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Partner content: Treats to Satisfy the Craving for Sweets

Partner content: Treats to Satisfy the Craving for Sweets

You need a sweet treat but don't want to add too many calories or carbohydrates/sugar to your meals ...what can you do?

Here are 10 ideas to satisfy that craving without going overboard and that contain nutrients that will contribute to health more so than just having candy or a pastry: 

• Wash and freeze seedless grapes.

• Enjoy a serving of raisins or prunes.

• Have plain Greek yogurt with a drizzle of honey.

• Have a small scoop of cottage cheese with some fresh or canned fruit.

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• Sip on hot or iced herbal tea sweetened with honey or a non-caloric sweetener.

• Pour yourself a small bowl of cereal and have it dry as a snack or with milk or soy milk. (Pick one with less than 5 grams of added sugar and more than 3 grams of fiber.)

• Have some fresh blueberries, strawberries, raspberries or blackberries.

• Buy medjool dates, cut lengthwise to remove the pit and stuff with peanut or almond butter.

• Take a whole ripe banana, coat it with peanut or almond butter and then roll it in grated coconut. Cut into pieces and freeze for a snack.

• Make trail mix with raisins, cereal and pretzels and divide up into ½ cup servings.

Leah McGrath, RDN, LDN

Ingles Markets Corporate Dietitian

facebook.com/LeahMcgrathDietitian

800-334-4936

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