Healthy Dessert Recipes? Piece of Cake!

Healthy eating doesn’t have to mean skipping dessert.

Pumpkin pie, chocolate chip cookies, carrot cake—there are healthier ways to prepare just about any of your favorite dishes.

If you have a favorite healthy dessert recipe, please share it! The Department of Human Resources is holding a contest again this year in search of the best healthy holiday dessert recipe.

The recipes all must be low-calorie, said William Erese, the County’s Wellness Coordinator.

The deadline to submit a recipe entry is 5 p.m. this Friday, Nov. 29! Email it to DHRBenefits.FGG@sdcounty.ca.gov.  Download entry form View contest rules

The winning recipe will be chosen by a panel of judges, to include three chefs from the COC Cafeteria and two randomly selected County employees. HHSA employee Noel Avilucea won last year.

All entrants will receive a mini-juicer as a reward, and depending on how far contestants go, they will receive additional prizes. The winning recipe will be prepared and served at the COC Cafeteria as the “recipe of the day” in late December.