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With Valentine’s Day around the corner, I wanted to give my health-conscious fans a recipe that will please the palette while not wreaking havoc on your waistline!  Whip up these Skinny Mini and delicious red velvet cheesecake cups for your honey.  The recipe is adapted from Jennifer Iserloh, the Skinny Chef!  From a Feng Shui Perspective, red is a powerful color.  It represents fame and reputation but also Romance!  Set your intentions when you pop one of these skinny delights in your mouth on February 14th and enjoy!

Mini Red Velvet Cheesecakes

Makes 24

24 mini Nilla Wafers or a more healthy or gluten free alternative from the Health Food Store.  Below is a link to a recipe for healthy whole wheat nilla wafers

http://www.keepitsimplefoods.com/desserts/whole-wheat-nilla-wafers/

 

Ingredients

1 8-oz package reduced-fat cream cheese (or non dairy soy cream cheese),

at room temperature

1/2 cup powdered sugar or 1/3 cup of agave nectar-low glycemic sweetener

1 organic egg white

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream or dairy free sour cream

1/4 cup organic pureed beets, canned or steamed

2 tablespoons unsweetened organic cocoa powder

 

Preheat oven at 300°F. Line a 12-cup mini-muffin tin with paper liners. Place a Nilla Wafer into each muffin cup.

 

In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and powdered sugar or agave nectar with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Add the egg white and vanilla, and mix well. On low speed, beat in sour cream until just combined.  Reserve 1 cup of the batter and set aside for the swirl or simply beat in the beets and cocoa powder for an all-red cheesecake.

 

For the swirl, fill each muffin cup halfway with the white batter. Spoon a dot of the red batter on top of each, and with the tip of a knife, swirl the red batter in.

 

Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until the edges of the cheesecake begin to firm while the center is still soft. Remove cheesecakes from the oven and cool in pan on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Cover and chill at least 1 hour before serving.

ENJOY!!

 

 

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   Marge Teilhaber

   February 8, 2012 at 2:43 PM

   Wow, this is a total winner ingredients-wise and I’m sure taste-wise, too, Phyllis. If I make it (doubtful but who knows), I’ll report back. Definitely putting this in my “untried” file. I’ve got gold in there. I need more hours in the day!

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      Phyllis

      February 8, 2012 at 5:39 PM

      I do hope you will try the recipe and let us know how you like them! All my best!

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