5 ideas for healthy and inexpensive desserts with only 3 ingredients! Advice from our dietitian

Are you lacking ideas for cooking a healthy and affordable dessert? Alexandra Murcier, dietitian-nutritionist, reveals three very simple and extremely tasty recipes.

When the budget is tight, preparing delicious and creative desserts can be a real challenge. Even more so if the recipe in question contains an extended list of ingredients. Between vanilla, fresh fruit, cream and chocolate, the bill can quickly add up! Fortunately, it is still possible to treat yourself by opting for inexpensive recipes. Explanations.

Ingredients to have in your cupboards

The first tip? Opt for basic baking ingredients to save money; as :

Of flour,
Butter,
Sugar (optional), ideally unrefined (whole cane sugar, coconut blossom sugar, honey, etc.);
Eggs.

This way, you can prepare delicious pound cakes, fruit tarts, crumbles… and other sweet delights at a lower cost.

Another tip: buy these ingredients in large quantities. A tray of 12 eggs is always less expensive than that of 6 eggs (when you calculate the cost per unit). Same thing for the 2 kilo packet of flour versus the 500 gram packet.

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Affordable homemade recipes

To make delicious, healthy and economical desserts, fresh fruit… is a good option.

“Nature provides us with what we need to indulge ourselves, especially when it comes to sweets. Fresh fruits allow the preparation of inexpensive, delicious desserts!”, reveals Alexandra Murcier.

As for sugar, it is preferable to greatly reduce the dosage in recipes.

“The amount of sugar can be reduced by 30 to 50% in recipes, with no change in taste or texture.“, recalls the dietitian.

As for the recipes, they should be simple to prepare. Alexandra Murcier reveals 5 dessert ideas, with only 3 ingredients:

Homemade sorbets: “They can be prepared with frozen fruit and a little honey or sugar, if the fruit is too acidic. This recipe is very simple since you just need to put the fruit in the blender with water, the sweetener, if necessary, then freeze everything. explains Alexandra Murcier.
Applesauce : “You cook apples cut into small pieces as well as cinnamon, added at the end“, recommends the expert.
Chocolate mousse : “My advice ? Choose dark pastry chocolate, less sweet than milk chocolate, to mix once melted with eggs and possibly a little sugar. Then refrigerate the mixture. A quick and delicious recipe!“, says the dietitian.
Apple pie : “Roll out a good quality shortcrust pastry then cover the pastry with golden apples. Then put the tart in the oven. Very simple and effective!”
Eggs with milk : “For this recipe, mix previously heated condensed milk with eggs, then place the mixture in a dish in the oven, th.7 (210°C), for approximately 25 minutes“, advises Alexandra Murcier.