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    5 winter fruit desserts in 15 minutes or less!

    By | Shine Food – Thu, Dec 18, 2008 5:13 PM EST

    With holiday cookies and treats around every turn, my sweet tooth is out of control during the holidays. So to satisfy it without consuming unhealthy junk food and calorie-laden sweets, I try to have a vitamin- and fiber-packed fruit dessert every night after dinner.

    These 15-minute fruit desserts are not only fast but they're also a delicious way to eat more antioxidant-rich fruit (when cookies are tempting!).

    Satisfy that chocolate craving with Chocolate & Banana. A drizzle of melted chocolate chips over banana slices makes an easy treat.

    Chocolate & Banana

    1 tablespoon semisweet chocolate chips
    1/2 banana, thinly sliced
    1 tablespoon nonfat vanilla yogurt
    Melt chocolate chips in a small bowl in the microwave. Top banana slices with the chocolate and yogurt.

    Makes 1 serving.

    NUTRITION INFORMATION: Per serving: 117 calories; 3 g fat (2 g sat, 0 g mono); 0 mg cholesterol; 23 g carbohydrate; 2 g protein; 2 g fiber; 14 mg sodium; 277 mg potassium.

    By Michelle Edelbaum

    Michelle is the associate editor of interactive for EatingWell Media Group. In between editing and writing, she enjoys sampling the tasty results of the easy, healthy recipes that the EatingWell Test Kitchen cooks are working on.



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