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Grilled Desserts
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Barbara Scott-Goodman offers these tasty, healthy sweet treats
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By Kalia Doner
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Diabetes Focus Summer 2009
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Fruit is an important component of any healthy menu plan. Simply count its carbs in your daily allotment and pay attention to how it affects you.
Serves 8
Grilled peaches are good to cook on the grill after the fire has died down a bit. They don’t require a lot of time or attention: a bit of basting with a sauce of red wine and brown sugar is all that's needed. They are delicious hot off the grill with a scoop of vanilla sorbet.
Ingredients
4 large ripe peaches, pitted and halved
2 cups fruity red wine, such as zinfandel or Beaujolais nouveau
Corn oil, for brushing
2 tablespoons brown sugar
Vanilla sorbet, for serving
Directions
1. Prepare a gas or charcoal grill. Brush the peaches with corn oil. Whisk the wine and sugar together until well-combined.
2. When the fire is medium-hot and the coals are covered with a light coating of ash and glow deep red, place the peaches on the grill (cut side down), cook 3 minutes and turn. Brush with the red wine mixture and continue cooking until fork-tender, for 20 to 25 minutes, turning and basting often.
3. To serve, spoon a bit of the wine sauce into a shallow bowl, add the grilled peach half, drizzle with a bit more sauce and serve with a scoop of sorbet.
Nutrition Per Serving of Grilled Peaches With Red Wine Sauce
Calories
| 91
| | Total fat | 1 g | | Carbohydrates | 12 g | | Fiber | 1 g | | Sugars | 11 g
| Cholesterol
| 0 mg
| Protein
| 1 g
| Sodium
| 4 mg
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Serves 6
For a quick, easy and delicious dessert, try grilling a combination of fresh pineapple and bananas. Other good fruits for grilling are plums, nectarines and mangoes.
Ingredients
6 fresh pineapple rings, about ½-inch thick
3 bananas, unpeeled, cut in half lengthwise
Fresh lime juice
Lime wedges, for garnish
Directions
1. Prepare a gas or charcoal grill. When the fire is medium-hot and the coals are covered with a light coating of ash and glow deep red, put pineapple rings on the grill and cook, turning occasionally, until lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes.
2. Put the bananas on the grill (cut side down) until lightly browned, about 4 to 6 minutes. Remove from the heat and transfer to a platter.
3. Sprinkle bananas and pineapple rings generously with fresh lime juice.
4. Put a pineapple ring and banana half on a dessert plate, garnish with lime wedge and serve.
Nutrition Per Serving of Bananas and Pineapple
Calories
| 133
| | Total fat | 0 g
| Carbohydrates
| 35 g | | Fiber | 4 g | | Sugars | 18 g | Cholesterol
| 9 mg
| Sodium
| 2 mg
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These dessert recipes are from The Diabetes Menu Cookbook: Delicious Special-Occasion Recipes for Family and Friends by Barbara Scott-Goodman and Kalia Doner (John Wiley & Sons, 2007).
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