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Do you recommend eating a desert every day? I would love to, but not sure if I’d gain weight.

Lower Fat- No Fat Desserts

Fran Costigan - Lower Fat- No Fat Desserts

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This event was on October 22, 2024

Does embracing a whole foods plant-based lifestyle mean forsaking the joy of celebratory desserts? How does the population that follows a WFPB dietary system navigated special occasions like birthdays, holidays, and weddings, without feeling deprived? Join Chef Fran, Rouxbe Director of Vegan Pastry, as she delves into the world of desserts tailored for WFPB individuals. Dispelling myths and offering insightful suggestions, Chef Fran will shed light on how to create good tasting treats without relying on added oils and excess sweeteners.

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Question

Sheila Turner

Do you recommend eating a desert every day? I would love to, but not sure if I’d gain weight.

Answer

So Sheila, if you're asking me to give you permission to eat dessert every day, I can't, you know, I don't know you, I don't know what else to eat. Um, I probably have a little bit of some kind of dessert every day, but they're smaller desserts and they vary. Um, so I'm not sure if you'd gain weight. The bulk of my diet is grains and beans and greens. That's what I eat. And then I savor room for a small piece of dessert.

Fran Costigan

Director of Vegan Pastry

FranCostigan.com

Fran Costigan is internationally renowned as the authority on vegan desserts. Trained at the New York Restaurant School and Natural Gourmet Institute, Fran was a chef in both traditional and vegan pastry kitchens before moving into teaching over 20 years ago. A lifelong chocoholic and long time vegan, Fran’s latest book, Vegan Chocolate: Unapologetically Luscious and Decadent Dairy Free Desserts, (Running Press 2013) is for all who madly, deeply love chocolate desserts, whether or not dietary considerations are an issue. Her previous cookbook, More Great Good Dairy-Free Desserts Naturally (Book Publishing Company 2006) is the basis of the Costigan Vegan Baking Boot Camp Intensive®. For more information, www.francostigan.com.