Saturday, October 6, 2012

Healthy Protein Cheesecake :)

Hello my lovelies!
So I'm still in the "healthy mood."  This is one of my parents favorite desserts, and I kid you not.. this stuff is delicious!  If you are a sucker for cheesecake like me (Actually, I'm a sucker for anything cheesy) then you will love this recipe.  It's very simple to make and doesn't take much time.
I actually found this recipe on Pinterest and decided to try it especially for my mom, since she loves sweets for decides to avoid them.  She doesn't feel guilty when she eats this!  
Ok, let's get this cheesecake started!!

Ingredients:



  • 1 cup of nonfat plain greek yogurt.
  • 2 tbsp of nonfat cottage cheese
  • 1 tbsp of whole wheat flour
  • 1 whole medium lemon
  • 2 fresh organic eggs
  • 1/4 of vanilla whey protein
  • 1/4 cup Stevia
  • 1/2 cup berries

Crust:


  • 1/2 cup of walnuts
  • 6-7 pitted medjool dates
DIRECTIONS:
1. Make the crust: blend the nuts and dates together in a food processor. It should turn into a crumbly gravel. If you don’t habe walnuts, you may experiment with other nuts, but I cannot assure you that they will stick together as well as walnuts do! The stickiness from the dates should hold the bits together.
2. Scoop about a tablespoon of the crumbly mixture into the bottom of the cupcake pan. This will be your cheesecake crust. You can spray the cupcake pan with PAM beforehand, but i found later that it didn’t stick very much anyway. So this step is unnecessary if you have a new slick pan.
3. Using your fingers, press the crumbles down so that it becomes a dense layer, almost like the graham cracker layer of a real cheesecake! (I learned this from eating raw vegan cheesecakes.) If the crunbles keep sticking to your hand, try spraying your finger tips with PAM. Or spray the bottom of a rounded spoon and press with that.
4. Next, make the liquid cheesecake mixture: pour everything into a blender and give it a whirl for about 15-20 seconds or until smooth. You may taste test this to see if it tastes ok.
5. Pour the mixture on top of the crust about 3/4 of the way full.
6. Throw a tiny handful of berries (I used blueberries) into each tin. This is about 6-7 berries.
7. Bake at 325F for about 20 minutes and until tops are no longer liquidy.
8. Take out, eat, and enjoy! I promise you will love this. I just had the urge to make mini cheesecakes today and this is the exact recipe and ingredients I used.


On this recipe, I did't make the crust part.  It was more calories if you do the crust, and we are trying to make a healthy recipe right? :))
Let me know if you try this recipe! And I hope you like it :)

Bake away!


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