends, and stay well xx
Contents
Dedication
Large Cakes
Angel Food Cake with Lemon Icing
Chocolate Cake with Spicy Pears
Fat-free Chocolate Fudge Brownies
Fat-free Strawberry Victoria Sponge
Small Cakes
Gluten-free Chocolate Whoopies
Breads
Rustic Nutty Spring Onion Loaf
Cookies
Gooey Chocolate Orange Cookies
Chocolate-dipped Meringue Fingers
Cool Puds
Lemon Cream Pudding with Blackberries
Low-fat Baked Lemon Cheesecake
Pineapple, Raspberry & Amaretti Parfaits
Hot Desserts
Guilt-free Sticky Toffee Puddings
Tunisian Filo Pastries Stuffed with Dates
Apple Strudel with ‘Cider’ Sauce
Low-fat Hot Bitter Sweet Pudding
Grilled Peaches with Gingernut Topping
Healthy Bread & Butter Pudding
Redcurrant & Peach Sponge Delight
Ices and sorbets
Ginger, Mango & Orange ‘Zorbit’
Peach & Cardamom Frozen Yogurt
Lemon & Lavender Frozen Yogurt
Extras
Quick & Easy Low-fat Creamy Custard
Apple Sauce (Butter Replacement)
Acknowledgments
Copyright
Introduction
Life is too short and time is too precious not to make the most of a heavenly pud! When I thought about writing Have Your Cake And Eat It Too it was a very easy decision to make. You see, although healthy eating for me is a more than a lifestyle choice – it’s actually a life or death choice – I also appreciate how important treats are. Food has to do many jobs for us. It has to satisfy our hunger and it has to give us essential nutrition to help us stay fit, well and strong. But food also needs, sometimes, to support us emotionally. When we are a little low and down in the dumps, a bit of sugar can boost the endorphins and give us a lift. A great meal with friends and family is a treat and shows a kinship; and as food is the glue that holds us all together, finishing a delicious meal off with a heavenly dessert makes us all feel satisfied and worthy of the treat before us.
Having said all that, and keeping in mind our need to stay fit and well, I am always mindful that to enjoy our greatest pleasures guilt-free, sometimes a little tweaking of old favourite recipes is necessary!
In this book I hope I have offered you some perfect, healthier alternatives to some old-fashioned classics and some new ideas to try too. In some of my recipes you will notice that I’ve managed to lose the fat all together; in others I have cut the fat content in half by lessening the quantity or using a low-fat ingredient. In all the recipes, I have followed my general rule of adding as much benefit, nutrition and flavour to my dish as possible. So even though a particular dish may have some fat content, it will be balanced by added nutrition to boost your health. Remember, these aren’t dishes to serve up everyday but they will help you balance your healthy lifestyle and diet with your cravings, desires and that impossible need for a bit of chocolate!
