A Sweet Dash of Aloha

Book excerpt: Satisfy your sweet tooth with nearly 100 great recipes for delicious--and healthy--Hawaii snacks and desserts. In "A Sweet Dash of Aloha," the companion guide to the best-selling "A DASH of Aloha: Healthy Hawaii Cuisine and Lifestyle," the chefs and faculty of the Kapiolani Community College Culinary Arts Department present these healthful treats along with sensible alternatives, tips from the experts and seasonality charts for buying local. It's the complete guide to enjoying desserts and sweets--guilt-free! To encourage keiki to eat healthy and prepare their own nutritious food, a chapter is dedicated to child-friendly recipes. Other chapters are devoted to gluten-free dishes and alternatives to refined sugar and eggs. Each recipe is accompanied by a Nutrition Facts chart. Taste-tempters such as Chocolate-Dipped Macaroons, Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookies, Gluten-Free Lilikoi Bars, and Almond Thumbprint Cookies, all 120 calories per serving or below, are bound to please!