This recipe uses just one scoop of ice cream and the rest is light and refreshing sorbets, layered with fresh mandarin oranges and light whipped cream. You can play with the ice cream-to-orange ratio to slim this recipe down.
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These bananas are breaded in a zesty orange juice-and-brown-sugar coating, lightly fried in vegetable oil, baked and then topped with light whipped cream. The ingredients list is short but the dessert is amazingly flavorful thanks to the multiple cooking methods.
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If you want tropical flavors in your pies, this recipe is perfect. The filling is so simple: you just blend butter, sugar, eggs, grated coconut, milk, vanilla and baking soda and you get a creamy, sweet filling. If you don’t eat dairy, you can swap in coconut milk, which naturally blends into the filling, and margarine instead of butter.
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Other than the naturally occurring sugar in the dates and the sweetness of the brandy, there’s no added sugar to this recipe. It’s a no-bake, no-cook dessert of fresh oranges, chopped dates, chopped peanuts and a little apricot brandy, which moistens the nuts and the dates.
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If you’re a fan of nutty breads or banana bread, you’ll love this sweet, light bread. Made with sunflower, pumpkin, poppy and sesame seeds, it’s surprisingly nutritious. And we love that non-fat Greek yogurt is the ingredient keeping everything moist. Finally, with whole-wheat flour and coarse bran to make the dough, it isn’t just tasty—it’s healthy.
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Even though the recipe has “candy” in the title, this isn’t your packaged, chemical-pumped candy. These treats are made by blending freshly grated coconut, sugar and water. They come out sweet and slightly crunchy.
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This recipe takes couscous—which is usually in a savory lunch or dinner item—and sweetens it with fruit juice, rose water, cinnamon, pomegranate seeds, almonds and a few other tasty ingredients for a dessert that is fresh, dynamic and light.
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The only sugar in this recipe comes from the dried dates, but these are high in fiber so you digest the sugar in them slowly. The balls are made of almonds, cinnamon, tahini and dates so they’re sticky, nutty and sweet.
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Cool pudding with little soft grains of rice and cinnamon is so refreshing in the summertime. The Moroccan variety sweetens the pudding with orange blossom water and honey for a fresh flavor that comes out much lighter than traditional rice pudding.
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This is one of Morocco’s trademark desserts. It’s so simple but it’s just what you want to eat when it’s hot out. The recipe is essentially fresh-cut oranges, topped with orange juice, orange zest, rose water, sugar and spice mix.
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