Recipes

[Poodlepet2]

Since being diagnosed, my life has sadly been devoid of cheesecake, but inspiration hit, and I came up with this concoction that satisfies my desire for cheesecake. Enjoy!

2 cups Greek yogurt. I prefer ******e 2%, but use your favorite

1 box Jello sugar free cheesecake mix

1/2 cup almond milk (this is optional if you want it really thick).

Simply blend all ingredients together. I used a balloon whisk and everything came together beautifully. Serve with fresh berries or fruit of your choice. A serving for me is half a cup, but if you use a yogurt with a lower fat content, you can probably have a full cup....the lovely thing about this is that it tastes terrific, and even if I was to pig out on a full cup, I still wouldn't bust my calorie bank! Enjoy!

Poodlepet2

[Jordan2]

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@Poodlepet2 wrote:

Since being diagnosed, my life has sadly been devoid of cheesecake, but inspiration hit, and I came up with this concoction that satisfies my desire for cheesecake. Enjoy!

2 cups Greek yogurt. I prefer ******e 2%, but use your favorite

1 box Jello sugar free cheesecake mix

1/2 cup almond milk (this is optional if you want it really thick).

Simply blend all ingredients together. I used a balloon whisk and everything came together beautifully. Serve with fresh berries or fruit of your choice. A serving for me is half a cup, but if you use a yogurt with a lower fat content, you can probably have a full cup....the lovely thing about this is that it tastes terrific, and even if I was to pig out on a full cup, I still wouldn't bust my calorie bank! Enjoy!

Poodlepet2

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I have to ask you does this solidify using Almond Milk? I once made pudding with Almond Milk and it didn't thicken. I ended up throwing it out. I was told you must use skim milk because it has milk solids to thicken the pudding.

[Perkup]

Thanks so much Poodlepet2.  As a diabetic cheesecake lover, I am going to try this as soon as I can pick up some almond milk - or maybe more skim.

[Poodlepet2]

Hi Jordan and Perkup! For my own reasons, I decided to kick cow's milk out of my diet and I now use almond milk-30 calories a cup-and to me, it tastes 100%better than skim milk. I too have read that you can't use it with instant pudding. The last time I went grocery shopping, I thought to myself " Thank heaven's for Greek Yogurt-it's delicious and versatile. I think I will use some on my baked potato tonight".....it's a great replacement for sour cream-and that's when it hit me....I went straight to the Jello isle.Each box of the sugar free cheesecake makes four servings and adds an additional 25 calories and 6 grams of carb per serving-I think most of us can deal with that, right? I didn't know how it would work, but it worked instantly! You can use skim milk if you want/ or are allowed. My rational for not using skim milk is that lactose is a sugar, and I don't need it. My next experiment is going to be mixing my beloved ******e with sugar-free chocolate pudding.....Life is too short to give up dessert!!!Hugs,

Poodlepet2

[hoosieroriginal]

@Poodlepet2 - do you ever watch Joy on Today Show?  She takes recipes and makes them lower calorie - people write in and say what recipe they want her to reduce calories on - she does a great job and I think she said she's coming out with a book on her recipes - can't remember her last name but she does Joy Fit Club on Kathy and Hoda Today Show segment. 

[Poodlepet2]

I adore Joy Bauer-she's a genius and her segments on The Today Show and her books have helped me tremendously. As a matter of fact, I used all of her recipes this year for Thanksgiving: they were awesome-especially the stuffing. Dr. Oz also has some marvelous recipes posted on his website.

By the way, I don't know why the censors bleeped the brand name of the yogurt I use, but it's the brand that Bobby Flay endorses ( It rhymes with "highway")

Poodlepet2

[Group 5 minus 1]

 So many times we forget how much sugar is in fruit.

[adoreqvc]

This sounds delicious even for non diabetics, so I will prepare and serve when my diabetic friends come over, and I am sure we will also like this too,

Thanks for posting your recipe Poodlepet2, and take care my friend!