Extreme in protein, low in fat, low in sugar, and roughly 150 vitality per slice — this No Bake Strawberry Cheesecake makes a tremendous cool and creamy summer season season season keep!
At what diploma do you are taking a step as quickly as additional and admit that you just merely would possibly want a difficulty? A delicious draw once more, nonetheless a difficulty nonetheless… I was glancing by means of the newest handful of recipes that I’ve posted right correct proper right here on Spoons, as shortly as I noticed that every.single.one among them included almond butter, honey, and/or oats in some kind. You’d suppose I appreciated these elements or one concern…
Personally, I don’t see a difficulty with this (says the addict), nonetheless I perceive that not all people shares my enthusiasm by means of what I see as a tremendous trifecta of meals, which is why I promised myself that I’d start seeing fully completely completely different elements. So I did…
Strawberries — delicious, in season, and most importantly, on this no bake strawberry cheesecake…
Look, Ma! No palms almond butter, honey, or oats! Aren’t you proud? On account of I’m freaking proud! You’ve acquired no idea how far out of my comfort zone I stepped with this one — up to now that I can’t even decide it a step; it was extra like a leap. Not solely was I working with an entire new set of elements (uhm… gelatin?… what?!?), nonetheless I moreover thought it’d be an unimaginable idea (please phrase the heavy use of sarcasm) to take it upon myself to make a complete cake versus my frequent cookies, muffins, breads, bars, and bites.
Oh, and I’d moreover need to take this opportunity to say I’m sorry and due to all people who I texted in a frenzied state yesterday afternoon as shortly as I noticed that I didn’t perceive how on earth I was presupposed to brighten up my naked cake and make it look all fashionable and presentable. I’m nonetheless not pretty optimistic if I managed fashionable, nonetheless I take into consideration I did presentable alright…
So let’s take care of my questionably fashionable nonetheless significantly presentable cake. It’s a cheesecake… sort of… And by sort of I counsel that it sort of has cheese in it, nonetheless it’s cottage cheese [and Greek yogurt] as a substitute of the cream cheese [and eggs] that makes up most typical cheesecakes. Err… that is the best manner it really works, acceptable? Cheesecakes are fabricated from cream cheese and eggs? Chortle all you need, nonetheless I’m in actual fact not sure — typical cheesecakes are a bit too rich and cloying for my tastes, so I are inclined to keep away from them and make a beeline for the chocolate truffles as a substitute.
This no bake strawberry cheesecakenonetheless? Completely totally fully completely completely different story…
To begin with, it’s not in all through the least heavy on account of dearth of cream cheese and eggs. It is merely as creamy, though. Actually, I’m going to wish a bit little little little little bit of a refresher so that I can appropriately describe the texture to you guys; excuse me whereas I take one completely completely different chew eat half the slice, apparently…
Okay, yeah… crazy creamy. That middle cheese layer? Whipped heaven. I actually ran a extreme hazard of not being left with ample of it simply because I couldn’t stop “taste-testing.” It’s merely adequate to eat on it’s private, nonetheless when sandwiched between a crumbly graham crust and a barely tangy strawberry mousse? There mustn’t any phrases… solely empty plates…
To make elements even larger, this cheesecake is certainly pretty healthful! It’s extreme in protein, low in fat, low in sugar, and at roughly 150 vitality per slice, principally guilt-free. It’s like a fruit-and-yogurt bowl in cake kind! It moreover hangs out all via the fridge and doesn’t require utilizing an oven, making it great for these scorching summer season season season days… which in order that happen to be acceptable all via the nook! So what are you prepared for?! Shimmy on into the kitchen and whip one up in your self!
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No Bake Strawberry Cheesecake
Full Time:
3 hours half-hour
Yield:
12 slices 1x
For the crust:
For the cheesecake:
For the strawberry mousse:
Instructions
For the crust:
- Place the graham crackers all via the bowl of a meals processor and pulse until finely ground. Add butter and proceed processing until the mixture reaches the consistency of moist sand. Swap to a 9-inch springform pan, pressing in firmly.** Cowl with plastic wrap refrigerate while you place collectively the subsequent layer.
For the cheesecake:
- Put collectively gelatin. In a small saucepan, pour cool water over gelatin, mixing until the water is totally absorbed. Place saucepan on the fluctuate and stir at all times until the gelatin is completely dissolved; 1 or 2 minutes. Do not let it attain a boil. Take away from fluctuate and put apart to sit back out.
- Add cottage cheese and Greek yogurt to the bowl of a meals processor and course of until they kind a easy paste. Add powder sugar and proceed processing. Lastly, add prepared gelatine, processing until totally built-in.
- Pour cheese mixture over the graham crust, using a spatula to be sure that it is evenly distributed. Return to the fridge while you place collectively the final word phrase layer.
For the strawberry mousse:
- Put collectively gelatin. In a small saucepan, pour cool water over gelatin, mixing until the water is totally absorbed. Place saucepan on the fluctuate and stir at all times until the gelatin is completely dissolved; 1 or 2 minutes. Do not let it attain a boil. Take away from fluctuate and put apart to sit back out.
- Add strawberries to the bowl of a meals processor and course of until they flip right into a easy puree. Add Greek yogurt, lemon juice, and powder sugar and proceed processing. Lastly, add prepared gelatine, processing until totally built-in.
- Pour strawberry mixture over the cheese layer, using a spatula to be sure that it is evenly distributed. Return to the fridge for a variety of hours until it is totally set, ideally in a single day.
Notes
* it’s normally doable to sub with melted coconut oil.
** you might press down with a flat bottomed cup to make sure it’s packed in tightly.
- Prep Time: half-hour
- Put collectively dinner dinner Time: 3 hours
