Even though it may sound weird, adding healthy veggies to desserts is one of the best ways to upgrade your cooking skills and make delicious treats. Baking with vegetables will help you prepare healthier desserts, so here are a few great veggies to add to your favorite desserts.
Sweet Potato
This underrated but nutritious vegetable is very versatile and you can use it to add vitamins and minerals to your desserts. Use sweet potato to make delicious cookies, cheesecake, marshmallow bars, pancakes and other treats.
Zucchini
Even though they’re extremely healthy, most people don’t enjoy the taste of zucchini. However, you can sneak zucchini into tasty desserts such as muffins, brownies, chocolate cakes or cupcakes in order to reap their health benefits.
Carrots
Why just stop at carrot cakes, when you can add this nutritious vegetable to many other irresistible desserts? Pudding pies, muffins, cheesecake, ice cream and milkshake are just some of many tasty treats you can make with carrots.
Beets
Probably one of the most surprising foods on this list, beets are also healthy veggies that you can sneak into desserts. Beets are much more versatile than people usually think and you can easily use them for preparing tasty cheesecakes, puddings, smoothie bowls, milkshakes, cookies and more.
