naturally sweetened – Healthy Choices by Sabine: Sugar-free and Healthy Dessert Recipes

Vegan Strawberry Cheesecake (sugar-free)

Creamy and light Vegan Strawberry Cheesecake will be the perfect summer cake for any occasion and celebration. This vegan cake is no-bake, refined sugar-free, and lactose-free. Easy to make with two main tools – blender and small saucepan.

Vegan and Sugar-free Strawberry Cheesecake

What are the ingredients? Which can be replaced?

Fresh or frozen strawberries – I used frozen strawberries, but you can use any other berries such as blueberries, cherries, or raspberries. This cake is the perfect summer cake if it’s possible to use fresh berries right from the garden.

Silken tofu is the main ingredient that will give the creaminess to the cake. You can replace it with cashews ~ 230g (soaked in a hot water for at least 30 minutes).

Honey is one of my favorite healthy sweeteners. I have used it a lot, because it contains a variety of nutrients, rich in antioxidants and has many other good benefits. You can replace it with agave syrup, stevia, or coconut sugar.

Coconut milk/cream (canned) is the most popular healthy ingredient for vegan cheesecakes, but you can try to use instead greek style vegan yogurt (sugar-free).

Agar powder is a vegan powder that helps to set the cake, but you can replace it with gelatin (non-vegan).

Sugar-free cookies are one the easiest ingredient to use for making the base of the cake. You can also make the base from oats, dates, and nuts, blending it all in a sticky mixture.

Coconut oil – This ingredient helps stick together the crushed cookies. You can replace half of it with peanut butter and/or plant-based milk.

This delicious Vegan Strawberry Cheesecake is:

Creamy, but light
No-bake
Lactose-free
Banana-free
Easy to make
Refined sugar-free
Healthy dessert
Dairy-free
Nut-free
Vegan
Eggless
Summer dessert

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TIME: 15 min preparation, 4 hours to set or overnight | SERVINGS: 10

Ingredients:

Base:

Sugar-free cookies
70g coconut oil (melted)

Filling:

400g fresh or frozen strawberries
350g silken tofu
100g honey
350ml coconut milk/cream (canned)
2 tbsp agar powder

Instructions:

Make the base. Blend or crush the cookies. Add melted coconut oil and stir together until combined.
Take a cake baking tin and evenly spread it over the cookie mixture, and press it.
Take a blender or food processor and add silken tofu, coconut cream, and honey. Blend all until you get a smooth mixture.
Take a pot, and add strawberries. Boil until they dissolve.
Add agar to the strawberry mixture, boil and stir it in and boil for 2 – 3 minutes until the powder is dissolved.
Now you have to do it all quickly to avoid agar hardening. Add the strawberry and agar mixture to the blender into the coconut and silken tofu mixture. Blend all until you get a smooth pink mixture.
Pour the mixture into the cookie base and put the cake in the fridge to set for at least 4 hours or overnight.
Decorate it with more strawberry sauce (boil berries with sweetener) or fresh fruits and berries.

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Quick Strawberry Dessert

This Strawberry Dessert have a super smooth and creamy texture, it’s full of fresh strawberries and crunchy cookies. This dessert require only a few simple ingredients and only one tool – hand mixer. You can prepare it the day before to get the most creamiest and softest version of it.

Strawberry Dessert is:

Airy
Light
Juicy
Quick & easy
Refined sugar-free

A light and airy dessert, quick and easy to make if you have fresh strawberries at home.

Ingredients for this dessert:

Sugar-free cookies – You can use the store-bought sugar-free cookies or other healthy cookies of your choice. Try to use the best quality cookies.
Strawberries – Try to use fresh (not frozen) strawberries or other berries.
Coconut sugar – You can use any other your favorite healthy sweetener. I had coconut sugar at home, but I would like to try with agave syrup or stevia, for example.
Oat whipping cream – You can use other vegan whipping cream, but pay attention to whether it is additionally sweetened and with what kind of sweetener, is it healthy?

TIME: 10 minutes | SERVINGS: 14

Ingredients:

170g sugar-free cookies
200ml oat or other vegan whipping cream
50g coconut sugar
300g strawberries

Instructions:

Whip the oat whipping cream with a hand mixer, and add coconut sugar while whipping.
Take a square or rectangular glass bowl.
Arrange the cookies in an even layer into the bowl.
Cut the strawberries into slieces or pieces.
Arrange the strawberries in an even layer over the cookies.
Spread over the strawberries whipping cream.
Repeat all if needed until the glass bowl is full or the ingredients are over.
Enjoy right away or chill in the fridge for a few hours or overnight.

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Healthy Blueberry Muffins

These vegan, soft, and juicy blueberry muffins are very quick to cook and ready in 30 minutes. Great as a healthy snack, dessert with a cup of coffee or tea or breakfast on the go.

These Healthy Blueberry Muffins are full of juicy blueberries and soft bananas, very delicious, soft, and fluffy. These muffins are healthy because they contain only natural sweetener – honey, they are refined sugar-free, and white wheat flour-free.
You can top them with other berries or fruits, nuts, or pieces of chocolate.

These Healthy Blueberry Muffins are:

Vegan
Juicy
Refined sugar-free
Naturally sweetened
Super soft and fluffy
Easy and healthy snack
Perfect snack or for breakfast on the go
Ready in 30 minutes

What are the ingredients?

Oat and rice flour: I wanted to mix 2 flours together this time, I think rice flour gives more lightness and airiness, but you can only use oat flour. You can make the oat flour by yourself just blend the oats in a food processor or blender.

