A woman has gone viral thanks to her rather unique and healthy spin on dessert recipes – using yogurt to make cheesecakes, cookie skillets, and carrot cake.

Amanda Esmailian started testing out her healthy recipes during the Covid lockdown in 2020, trying out her creations on her family.

The 27-year-old decided to share her recipes online, starting a YouTube channel in 2022.

She now shares her clever recipes with her 10,600 subscribers, who love her healthy take on fan favourites, allowing them to indulge in sweet treats without eating hundreds of calories.

“I created this page so I can help people reach their fitness goals without having to sacrifice their favourite foods,” Amanda, a senior executive, from Burnaby, Canada, told http://NeedToKnow.co.uk

“I love making, and of course eating, healthy and macro-friendly recipes.

”So I decided to create my socials to share my high protein, lower calorie recipes to help people reach their fitness goals.

“I’m also a certified nutrition coach, and personal trainer, so I’ve used the knowledge I’ve gained through these certifications to provide nutritional guidance.”

In one video, posted on her YouTube (@FitFoodAE) she revealed how to make a high protein, low calorie, cookie skillet, captioning the video: “High Protein, Low Calorie Pizookie, 38g Protein Giant Skillet Cookie! Chocolate Caramel.”

In the clip, Amanda pre-heats the oven before adding all purpose flour and chocolate protein powder to a bowl.

She then adds coconut flour, powdered peanut butter, cocoa powder, zero calorie sweetener, baking soda, egg whites, applesauce, and the bizarre ingredient… Greek yogurt.

She then pours the mix into a cast iron skillet, and tops it with melted Biscoff spread and chocolate chips

The skillet goes into the oven for 15 minutes and comes out looking brown, soft, and delicious, for only 449 calories.

The video gathered over 3,831 views, as well as hundreds of likes and plenty of comments.

Faith commented: “Trying this tomorrow! Looks sooo good.”

Someone else added: “Your channel is so underrated It’s mad keep up the good work!”

Hannah said: “You’re actually a hero.”

“Most unique recipes I've found and great macros!!!” wrote Noah.

“I could never design recipes like you, so thank you for sharing!! I'll be sure to try it out,” commented another user.

“I just made this and it was so good! The texture is perfect Can’t wait to try more of your recipes!” said another fan.

Amanda started sharing more of her videos after noticing how well they were going down, all including her special ingredient- yoghurt.

She said: “They also taste great, obviously it's not going to taste like a full fat carrot cake with buttercream frosting... but it's moist, sweet, and satisfying.

“I make these desserts all the time, and my favourite is the cookie skillet!”

HIGH PROTEIN LOW CALORIE COOKIE SKILLET RECIPE:

Ingredients:

25 grams all purpose flour

25 grams chocolate protein powder

Eight grams coconut flour

12 grams powdered peanut butter

Five grams unsweetened cocoa powder

Five grams zero calorie sweetener

Three grams baking soda

50 grams egg whites

40 grams unsweetened applesauce

40 grams non-fat greek yogurt

Eight grams mini chocolate chips

10 grams biscoff spread

Method:

Combine all ingredients, dry first, then fold in the wet.

Spread batter into cast iron skillet tin.

Bake at 180 degrees for 15 minutes.

Serves one: 449 calories, 38 grams protein, 50 grams of carbs and 10 grams of fat per skillet.

NEW YORK STYLE PROTEIN CHEESECAKE:

Ingredients:

90 grams biscuit crumbs

32 grams light butter

20 millilitres of sugar free maple syrup

225 grams non-fat greek yogurt

225 grams fat free cream cheese

50 grams vanilla protein powder

30 grams zero calorie sweetener

Four millilitres vanilla extract

120 grams egg whites

Method:

Mix the biscuit crumbs, butter, and maple syrup in a bowl.

Grab a cheesecake pan, press the crust into the pan, and pop it into the oven for ten minutes.

While the crust bakes, mix the yogurt, cream cheese, protein powder, sweetener and vanilla extract.

Then, after mixing, add the egg whites into the mix and pour the filling over the crust.

Bake the cheesecake a 160 degrees for 25 minutes.

Then, after the 25 minutes is up, lower the oven to 100 degrees and bake for another 35 minutes.

Let it cool, store in the fridge, and there you have a beautiful, baked cheesecake.

Serves eight: 134 calories per slice, 12 grams of protein, 12.5 grams of carbs, three grams of fat - makes eight slices.

She has even come up with a healthy carrot cake recipe.

HIGH PROTEIN LOW CALORIE CARROT CAKE:

Ingredients:

20 grams vanilla protein powder

20 grams all purpose flour

10 grams coconut flour

Three grams cinnamon

Two grams nutmeg

Two grams ginger

Three grams baking powder

65 grams non-fat greek yogurt

55 grams egg whites

30 grams applesauce

40 grams grated carrot

Frosting:

15 grams vanilla protein powder

15 grams powdered sugar

60 grams low fat cream cheese

One Tablespoon cold water

Five grams chopped pecans

Shredded carrots for garnish

Method:

Mix together all of the cake ingredients in a bowl, adding the shredded carrot last.

Pour the mix into a mini cake tin and pop it into the oven for 20 minutes on 180 degrees.

While the cake is baking, mix the frosting ingredients together in a bowl.

When the cake is finished and cooled, add the frosting to the top and spread round the edges.

Then garnish with shredded carrot.

Serves one: 494 cals per cake.

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