South Beach Diet Dessert
Friday, April 4th, 2008
I haven’t been on the South Beach diet long, but I have already begun to take advantage of some of the recipes offered in the back of the book (along with meal plans). I have a hard time with my sweet tooth (among other things) so when I saw you could have dessert even on the strictest phase…
Well…
All the desserts in Phase One involve ricotta cheese, but that’s not too bad. I’ve found that the lemon and lime desserts didn’t have enough flavor for me to feel like I was truly having any sort of ‘dessert’. However, I am someone who likes coffee and I love the mocha ricotta crème.
As you can probably find the recipe all over the internet already, I don’t think it’s a bad thing if I share…
Mocha Ricotta Crème
110g (4 oz) low-fat ricotta cheese
½ teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 sachet sugar substitute
Dash instant espresso powder
5 mini chocolate chips
Mix together the ricotta, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, and sugar substitute in a dessert bowl. Serve chilled with a dusting of espresso powder and sprinkle with the mini chocolate chips.
Personally, I skip the sugar substitute and the mini chocolate chips as well. The first because I don’t do sugar substitutes and the second because I didn’t have any mini chocolate chips (or regular, for that matter) in the house. I also add in some slivered almonds.
This little dish satisfies my taste for coffee and my ‘need’ to be a little ‘naughty’ and have dessert.
Mind you, it’s not sweet and doesn’t taste like chocolate, but out of all the recipes there, this is the one I prefer.
