When we’re busy, we might not have all the time in the world to whip up some immaculate dessert. But you can whip up something tasty with a dash of “healtification” in less than 5 minutes. You’re going to get help from the grocery store, spend two minutes at a grill, and three minutes putting them together.
Use a Hearty Fruit You Can Grill
Since it is officially peach season, I have to use them as my base, but you could use pineapple or mango. Using any fruit in a dessert is definitely healthification! I also like peaches because they can serve as a little bowl for the ice cream
Instruction: Slice your peaches in half and glaze with just a dash of honey before placing them on a searing hot grill for about 2 minutes. Remove and place in a small dessert bowl (or martini glass!) grill side up.
Add Healthification with Spices
Spices! These spices are common in peach and pumpkin pies and they have loads of antioxidants!
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- Pinch ground nutmeg
- Pinch ground ginger
Instruction: Sprinkle the spices on top of each grilled peach.
Grocery Store Help – a Simple Ice Cream
If you have an ice cream maker and the time, more power to ya! But I work about 60 hours a week and have no ice cream maker. (will take donations – lol!) I think Haagen-Daz Five is the next best thing – only five simple ingredients. Here are the ingredients in vanilla bean. SKIM MILK, CREAM, SUGAR, EGG YOLKS, VANILLA (VANILLA BEAN FLAKES, VANILLA EXTRACT). You can actually pronounce them all!
Instruction: Place 1/3 to 1/2 cup on top of each spiced peach. This is all you need because IT IS REAL ICE CREAM
Seriously, it tastes amazing so you don’t need a lot. It’s also the right size for the peach. You can use a melon scoop and put about 3 tiny scoops on top of each peach.
Add Some Crunch
What’s a pie without a crust? Well, we only have five minutes.
Instruction: Place a few ginger snaps or graham crackers in a plastic bag and let your kid or hubby crunch them up. Sprinkle about a tablepoon of the crunchy cookies on top of each dish.
Wrap Up
I know the theme for recipe redux is frozen desserts. I know I kinda cheated because the frozen part of my dessert was from the store. But this is SO GOOD, SO QUICK, and SO EASY that you’ll forgive me in about two minutes.
More ReDuxs
If you like what you read here, be sure to check out the frozen dessert posts from other ReDux bloggers.
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