Ripe bananas: The perfect ingredient for baking muffins. Ripe bananas giving both the sweet taste and the texture of a muffin you need.

Greek-style or vegan plain yogurt: Try to use yogurt without flavor and sugar to avoid sweetening muffins with unnecessary unhealthy sweeteners.
You can choose any of your favorite yogurts – vegan, lactose-free, greek style, and plain.

Honey: This is one of my favorite healthy and natural sweetener, but you can also replace it with agave or maple syrup.

Baking powder and baking soda: These ingredients will help muffins to rise, stay puffier, and more visually beautiful.

Coconut oil: Helps muffins stay moister and softer.

Blueberries: You can use large blueberries or wild blueberries, as well as any other berries.

TIME: 10 min preparation, 20 min baking | SERVINGS: 7

Ingredients:

80g oat flour (if you don’t have rice flour, you can use only oat flour – 150g)
70g rice flour
2 ripe bananas
90 ml greek style lactose-free or vegan yogurt
3 tbsp honey
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 tbsp coconut oil (melted)
150g blueberries

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Prepare the muffin tins, grease them, and set them aside.
Take a mixing bowl, and add all dry ingredients – oat and rice flour, baking powder, and soda. Combine all well.
Mash the bananas with the fork, and add yogurt, coconut oil, and honey. Stir all together until you get a smooth mixture.
Combine both mixtures, but do not overmix.
Add ¾ of the blueberries, and slowly stir them in.
Pour the batter into the muffin tins, and top it with more blueberries.
Bake the muffins for 20-25 minutes at 180°C or until the toothpick comes out clean.

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Healthy Cherry Cheesecake (No-bake)

Delicious no-bake vegan and refined sugar-free Healthy Cherry Cheesecake with a creamy cherry filling, and crunchy cookie base will be the perfect summer dessert.

This cake is easy to make, because the main tool is blender where you process all the ingredients. Healthy Cherry Cheesecake with no baking has super creamy filling which sets up in the fridge in a couple of hours. Easy, delicious and healthy cake for any occasion.

What tools do you need to make this cake?

Blender or food processor (to make the cake filling)
Cake tin (I used 20cm)
A mixing bowl (to process the cookie mixture with coconut oil)

Notes and tips:

Instead of cherries, you can use strawberries, blueberries or other berries of your choice. You can use fresh or frozen berries, but defrosted and free of excess liquid.
You can use vegan plant-based or lactose-free Greek-style yogurt with no additional sweeteners to retain the natural taste of the cake. Coconut oil is the main ingredient for setting the filling in the fridge. This is the secret ingredient that helps to set the vegan cheesecake without agar-agar or gelatin. 
Cashews make the cake creamy. Soak cashews in hot water at least 10 minutes before using. The more you will soak the cashews the softer they will get and will be easier to blend them.

Healthy Cherry Cheesecake is:

Creamy
No-bake
Lactose-free
Banana-free
Easy to make
Refined sugar-free
Healthy dessert
Vegan

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Ingredients:

TIME: 15 min preparation, 4 hours to set | SERVINGS: 8

Base:

200g sugar-free cookies
70g coconut oil (melted)

Filling:

230g cashews (soaked in a hot water for at least 30 minutes)
110g lactose-free greek or plant based yogurt
75g coconut oil (melted)
150g cherries
80g agave syrup or honey (adjust to taste)

Instructions:

Make the base. Blend or crush the cookies. Add melted coconut oil stir together until combined.
Take a cake baking tin and evenly spread over the cookie mixture, press it.
Take a blender or food processor and add all ingredients – cashews, yogurt, coconut oil, agave syrup and cherries. Blend all until you get a smooth mixture.
Pour over the mixture to the base and put the cake in the fridge to set for at least 4 hours.
Decorate with more cherries or fruits.

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Healthy and Easy Strawberry Banana Cake

This quick and easy Strawberry Banana Cake is a juicy, soft, and sweet treat that you can bake whenever you have at home bananas and strawberries. Easy summer cake loaded with sweet bananas and juicy strawberries. The cake is vegan, refined sugar-free, and lactose-free.

Strawberry Banana Cake is totally sugar-free. I have used only natural sweetener – honey, which makes the cake healthier, but still sweet.

Healthy and Quick Banana Strawberry Cake

What are the main ingredients?

Bananas – Try to use very ripe bananas for maximum sweetness.
Strawberries – I recommend using fresh strawberries because they contain less water. However you can also use frozen strawberries, just make sure to thaw them before using them and get rid of the excess water.
Honey – You can also use agave, date, or maple syrup. Adjust the quantity of sweetener to your taste.
Oat flour – You can mix the flour with rice or buckwheat flour.

This Strawberry Banana Cake is:

Quick to make
Refined sugar-free
Easy to cook
Soft and juicy
Healthy dessert

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TIME: 10 min preparation, 30 min baking | SERVINGS: 16

Ingredients:

100g oat flour
3 ripped banana
150g strawberries
2 eggs
3 tbsp honey
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 tbsp coconut oil
Vegan chocolate chips (optional)

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Mash bananas with a fork, add eggs, coconut oil, and honey, and mix well.
Mix the flour separately with baking powder and soda.
Combine both mixtures together. You can add a bit more flour if you think the mixture too liquid.
Chop strawberries and mix them into the mixture.
Take a rectangular cake pan and spread it with baking paper.
Pour in the cake mixture.
Decorate with strawberry slices, chopped nuts, or chocolate chips.
Bake for 30 minutes.

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