Frozen banana mango smoothie

The perfect healthy breakfast on a really hot weekend morning.

* Serves 2–3

• 2 bananas
• 1 large or 2 small really ripe mangoes, peeled and roughly cut (about 2 cups)
• 1 cup orange juice
• juice of 1/2 lemon
• 1 cup plain low-fat yogurt
• honey or sweetener to taste
• extra mango slices, to decorate

Frosty summer pudding

Summer pudding is a traditional English dish in which all the wonderful summer berries and currants are packed into a bread casing that absorbs all their sweet juices and turns deep red. This is a frozen, very low-calorie variation.

Ricotta ice with roasted figs

If you feel low-fat ricotta is too high-fat for you, try using virtually fat-free fromage frais instead (try a specialty gourmet shop; it’s not readily available).

Passion fruit ice milk

This delicately flavored ice milk will fit into any diet. It’s great after a special dinner too!

* Serves 4–6

• 1 (1/4-oz.) envelope unflavored gelatin juice of 1 lemon
• 1 cup passion fruit pulp (about 4 large fruit)
• 1 1/2 cups fat-free milk
• 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 1 to 2 tbsp. honey
• flesh of 1 passion fruit, to serve
• slices of ripe peach, to serve

Zingy citrus yogurt ice

This is a seriously tangy citrus ice, but you can add more sweetener or honey if you wish.

* Makes 1 1/4 pints

• 1 tsp. finely grated citrus zest
• 1 cup mixed citrus juice (for instance 1 orange, 1 lemon, and 1 lime)
• 2 tbsp. sweetener (or to taste)
• 2 cups fat-free plain yogurt
• 1 egg white