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Almond Snow Cookie Recipe: A naturally healthy "superfood", almonds have been shown to lower cholesterol. This Almond Snow Cookie recipe uses reduced-calorie margarine and whole wheat flour to make a delicious diabetic cookie.; View Recipe

Apple Pie Recipe: Here is all the delicious sweet, tart flavor of all-American apple pie without all the fat and calories. This single-crust pie is filled with apples and cinnamon and brushed with a light glaze.; View Recipe

Baked Pear Dessert Recipe: An alternative to fat-laden apple pie recipes, this decadent dessert is heart healthy, containing almost no sodium and just one gram of saturated fat.; View Recipe

Banana Cream Pie Recipe: A low fat ready made crust makes this delicious dessert quick and easy. This pie is so creamy no one will ever guess it's low fat and under 200 calories a slice.; View Recipe

Blackberry Crisp Recipe: Here's a scrumptious blackberry dessert that delivers all the warming flavors of an old-fashioned crisp without the butter-laden calories. If you can't find blackberries, raspberries work great too.; View Recipe

Blueberry Almond Scones Recipe: The blueberries add sweetness while the almonds add crunch to these low fat classic scones. Try these for breakfast, dessert or even with your afternoon tea.; View Recipe

Blueberry and Peach Crisp Recipe: Combine blueberries and ripe peaches to create this easy, healthy and cholesterol free dessert. Freshen up the dessert each time you make it by adding different berries to this classic dessert recipe.; View Recipe

Blueberry Cantaloupe Yogurt Parfait Recipe: Here is a low calorie parfait recipe packed with super foods. It is so versatile that it can be served for breakfast, a snack or dessert.; View Recipe

Blueberry Lattice Pie Recipe: By changing butter to trans fat free margarine, using whole wheat flour and reducing the amount of sugar used in the filling, this delicious blueberry lattice pie is not only pretty, it's heart healthy too.; View Recipe

Cantaloupe Campari Sorbet Recipe: Try this light recipe for fruity sorbet. It is a fat free, delicious alternative to ice cream; View Recipe

Caramel Popcorn Recipe: Head out to the ball game with this healthy caramel popcorn. Popcorn, nuts, raisins and honey make a low fat sweet treat that's so tasty you'll never want to buy boxed caramel popcorn again.; View Recipe

Chocolate Almond Biscotti Recipe: Biscotti are crisp Italian cookies that are perfect with afternoon tea or coffee. Dark chocolate chips and almonds make them good for your heart too.; View Recipe

Chocolate Bananas Recipe: Perfect for a summer party, these cool treats pair that terrific chocolate and banana combo. It's a quick, easy dessert everyone will love. Make sure you keep them chilled until you're ready to serve.; View Recipe

Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe: These chocolate chip cookies look and taste just like Grandma's, but have less calories and less fat. Serve with skim milk.; View Recipe

Chocolate Covered Strawberries Recipe: Indulge in these delicious chocolate covered strawberries. This healthy dessert has less than 90 calories per serving. Use dark chocolate for an extra antioxidant boost.; View Recipe

Chocolate Mocha Cake Recipe: This chocolate coffee cake is a perfect birthday treat. While the ganache on top looks decadent, this is a diabetic recipe, and heart healthy, too. Feel free to indulge.; View Recipe

Chocolate Mousse Recipe: This delicious chocolate mousse rivals traditionally high fat recipes. It replaces egg yolks and whipping cream with silky tofu which is packed with heart healthy soy protein.; View Recipe

Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars Recipe: Wow your kids with these delicious peanut butter bars. They are healthier than traditional brownies and the dark chocolate chips are good for you.; View Recipe

Chocolate Raspberry Shortcake Recipe: No one will know this decadent dessert recipe-rich chocolate shortcake filled with a fresh raspberry sauce-has less than 150 calories per serving. It's romantic, delicious and low calorie.; View Recipe

Chocolate Sorbet Recipe: This creamy chocolate sorbet tastes too rich to be healthy, but the dark chocolate makes it good for you. Serve this low fat dessert with homemade raspberry sauce.; View Recipe

Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake Recipe: A Delicious dessert perfect for any occasion!; View Recipe

Easy Crepes with Raspberry Sauce Recipe: These crepes are simple, healthy and delicious. Serve them with this fresh raspberry sauce you can make in minutes.; View Recipe

Fast Fruit Salad Recipe: When you crave something sweet, try this easy fruit salad that is loaded with vitamin C and antioxidants. This low calorie fruit salad can double as a quick, healthy snack or yogurt topping.; View Recipe

Fat Free Green Tea Smoothie Recipe: Green tea contains powerful antioxidants that reduce the risk of some cancer and lower cholesterol. This quick smoothie recipe adds bananas for potassium and peach yogurt to give it a velvety feel.; View Recipe

Frozen Yogurt Fruit Pops Recipe: This is a fantastic low fat, low calorie recipe that is great for a dessert or snack. Frozen yogurt fruit pops are easy to make. Just mix the yogurt, apple juice and blueberries together and freeze.; View Recipe

Fruit Kebab with Yogurt Dip: Get your kids excited about fruit with these fun, easy fruit kebabs and tasty yogurt dip. Cinnamon and honey are the secret ingredients in this yummy fat free treat.; View Recipe

Gingerbread Cookies Recipe: An easy Christmas cookie recipe with just the right amount of nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger, these cookies are sure to be a runaway favorite.; View Recipe

Grilled Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich Recipe: When you need a healthy after school snack or lunch sandwich, try a heart healthy natural peanut butter and banana panini. It's a treat kids love.; View Recipe

Grilled Pineapple Recipe: Grilling recipes aren't just for burgers. You can top off your burger cookout with a tropical treat that's a perfect side dish or dessert for summer: grilled pineapple with a touch of honey.; View Recipe

