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    Meal Type / Desserts / Fruit / Guilt-free strawberries and cream sandwiches

    Guilt-free strawberries and cream sandwiches

    September 12, 2012 by Sarah Menanix · Modified: Sep 12, 2012

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    Some days you need dessert. What do you do when you're having one of those days, but you're trying to eat healthy to stay in shape for your wedding? Your desire for dessert is growing stronger and stronger until you risk eating an entire gallon of ice cream all by yourself. You've tied your hands behind your back to refrain from snacking on the half-empty bag of chocolate chips you keep in the freezer for emergency cookies. And, just when you think you've beat the craving, you get invited to dinner and without thinking, spit out, "I'LL BRING DESSERT" Gasp. Now you've really done it.

    Fruit is my go-to healthier dessert option, but I couldn't very well bring only sliced fruit to a dinner party where I've offered to make dessert. Especially since our landlords invited us up for dinner to celebrate our engagement. Celebrations require dessert, no ifs ands or buts about it. And with only about 20 minutes to break from my writing to whip up something sweet, these strawberries and cream sandwiches are the perfect find for the health-conscious busy bee like myself! Sure, as a creamy velvety cheese, mascarpone seems like a dangerous choice. However, this recipe uses it in moderation, weighing these fruity, creamy, and rich sandwiches in at only 130 calories each. What guilt-free dessert could possibly be better than juicy strawberries drenched in smooth cream and pressed between sweet crunchy biscuit crackers? Maybe only if the graham crackers themselves were homemade, but that's not going to happen in the kitchen of a graduate student on the precipice of her qualifying exam.

    Guilt-free strawberries and cream sandwiches
    Makes 10

    • 1 large egg white
    • 2½ tablespoons sugar
    • 2½ tablespoons water
    • Smigden of salt
    • ¼ tsp vanilla extract
    • 4 ounces of mascarpone cheese
    • 1½ cups sliced strawberries
    • 10 low-fat honey graham crackers, halved
    1.  In a heat proof bowl set over (not in) a saucepan of simmering water, combine egg white, sugar, salt, and water.
    2. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sugar has dissolved, 2 to 3 minutes.
    3. Transfer to a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer on medium-high until glossy, stiff peaks form, about 3 minutes.
    4. Reduce speed to low, add vanilla extract and mascarpone cheese and beat just until combined.
    5. Place 2½ tablespoons of strawberry slices on top of half a graham cracker.
    6. Spoon 1½ tablespoons of the whipped mascarpone topping over the strawberries and top with a second half of a graham cracker.

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    7 Comments

    1. Kickasscooking -

      September 13, 2012 at 8:46 am

      Pretty picture!! Thanks to you it still feels like summer. Looks like smore's but so much healthier! Shall try it soon..I have no Graham Crakers here, but have them imported by a good friend. Discovered them in Boston, and sonce then I am in love. I'll flag this recipe for next delivery...and you make me think I should make my own graham cracker's indeed!

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      • Sarah Menanix -

        September 14, 2012 at 1:45 pm

        Thanks! You should totally make your own! I recommend using this recipe: http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2009/05/graham-crackers/

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    2. Colette -

      September 13, 2012 at 10:22 am

      Snix, that "cream" looks amazing. You're a genius!

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      • Sarah Menanix -

        September 14, 2012 at 1:45 pm

        Thanks! It was delicious too. MMMMM

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    3. Ashley @ Wishes and Dishes -

      September 13, 2012 at 9:57 pm

      Any dessert with the words "guilt free" is my kinda dessert. Looks yummy!

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      • Sarah Menanix -

        September 14, 2012 at 1:46 pm

        I agree - as a sugar fiend on a wedding diet, I'll take all the guilt-free desserts I can find!

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