There’s nothing worse than going out for dinner with someone who is stressed about calories and orders just some low-cal lettuce with no dressing, please. Going to restaurants and trying new food is, without any doubts, one of the biggest pleasures in life. And the best part of all, everyone knows, is dessert.

But there is a limit, after all, and when dining out becomes a habit, you need to start taking some precautions, especially when working out isn’t your favorite hobby. That’s why People Jam’s Andrea Beaman and her advice on How To Order Dessert became one of my golden rules, because with that I learned how to convince my guilty friend to indulge herself after the low-carb-lettuce, and try out the dessert, taking the tension away from our table.

The rule is simple: order one healthy dessert, and an unhealthy-but-oh-so-yummy one. Berries and cheesecake, pears and tiramisu, apples and caramel pudding or cherries and chocolate mousse, it’s your pick. The important thing: make sure that those calories just provide you with a sweet memory.