Guilt Free Holiday Nog Recipe: A delicious alternative to the traditional holiday treat.; View Recipe

Healthy Banana Muffins Recipe: Try this healthy version of delicious banana muffins for breakfast or for an after school snack. Use very ripe (almost black) bananas because they get sweeter as they ripen.; View Recipe

Healthy French Toast Recipe: This healthy French toast is lower in carbs than a traditional version because it has reduced-carb whole wheat bread and is topped with sugar-free syrup instead of powdered sugar.; View Recipe

Healthy Trail Mix Recipe: You and your kids will fight over this scrumptious trail mix packed with sweet raisins, crunchy pretzels and peanuts and healthy dark chocolate chips. Make it ahead of time so you can grab and go.; View Recipe

Ice Cream Sandwiches Recipe: These chocolate meringue ice cream sandwiches are light, sweet and super low calorie. We use raspberry sorbet for the filling, but frozen yogurt tastes great too. This is an easy make-ahead recipe.; View Recipe

Lemon Raspberry Tartlets Recipe: Here's a fast, easy dessert that will impress your guests and won't go straight to your thighs. For less than 100 calories, you can enjoy three of these pretty raspberry tartlets guilt-free.; View Recipe

Low Fat Berry Cheese Cake Recipe: This delicious low fat dessert has a secret: It's not cheese cake at all. Whipped tofu replaces the heavy cream cheese, but thanks to fresh seasonal berries, your taste buds won't know the difference.; View Recipe

Low Fat Brownies Recipe: Use store-bought brownie mix, but instead of eggs and oil, use egg whites and yogurt. This delicious brownie recipe makes easy chocolate brownies with less fat and calories.; View Recipe

Low Fat Chocolate Cake Recipe: A dessert with the words "low fat" and "chocolate" together does exist. Try this chocolate cake recipe that is both low in fat and cholesterol.; View Recipe

Low Fat Hot Chocolate Recipe: This hot chocolate is quick and easy to prepare on a cold winter afternoon or as a light after dinner dessert. It is smooth and has a full flavored chocolate taste yet low in fat and high in calcium.; View Recipe

Low Fat Strawberry Shortcake Parfait Recipe: Here's a new twist on an old-fashioned parfait favorite. This low-fat strawberry shortcake parfait is full of vitamin C and contains a yummy custard of thick yogurt. Each serving has 1 gram of fat.; View Recipe

Mango Nut Cake Recipe: Here's a healthy tropical cake that will please the whole family.; View Recipe

Meringue Cookies Video: These festive fat-free cookies dress up your dessert tray, and they're good for you. A sweet treat that everyone can eat, these diabetic cookies are gluten free, too.; View Recipe

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe: Try this healthy oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe the next time you need to whip up a batch of cookies but don't want all the calories that go with them.; View Recipe

Peanut Butter Blossoms Cookie Recipe: These Christmas cookies combine peanut butter and dark chocolate with whole wheat flour to create a cookie that won't fill you with holiday guilt.; View Recipe

Peanut Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe: You can have 1 traditional Toll House® cookie for 130 calories or have 3 of these airy chocolate chip cookies for the same amount of calories ... Low fat, low calorie, but still sweet and delicious.; View Recipe

Pumpkin Bread Recipe: The flavors of fall come together in this moist, delicious healthy recipe for pumpkin bread. Wrap individual slices for a quick on-the-go breakfast or snack.; View Recipe

Pumpkin Pie Recipe: The secret to this light pumpkin pie recipe involves egg whites, skim milk and reduced fat cream cheese. Spice it up with cinnamon and nutmeg for a homemade taste that has fewer carbs and cholesterol.; View Recipe

Quick Apple Dumplings Recipe: These sweet and crunchy apple dumplings taste like rich apple pie without the sugar, calories or fat! Serve them at your next brunch or as a scrumptious dessert.; View Recipe

Rich Chocolate Pie Recipe: Serve this luscious chocolate pie to your chocoholic friends. This creamy pie is made with antioxidant rich cocoa, tofu and soy milk both high in heart healthy soy protein.; View Recipe

Sesame Banana Nut Bread Recipe: For breakfast or dessert, served warm or cool, this banana bread is sure to please.; View Recipe

Simple Crepes Recipe: Try these simple, healthy and delicious, whole wheat crepes that you can make in minutes. Serve them filled with fresh berries, low-fat cheese or dark chocolate as an appetizer, snack or dessert.; View Recipe

Smart Brownies Recipe: These delicious brownies use whole wheat flour instead of refined all purpose flour and egg whites instead of regular eggs. If they come out too dry, try bumping up the amount of olive oil.; View Recipe

Strawberry Blintzes Recipe: Blintzes or Blinis are made with delicate, pancake-like crepes that are filled with cottage cheese and then topped with fruit. Each sweet serving has less than 150 calories.; View Recipe

Strawberry Cake Recipe: This strawberry cake is light and moist. A pretty pink cream cheese frosting gives it an extra sweet touch. Garnish each piece with some sliced strawberries.; View Recipe

Strawberry Cupcakes Recipe: These cupcakes bake up light and fluffy, and the antioxidant-rich berries make a decadent, sweet topping that is low fat.; View Recipe

Strawberry Wine Soup Recipe: This refreshing, chilled soup can be served as a light dessert or as a sweet appetizer. Try this original strawberry wine soup at your next brunch.; View Recipe

Vanilla Pound Cake Recipe: This healthy pound cake uses less sugar, light cream cheese and some egg whites instead of eggs. This pound cake is low in fat, cholesterol and sodium. It tastes great with fruit as a topping.; View Recipe