Patriotic Cheesecake
Ingredients
- 3 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
- 3 tablespoons NutraSweet® Spoonful™
- 1 cup skim milk
- 1 package (3 ounces) reduced fat cream cheese, softened
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup NutraSweet® Spoonful™
- 2 pints raspberries
- 4 tablespoons margarine, melted
- 1 envelope (1/4 ounce) unflavored gelatin
- 2 packages (8 ounces each) reduced fat cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 pint blueberries
Directions
Yield: Makes 16 servings
Mix crumbs, margarine and 3 tablespoons Nutrasweet® SpoonfulTM in medium bowl; pat evenly on bottom of jelly roll pan, 15 X 10 inches.
Sprinkle gelatin over milk in small saucepan; let stand 2 to 3 minutes. Heat over medium low heat, stirring constantly, until gelatin is dissolved. Cool to room temperature.
Beat cream cheese until fluffy in large bowl; gradually beat in milk mixture. Beat in lemon juice and rind, vanilla and 1/3 to 1/2 cup NutraSweet® Spoonful™. Pour mixture over crust; refrigerate until set, 3 to 4 hours.
Before serving, decorate to look like a flag, using the blueberries for the stars, the raspberries for the stripes.
DIABETIC FOOD EXCHANGE: 1 starch, 2 fat
Nutrients per Serving:
- Calories:170
- Protein:5 g
- Carbohydrates:16 g
- Fat-total:10 g
- Saturated Fat:3 g