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Low Fat Summer Dessert Recipes

Low fat summer dessert recipes.
Nectarine and Berry Fruit Salad
A simple fruit salad of nectarines with fresh berries, drizzled with a honey citrus dressing and garnished with chopped mint.
Blueberry Sorbet
Nothing beats a refreshing sorbet on a hot summer's day. This intensely colored blueberry sorbet makes the most of in-season blueberries, but you can substitute frozen blueberries when you want to make this fat-free treat any time of the year.
Low Fat Eton Mess
Eton Mess is a classic English dessert featuring strawberries, whipped cream and meringue. This version replaces the cream with fat-free Greek yogurt, which is naturally thick and creamy. You could use fat-free whipped topping, but the yogurt is healthier.
Summer Berry Tart
Enjoy a delightfully rich yet low-fat summer berry tart using low-fat gingersnaps for the base, softened fat-free cream cheese, and fresh summer berries. This low fat summer berry tart makes a great dessert for a special occasion.
Roasted Peaches
Look no further than your fruit bowl for this simple yet delicious low-fat roasted peaches dessert.
Light Blueberry Crisp
Make the most of plump fresh blueberries in this delicious yet light blueberry crisp for a delightful summer dessert. Enjoy this light blueberry crisp with a low-fat custard sauce, some frozen vanilla yogurt or a dollop of fat-free whipped topping.
Low Fat Orange Creamsicles
These low fat orange creamsicles explode with orange-y goodness. I use calcium-fortified orange juice to give these citrus delights an extra nutritional boost.
Purple Popsicles
These intensely purple popsicles are a fruit- and yogurt-filled delight. Best of all, they're practically fat-free.
Raspberry Popsicles
Enjoy a healthy and delicious frozen treat with these low fat raspberry popsicles, made with fresh raspberries and low-fat buttermilk.
Strawberry Yogurt Popsicles
Enjoy a healthy and delicious frozen treat made from fresh strawberries and fat-free yogurt. These low fat strawberry popsicles make a wonderful post-barbecue treat.
Easy Low Fat Vanilla Pudding
A quick and easy low fat vanilla pudding made with nonfat milk. Top this low fat sweet treat with your favorite berries.
Low Fat Summer Desserts - A Photo Gallery
A photo collection of low-fat summer desserts, with links to recipes.
Low Fat Vanilla Fruit Pudding
A simple low-fat vanilla fruit pudding that takes only minutes to put together.
Broiled Nectarines with Brown Sugar and Sour Cream
A simple and delicious summer dessert of broiled nectarines sprinkled with brown sugar and drizzled with balsamic vinegar, with sweetened fat-free sour cream on top.
Summer Parfaits
A quick and easy summer dessert featuring vanilla pudding, fresh summer berries and fat-free whipped topping
Low Fat Cherry Turnovers
Phyllo dough is used to make these delicious low fat cherry turnovers, which are buttery-tasting and wonderfully flaky.
Easy Cherry Pie Filling
Use fresh or frozen dark, sweet cherries for this easy, naturally low-fat cherry pie filling.
Low Fat Key Lime Bars
These low fat key lime bars make a tangy and creamy treat.
Strawberry-Rhubarb Parfaits
A very low fat dessert featuring a fresh strawberry-rhubarb compote, vanilla pudding and fat-free whipped topping.
Low Fat Strawberry-Rhubarb Shortcake
A very low fat dessert using slices of angel food cake, strawberry-rhubarb compote and fat-free whipped topping.
Angel Food Dessert
A luscious, light dessert featuring angel food cake, fat-free whipped topping and fresh strawberries. Perfect for Easter, Mother's Day or July 4th.
Strawberry-Rhubarb Compote
Strawberries and rhubarb complement each other nicely in this sweet yet tart fruit sauce. Use in parfaits, over angel food cake, and with pancakes or waffles.
Lemon-Blackberry Parfaits
A super-easy dessert featuring lemon pudding, fresh blacberries and fat-free whipped topping.
Fat-Free Strawberry Pavlova
How could a dessert this luscious be fat free? This Strawberry Pavlova is topped with fat-free whipped topping and fresh strawberries. Heavenly, indeed!
Low Fat Berry Delight
This low fat berry delight is an almost fat-free fruity dessert that's unbelievably creamy.
Low Fat Meringue Nests with Strawberries
Individual meringues topped with fat-free or lite whipped topping and sliced strawberries. Perfect for Valentine's Day or as a summertime treat.
Low Fat Carrot Cake
This moist low fat carrot cake, with its light cream cheese frosting, makes a great guilt-free dessert.
Lemon Granita
This zesty lemon granita makes a refreshing dessert. Best of all, it's fat free.
Low Fat Berry Pavlova
A heavenly low fat dessert featuring fresh summer berries on a cloud of whipped topping and meringue.
Low Fat Lemon Bars
Sweet yet tart, these low fat lemon bars are a luscious treat. Next to chocolate, these make a perfect sweet indulgence, only with less fat and fewer calories.
Low Fat Lemon Pudding Pie
Low Fat lemon pudding pie is so simple to make, especially if you use a store-bought reduced-fat pie crust.
Strawberry Shortcake
Whether you serve this for Valentine's Day or as a sweet summertime treat, this low fat strawberry shortcake is sure to please.
Summer Fruit Salad
A colorful and delicious mix of strawberries, mangoes, nectarines, blueberries, kiwifruit, with a little orange and lemon juice drizzled over.
Melon Berry Medley
A simple, colorful fruit salad featuring canteloupe melon, raspberries and blueberries.
Fruity Chocolate Chip Bars
This fruity chocolate chip bars are a guilty pleasure with a fraction of the fat of most cookies and bars. These bars make a delicious holiday treat or gift from your kitchen.
Low Fat Summer Cheesecake
Indulge a little in this rich, low fat cheesecake topped with summer berries.
Low Fat Peach Tarts
Low fat peach tarts made with phyllo dough make for a sweet, crispy, flaky treat.
Berry Sorbet
Make the most of plump summer berries with this refreshing berry sorbet, which makes a perfect, virtually fat-free summer dessert.
Balsamic Strawberries
A perfect summer treat: fresh, ripe strawberries, a little sugar and aged balsamic vinegar,
Tropical Fruit Salad
A refreshing tropical fruit salad featuring fresh pineapple, mango, canteloupe, kiwifruit and orange.
Low Fat Lemon Blueberry Loaf
A low fat lemon blueberry loaf that's perfect for a mid-morning snack or afternoon tea.
Blueberry Yogurt Popsicles
These low-fat blueberry yogurt popsicles are a great way to use fresh blueberries. Combine them with nonfat milk and low-fat yogurt to make a fun yet nutritious summertime treat. They're perfect for the kids who say they hate fruit or who won't drink milk.
Mini Cheesecakes
These low fat mini cheesecakes are an example of being able to have your cake and eat it too. Cheesecake is hardly a low-fat food, so with a few ingredient substitutions and the use of a muffin pan, here are some delightful mini cheesecakes.
Orange Cream Pie
This orange cream pie is light and creamy dessert that slices like a pie only without a crust, which is often the main source of fat.
Quick and Easy Strawberry Shortcake
What could be simpler than buying some angel food cake, a pack of strawberries and some fat-free whipped topping? Yet together, they make an elegant-looking low fat dessert fit for any occasion.
Low Fat Peach Berry Dessert
A creamy low-fat summer dessert made with raspberry gelatin, fat-free cream chese, low-fat cottage cheese, fat-free whipped topping, and canned peaches. Simple and delicious.

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