Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Cheesecake



This is one of our most favorite desserts.  It is super yummy, really easy and guess what?  There is no baking required.

Easy No Bake Cheesecake

8 oz. cream cheese
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1/2 cup boiling water
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 container Cool Whip
1 graham cracker crust

Set cream cheese out until it is room temperature.  In a small bowl dissolve gelatin in boiling water.  With a mixer beat the cream cheese until it is smooth.  Continue beating and drizzle in the gelatin mixture.  Add sugar and vanilla.  Beat until smooth and well combined.  Fold in Cool Whip.  Pour into graham cracker crust.  Chill in the refrigerator four hours.  Serves 8.


And now I have a keto friendly version of our favorite dessert and my girls tell me it is every bit as good as the original recipe.  I've made this dessert twice now since I began keto.  In fact it was our dessert this past Sunday on Easter and everybody loved it.

Low Carb Cheesecake Dessert

8 oz. cream cheese
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1/2 cup boiling water
1/3 cup sweetener
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup whipping cream

Set cream cheese out until it is room temperature.  In a medium bowl beat whipping cream with a mixer until stiff peaks form.  Set aside.  In a small bowl dissolve gelatin in boiling water.  In a large bowl beat the cream cheese until it is smooth.  Continue beating and drizzle in the gelatin mixture.  Add sweetener and vanilla.  Beat until smooth and well combined.  Fold in whipped cream.  Pour into pie plate.  Chill in the refrigerator four hours.  Serves 8.


I used Stevia as my sweetener and even without a graham cracker crust this is a really good dessert.  It is great plain but also with fresh fruit.  I made raspberry sauce the last time I made it.

Easy Sugar Free Raspberry Sauce

1 cup frozen raspberries, thawed
2 packets of Stevia

With a fork mash the berries.  Stir in the Stevia.

One time I topped it with sliced strawberries and another time fresh blueberries.  I think my favorite is the raspberry sauce.  So good.  And a little squirt of whipped cream on top is nice as well.  So whether you make the original recipe or the low carb version I think you'll really enjoy this dessert.



14 comments:

  1. Oh yum.... your low carb version sounds pretty easy to do!

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  2. Is honey a keto approved sweetener? I wonder how your cheesecake would turn out with honey. I refuse to use stevia.

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    1. Honey is not keto. I'm also one of those odd people who doesn't like honey.

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  3. My apologies if I've asked this before, but what brand of stevia do you use? The ones I've tried all have a yucky aftertaste. "Sweetleaf" is the one I tried last, and it made me sad and grumpy.
    Your desserts look incredible and I'd

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    1. No worries. I like Pure Via. I also like to mix eryritol and stevia. It really helps with reducing any aftertaste.

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    2. Would love to learn the details of your mix!

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    3. Most of my recipes call for a 1/4 to 1/3 cup of sweetener like erythritol. I'll add a couple packets or a tablespoon of stevia too.

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    4. Thank you so much for the info! Is that the same sort of mix you'd have available in a sugar bowl to sweeten something like a cup of coffee?

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    5. Yes indeed. I like to use the Pure Via packets in my coffee too. :)

      https://www.amazon.com/Whole-Earth-Stevia-Sweetener-packets/dp/B007BIUB62/ref=sr_1_3_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1523621747&sr=8-3&keywords=pure+via+stevia&dpID=41%252BWlJwuGkL&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

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  4. I can't wait to try making this! Thanks for sharing the recipe. I think I'll try the low carb version. I can't have cool whip because it has a corn product in it and I'm allergic to corn products. They hide in a lot of foods under all sorts of names. But this will be a yummy homemade dessert that sounds easy and good! Thank you again.

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    1. I almost think I prefer the low carb version to be perfectly honest. Enjoy!

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