You’ve probably have heard this phrase a thousand times pertaining to different aspects of your everyday life. For example, when you head out for that important interview its better to appear simpler and less flashy as to not set out of the main focus which is you. You don’t want to show up wearing gold necklaces, bracelets, rings and a bulging ring to match. Just like you don’t want to eat a plate of pasta with 3 breadsticks; limit yourself to one instead. Another easy one to overindulge in is red wine for instance, which should be taken in moderation. If you’re drinking more than 2-3 glasses of red wine daily you’re just losing the benefits of what the red wine has to nutritionally offer you such as lowering cholesterol and improving heart health and even prevention of cancer. Now consuming too much red wine can lead to opposite results such as resulting in higher blood pressure. The key word is moderation! Even the healthy nuts that is strongly encouraged in the Mediterranean Diet need to be eaten in moderation. Yes, pecans, walnuts, and almonds can be very beneficial to your health but if you don’t moderate yourself while enjoying these healthy nuts they might just come to bite you from behind. Just because these nuts are qualified as being healthy fats they are also high in calories and could result in weight gain. Now when it comes to dessert it’s very beneficial for you to indulge in a dessert with plenty of fruits of some kind or for example containing low/fat free yogurt. We have a recipe for you, the very delicious Tiramisu, which lets you indulge in something sweet yet light and still able to fit into your Mediterranean Diet. Enjoy!:
Tiramisu (light version)
(copyright 2005-2007, The Basic Art of Italian Cooking by Maria Liberati)
*16 ounce package of savoiardi or ladyfingers
*1 cup espresso coffee with 1 tablespoon sugar or 2 packets of artificial
sweetener
*powdered cocoa
*1 tsp amaretto or anisette liqueur
*16 ounces of fat free coffee flavored yogurt
*small piece of dark chocolate (at least 60% cocoa)
Place espresso coffee with 1 tbsp. of sugar or 2 packets of artificial sweetener in shallow bowl. Wet each ladyfinger in the coffee mixture for about 2 seconds. Then arrange biscotti side by side on a plate. Place yogurt in bowl, place in liqueur (if desired) and blend with spoon. Spread about 3/4 of yogurt mixture on top of ladyfingers. Repeat again and top with ladyfingers and then top with remaining yogurt mixture. Place in refrigerator for at least one hour. Right before serving, dust with powdered cocoa and shave some dark chocolate on top.
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