Today is World Diabetes Day and my dear friend Carolyn from All Day I Dream About Food has gathered a bunch of food bloggers to help bring awareness to this tragic disease. She is also giving away a sweet blue KitchenAid Mixer in honor of World Diabetes Day, so make sure to go check out her site and enter to win! {But come back, cause I’m giving away some fun stuff too!}
We all know someone in our life that struggles with the battle of Diabetes, but you may not be aware of how many people actually have it. I was shocked to find out that 347 million people worldwide are dealing with the inability to properly regulate their blood sugar. 90% of these cases are Type 2 Diabetes, which can be brought on by excessive weight and lack of physical activity.
Until recently, Type 2 Diabetes was only seen in adults, but is now also occurring in children.
While it’s great to indulge every once in a while, it’s important to remember to provide your children with healthy snacks, balanced meals, and plenty of water. Make sure to get up and get active with them too.
There are plenty of fantastic, sugar free dessert recipes out there to help you indulge without all the guilt. I found this fantastic Peach-Berry Cobbler recipe from Diabetic Living, and thought it would taste great with some fresh mango and blackberries.
It is a fantastic, warming dessert. The mango and blackberries marry perfectly together to bring a sweetness to this sugar free dish.
There are plenty of artificial sweetners out there to try and today I am showing you Swerve.
Carolyn loves this brand, and is loyal to it for her sugar substitute. Swerve sent me a fun gift pack to try out, and that is what I used for this recipe. They were also generous enough to give one lucky reader the same adorable gift pack!
Boy do I love the sweet taste of a ripe mango, and combined with blackberries, this cobbler has a fun tropical flair to it.
To give this cobbler a warm fall taste I used some rich Saigon Cinnamon mixed into the fruit and also the biscuit topping.
This dessert comes together quick and easy, and would be a great compliment to your Thanksgiving spread.
It’s one of those desserts you can feel good about giving to your kids. I loved this dessert and nobody knew that it was sugar free, which is always a bonus!
When I opened my adorable gift pack from Swerve, I couldn’t stop smiling. It’s their baking kit stocked full of spatulas, measuring spoons, a measuring cup, cupcake liners, candles, and of course their tasty sugar substitute in both granular sugar and confectioner sugar. Plus some other great items, and that totally adorable lunch box!
Skinny Mango and Blackberry Cobbler
Ingredients
- 4 cups mango, diced
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 2 tbsp sugar substitute
- 4 tsp corn starch
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp Saigon Cinnamon, or regular cinnamon
- 2 cups blackberries
For the Biscuit Topping:
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 tbsp sugar substitute
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp Saigon Cinnamon, or regular cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup plain greek yogurt
- 1 egg beaten
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
Instructions
- Combine mango, cold water, sugar substitute, corn starch, lemon juice and cinnamon in a medium sized pot and stir to coat evenly. Let sit for 10 minutes. Meanwhile prepare biscuit topping.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- In a medium bowl combine the flour, sugar substitute, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Whisk to combine.
- In a small bowl beat together the greek yogurt, egg and melted butter. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix to form a dough.
- Cook the mango mixture over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Add the blackberries and gently stir until heated through. Pour mixture into a 2 quart casserole dish and drop the biscuit dough topping in small mounds onto the hot filling.
- Bake for 20 minutes until browned and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
disclaimer: Swerve provided me with a gift pack and products to use for this post, and is providing the gift pack for the winner of the giveaway. The National Mango Board provided me with fresh mangoes, but did not require me to write this post. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
The Kitchen Cleaning Dream Team Giveaway
Terri
Blue!
Nikki
my shirt is white
Barb
My shirt is pink
Lisa D.
Black. Thanks for this opportunity!
Stefani
My shirt is white – with a red jacket. Thanks for the great giveaway! 🙂
Catherine H.
My shirt is red!
Catherine H.
Thanks for participating in this awareness-raising event. My sister has Type I and I myself have to be pretty careful, especially when I’m pregnant, so I’ve been eating low-carb for nearly five years. New recipes are always a good thing! I wish I could eat this, it looks so good.
Rachel
White!
I have a mango at home that is just screaming to be made into cobbler!!
S Young
Blue for friends and relatives with Diabetes.
diabeticFoodie
I love the blackberry and mango combination. Yum!
Parsley Sage
Delish! Both of my folks are diabetic and I’m super aware of my own lifestyle because of it. I’m also always on the prowl for yummy and safe recipes for each of them so this is perfect!
And what a generous giveaway! 🙂
Ruta
Blue!
Meghan Finley
brown
Michelle from Missouri
I am wearing a black and gold shirt my school colors … GO MIZZOU!
Ally
An unexpected question! I’m wearing a pink and beige waffle weave thermal.
This recipe looks beautiful. I may try to substitute blueberries for the blackberries, as my family prefers things that way.
barbara n
I am wearing a pink t shirt today
Linda C
Maroon
Nancy
soft green
Carly Trythall
Brown and tan striped sweater because it is FREEZING up here!
Sarah G
I cannot figure out the rafflecopter on how to post a comment so..
my shirt is brown and your recipe looks sooooooo good.
Tammy S
Brown
MaryB
pink
Leslie
pink
Shelly
Purple.
kesha
PINK! My favorite color!
Amie
Oh, and Shawn I get an error page every time I try to do the “subscribe to email” option through the giveaway ticker.
Amie
Blue! For Diabetes day for a friend!
Amanda
Blue!
Amanda
Thanks for helping to bring attention to diabetes
Dee
Red. I would love to try the Swerve to help me stay LC!
Carissa
Yellow
Carol B.
Blue
Marnely Rodriguez
Dark Red
Kel
Blue — haha!
Miranda
red… the combo of mango and blackberry sounds good.
CJ at Food Stories
Just making my way through all the sites that are participating in Carolyn’s World Diabetes Day awareness campaign & wanted to say hello & thx (I’m a type 2, btw) 🙂
Jessen
Dark Blue
Jalynn Patterson
White