Recipe: Skim Milk Granita
Summary: Granita is a type of Italian semi-frozen dessert that is much like water ice. This recipe for skim milk granita is a quick and easy creamy variation. Take a few minutes and make yourself a skim milk granita for times when you are craving ice cream. This creamy granita will satisfy your cravings for ice cream with fewer calories and a lot less fat. For a special treat, you can use different flavored extracts!
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Everyone loves cookies, especially around the holiday season. However, they are one of the least healthy foods that you can eat. All of those refined carbohydrates really help to pack on the pounds and contribute to disease. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could enjoy a cookie or two without having your conscience bug you about it?
The nice thing about homemade baked goods is that they are highly customizable. You are in complete control of what goes, or rather doesn’t go, into them. By making simple adjustments to any recipe, you can achieve a cookie with a certain flavor or texture. You can also make it healthier, even nutritious. Here are some of the ways that you can indulge without feeling bad about it.
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