About 9 nights out of 10, we cap off a good meal and a long
day at work with a sweet little something. All the health research and all of
my health magazines continually suggest that dessert should be a once-in-awhile
treat, and that reducing animal-based fats and sugar intake is critical for long-term
health. While I certainly heed these warnings and do resist sugar and treats
throughout the day, I’ll be totally honest in saying that my sugary little
night cap probably isn’t going anywhere.
But while I am in no hurry to change our nightly ritual, I
have changed what we consume for dessert. The rule, just like everything else
we eat, is that it must be real food. Sounds easy enough, right? Well, it’s
not.
Thankfully, there are a couple alternatives we’ve found that
satisfy our “must be food” criteria and our taste buds:
Kirkland’s Premium Vanilla Ice Cream (Costco brand).
Suggested to me by my mother in law, this is the richest and creamiest ice
cream I’ve ever bought from the store, and it only has about five ingredients.
In fact, it’s so good that it has completely ruined all other store bought ice
cream for me, which worked out to be a pretty good little bonus for resisting
temptation.
Kozy Shack Rice Pudding. Found in any grocery store and
frequently on sale (Publix often has them buy one, get one), the five or so
ingredients are all completely natural. Note that it’s just the rice pudding
varieties that are good. The other pudding varieties without rice use far more
ingredients, some of which are not natural.
Of course, the easiest way to avoid eating chemical-laden
dessert is to make your own, which we do on occasion. But for a quick dessert
fix, these are some great store-bought alternatives.
What’s your favorite all natural, real food dessert?

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