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Friday, September 28, 2012

No Fat Greek Yogurt Cheesecake



Since I've started tracking my calories & fat intake, I've been looking for low calorie/low fat dessert options. I've seen some recipes for cheesecakes using greek yogurt, but they all seem to use a buttery graham cracker crust. I don't know about you, but adding butter to anything doesn't seem very low fat!

My version:

Crust:
2 cups Special K Red Berries cereal
2 tablespoons skim milk
1 teaspoon Splenda

Crush up cereal in plastic ziploc bag (or a food processor). Mix in Splenda and 2 tablespoons skim milk to moisten the cereal. Press into pie pan sprayed with cooking spray.

Filling:
2 cups Fat Free Greek Yogurt (I used Vanilla, try a flavor you like!)
1 small box Jello Sugar Free/Fat Free Cheesecake Pudding mix
2 tablespoons skim milk

Mix together yogurt, pudding mix, and milk. Use hand mixer to blend ingredients. Spread into pie crust.
Notes: I was worried about how the crust would hold together, but the milk made the cereal just sticky enough that it held together and served up well!

6 Servings

Amount Per Serving
  Calories 113.6
  Total Fat 0.0 g
      Saturated Fat 0.0 g
      Polyunsaturated Fat 0.0 g
      Monounsaturated Fat 0.0 g
  Cholesterol 0.2 mg
  Sodium 308.6 mg
  Potassium 40.3 mg
  Total Carbohydrate 19.6 g
      Dietary Fiber 1.0 g
      Sugars 9.2 g
  Protein 8.4 g

 

Friday, September 14, 2012

Mary & Ian - MSU Chapel


Here's a few of my favorite shots from Mary & Ian's MSU Chapel wedding. We shot all of these outside, behind the MSU Chapel along the Red Cedar river.