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=Taste Test Challenge!= Most everyone loves dessert. The challenge is to find ways to make dessert healthy while remaining delicious. Work in groups to reduce the fat and calorie content of a dessert recipe. Prepare the reduced fat recipe as well as the original and hold a taste test for your classmates. Record your classmates answers and track how many correctly guessed the original recipe versus the healthier option. Add the healthy recipe to your group's blog.



Procedure:
 * 1) Select 1 dessert recipe.
 * 2) Investigate the ingredients of the original recipe and find ways to reduce the fat and calorie content. Some nutritional information is available in the links in the resources area below.
 * 3) Make notes on ingredient substitutions and the overall reduced fat and calorie content of the new recipe. Some recipe subsitution information is available in the links in the resources area below.
 * 4) Prepare both the original and the "healthier" version of the dessert.
 * 5) Hold a taste test in class to see whether classmates can tell the difference. Keep track of the correct and wrong guesses.
 * 6) Add your new recipes and the taste-test results graph to your class Wiki.

Your Recipe Must Include:
 * 1) Ingredients with correct measurements
 * 2) Correct directions for preperation
 * 3) Nutrition information for both the healthier version and the original recipe
 * 4) A photo of the prepared dish
 * 5) A paragraph explaining what you did to made it healthier
 * 6) Results of the taste test provided in a graph demonstrating the number of correct versus incorrect guesses by classmates

Timeline: By the end of: Week 1 - Dessert recipe should be chosen Week 2 - Begin taste-testing ingredient substitutions Week 3 - Finalize healthy recipe Week 4 - Prepare both recipes and conduct the classroom taste-test Week 5 - Post healthy recipe and taste-test results graph to the classroom blog

Resources: Nutrition Information: [] Calorie Counter: @http://caloriecount.about.com/ Ingredient Substitutions:
 * @http://simpledailyrecipes.com/how-to-make-recipes-healthier/
 * @http://www.hungry-girl.com/index.php