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The Recipe Instructions |
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Ingredients
12 each reduced fat vanilla wafers
3 package (8-oz.) philadelphia fat free cream, cheese, softene
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 each eggs
1 cup assorted cut-up fruit or reduced ca, lorie cherry pi
Directions
Place wafers, flat side down, on bottom of each of 12 paper-lined
muffin cups.
Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium
speed until well blended. Add eggs; mix just until blended. DO NOT
OVERBEAT AFTER ADDING EGGS.
Pour over wafers, filling each cup.
Bake at 325 degrees F. for 30 minutes. Cool before removing from pan.
Refrigerate several hours or overnight. Top with fruit just before
serving. 12 servings.
Variations:
Lemon: Stir 1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice and 3/4 tsp. grated lemon peel
into batter.
Pumpkin: Mix 3/4 cup canned pumpkin, 3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon and
dash EACH ground cloves and nutmeg in with cream cheese. Omit fruit.
Cherry: Omit fruit. Top with 1 can (20 oz.) reduced calories cherry
pie filling before serving.
Quick Crust: Substitute 1 (9 oz.) ready-to-use graham cracker crumb
crust (extra serving size) for crumbs. Makes 10 servings. (Adds 6g
fat per serving.)
Honey Crunch: Omit sugar. Mix 1/2 cup honey in with cream cheese.
Omit fruit. Top with 3/4 cup lowfat granola ceereal; drizzle with 1
Tbsp. honey before serving.
Servings: 12
Diet Mini Cheesecakes (Phillies Free) Recipe brought to you by Diet Recipes To-Go
Types of dietThe Glycaemic Index Diet The glycaemic index diet is based on the gi (or glycaemic index), a list showing types of food and an indicator of the ease that the carbohydrates in the food type gets changed to sugar in your system. The believe is that slow acting food types (ie those with a low Glycaemic score), will keep you feeling full for longer and help you to eat less food without being miserabl;e. It's also extremely effective for individuals with diabetes, as the low GI food types are useful in managing increases in glucose levels. The South Beach Diet The South Beach diet is a weight loss system created by Florida-based cardiologist arthur agatston which emphasizes that one should eat "good carbs" instead of "bad carbs" and "good fats" instead of "bad fats" Dr. agatston invented this diet for people who have cardiac problems, based on his analysis of scientific research completed on other dietary studies. Good foods include, canadian bacon, skinless poultry, fish, mozzarella cheese, peanut butter, eggs and certain vegetables, like butter beans, celery and snow peas. |
