When people start going on a diet, they generally resign themselves to the idea that they can never have things like cookies or cakes again, or at least not until they either a) cheat or b) reach their goal and binge in celebration. This whole idea is not only destructive to your diet because you sabotage yourself through discouragement, but is also wrong. There are ways to make your favourite goodies without piling on the pounds; it's all a matter of juggling your ingredients a little and showing a bit creativity. So with that in mind, here are 7 ways to get the deserts you love without all of the fat.

 Vegetable Oil + Water Instead of Milk
                           
I have a family member who is severely lactose intolerant: no milk, no butter, no icing, no chocolate chips, nothing with milk! But, with a bit of tweaking, she can have brownies that are as good if not better than many store bought or other brownie recipes.

The trick? Use vegetable oil (sunflower or vegetable oil, not just cooking oil) and water instead of milk and use shortening instead of butter. Then use cocoa instead of chocolate chips or baking chocolate. The result is chewy, chocolate brownies without all of the fat from milk and butter. Once you've got that down, you can move onto cakes and cookies!

Egg Whites Instead of Whole Eggs
                           
It takes two egg whites to replace one whole egg and you lose the fatty, cholesterol laden egg yolks altogether.When people start going on a diet, they generally resign themselves to the idea that they can never have things like cookies or cakes again, or at least not until they either a) cheat or b) reach their goal and binge in celebration. This whole idea is not only destructive to your diet because you sabotage yourself through discouragement, but is also wrong.

There are ways to make your favourite goodies without piling on the pounds; it's all a matter of juggling your ingredients a little and showing a bit creativity. So with that in mind, here are 7 ways to get the deserts you love without all of the fat. It's just that easy to cut down on the cholesterol in your favourite baking and no one will be the wiser to it.

Flax Seeds
                           
Flax seeds are some of the easiest foods to add to any recipe and they are incredibly healthy for you as they are packed with antioxidants and fibre. The easiest thing to do is to sprinkle flax seed in your smoothies or in your breakfast cereal, but you can also add it to your baking by reducing the amount of flour used by 1/4 and replacing that with flax seeds. This works particularly well for muffins and breads.

Whole Grain Flour
       
                
While you're at it with the flax seeds, go for broke and replace your bleached white flour with unbleached whole grain flour. When people start going on a diet, they generally resign themselves to the idea that they can never have things like cookies or cakes again, or at least not until they either a) cheat or b) reach their goal and binge in celebration.

This whole idea is not only destructive to your diet because you sabotage yourself through discouragement, but is also wrong. There are ways to make your favourite goodies without piling on the pounds; it's all a matter of juggling your ingredients a little and showing a bit creativity. So with that in mind, here are 7 ways to get the deserts you love without all of the fat.The result will be a nuttier tasting bread and fuller tasting deserts. It can be used for things like gravies and sauces as well, making them a little healthier.

Adding Fruits
                           
Any cake can be made a bit healthier with the addition of fresh fruit. This whole idea is not only destructive to your diet because you sabotage yourself through discouragement, but is also wrong. There are ways to make your favourite goodies without piling on the pounds; it's all a matter of juggling your ingredients a little and showing a bit creativity. Try fresh sliced strawberries on vanilla cake and raspberries on chocolate cakes; even bananas on peanut butter cake! And go easy on the icing; instead put down dabs of real whipped cream and place the fruit on top of them.

Applesauce
                         
You can replace up to one half of the amount of oil called for in a recipe with apple sauce without damaging the texture of your baked goody. Try fresh sliced strawberries on vanilla cake and raspberries on chocolate cakes; even bananas on peanut butter cake! And go easy on the icing; instead put down dabs of real whipped cream and place the fruit on top of them.Applesauce significantly cuts down on the amount of fats you'll be eating and doesn't change the flavour or texture in any meaningful way, so once again, your eaters won't be the wiser for the change.

Fat Free Sour Cream
                         
Fat free sour cream is a godsend for health conscious bakers. It of course can be used to replace full fat sour cream in things like coffee cake, but it can also be used to replace butter. A half cup of sour cream is the equivalent of a full cup of butter. Less butter used means less fat taken in and less money spent on pounds of butter. Keep a carton of sour cream in your fridge and experiment for yourself to find great baked goods without all the fat.
                         
There are lots of ways to enjoy your favourite deserts without killing your waistline; it's all a matter of doing a bit of replacing and letting yourself try deviating from the old recipes a bit. Your weight loss goals will be stronger for it. So have your cake and eat it too!