Sugar-Free and Naturally

Sweetened Desserts

Cut processed sugar from your diet with these mouthwatering sugar-free or naturally sweetened desserts. Your way to a healthier life.

We know as a fact that refined sugar is not our best friend. Don’t get me wrong: we all love and need sugar to live, and we cannot totally exclude it from our diet. I personally believe in healthy eating habits rather than in dieting, except of course for medical reasons. I admit it’s easy for me to say as I’m rather petite, but I’m not here to tell you what is right or wrong. In the end, we are all different, with different needs, a different appreciation of our body, etc.

So, rather than cutting all the sugar from your diet, why don’t you try sugar-free and/or naturally sweetened recipes once in a while? Finding alternatives to refined sugar will help you in many different regards: regulate your blood sugar level, reconnect with the true taste of Ingredients, and simply learn how to appreciate less-sweetened recipes on the long run.

Now what’s the difference between sugar-free and naturally sweetened recipes, you may ask? Although there are different definitions, I choose here to decide the following:

• Sugar-free: when a recipe doesn’t use any kind of natural sweetener outside the core recipe Ingredients, usually fruit (rather whole or mashed).

• Naturally sweetened: when a recipe use natural sweetener (as opposed to refined/processed sugar) to enhance the taste of dessert. It can be dates, honey, maple or agave syrup, coconut sugar, etc.

Vegan Apple Tart

(Sugar-Free)

This apple tart is minimalist and all about the apples. Naturally vegan, it is prepared with an unsweetened apple sauce and a rustic whole-wheat crust. A great dessert for any occasion.

Ingredients For the whole wheat pie crust:

• 2 cups (240g) whole-wheat flour