Start the New Year with Sensible Sweets

Confess. You’re feeling guilty over your holiday season caloric intake total. Maybe you’ve even made a — gasp! — resolution to eat healthier this year. It doesn’t mean you have to live a life of deprivation.

“There is no such thing as ‘bad’ food,” the editors of A Sweet Dash of Aloha want you to know. It is possible to have your cake and eat it too — guilt-free. Sweet Dash presents nearly 100 recipes for tempting treats that are low-fat and low-cholesterol, with chapters devoted to sugar-free and gluten-free recipes.

This morning on Sunrise on Hawaii News Now, Chef Carol Nardello demonstrated her Gluten-Free Meyer Lemon Cheesecake Squares (right), which were a huge hit with host Dan Cooke. After tasting one, he declared he was bringing in the treats for the Sunrise Slimdown Challenge Men’s Team. After the demo, Chef Carol and Frank Gonzales of Kapi‘olani Community College brought the rest of the squares downstairs where the Men’s Team (below; Carol Nardello and Frank Gonzales, far right) agreed that Sweet Dash treats could be their new secret weapon.

To learn more about using alternative ingredients (egg substitutes, sugar replacers, gluten-free flours) and how to make some of the delicious snacks and desserts in A Sweet Dash of Aloha, attend one of our upcoming book signings:

SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 | 11AM – NOON
Barnes & Noble, Ala Moana Center
Demonstration by Chefs Alyssa Moreau and Carol Nardello
(808) 949-7307

SATURDAY, JANUARY 21| 11AM – NOON
Barnes & Noble, Kahala Mall
Demonstration by Chef Carol Nardello
(808) 737-3323

More photos from our morning demo:

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