Sugar-Free Flavor Explosion on Valentine’s Day
February 11, 2010 in Antioxidants, Blog Recipes, Cooking & Baking Hints, Diabetes, Diabetic Menu Item, Mediterranean, Nutrition, Weight Management, Whole Grains by Joyce Bunderson
If you’re trying to move toward a Mediterranean-style of eating, but you still want to make something that say’s “I love you” or “You’re my friend” or “I really care for you” can you do it? Of course you can! I thought that I’d share some healthy, yet delicious ideas for Valentine’s Day.
Raspberries are a fabulous source of nutrients – I won’t take your time here to enumerate them, but take my word, they are a great source of fiber, phytonutrients, vitamins and minerals, no cholesterol, no sodium, essentially no fat – the little that it has is good for you. What I decided to create was something delicious, without getting into an unhealthy processed food.
Since ‘red’ seems to be the color for the holiday, this Raspberry Sauce is perfect. This beautiful dessert (without a single drop of food coloring) made Dr. Grandpa's taste buds go off as though it were the Fourth of July- hey this would be great for that holiday too! Okay, it can work whenever you want something with a flavor explosion. Don't forget you're eating 100% organic whole wheat and the zero-calorie all natural sweetener, Delight
There are many creative ways that you can use your Raspberry Sauce. My suggestion this holiday would be drizzled over hot Almond Apple Cake. Enjoy!
tskeen said on February 11, 2010
That does not look diabetic friendly – bravo! Diabetics, dieters and healthy people in general should love these suggestions let alone a great looking recipe that I need to try!
Joyce Bunderson (Dr. Grandma) said on March 6, 2010
So sorry for the delay in a response, our comments section of the blog has been ‘sick’ for weeks. I think it’s fixed now and I’m happy about that.
I want to make that raspberry sauce again. I liked it on the Almond Apple Cake, but it could have been on lettuce or carrots and I would have liked it. It was VERY good. In addition, I like it when the extraordinarily good tasting foods are also so nourishing, like raspberries. I think I will make it and have it in the fridge to put on ‘something.’ Regarding diabetics, I love it that our sweetener makes a wide range of choices available to dieters and diabetics – and people trying to get their sweets down to the American Heart Association’s new recommendations (women 100 calories/day; men 150 calories/day). The taste and texture of food is one of the real pleasures in life. Don’t you think?
Best wishes for a nice weekend,
Joyce