Best Healthy Cheesecake Recipes

HEALTHY 6" CHEESECAKE (MADE WITH COTTAGE CHEESE) LOW CARB &

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• In a food processor, blend the cream cheese until smooth. Add the cottage cheese and blend with the cream cheese. Add the sugar, vanilla, lemon juice, and milled chia seeds (for thickening). Blend away until no lumps remain. Add the egg and egg white. Blend again until evenly mixed.
• Pour all the mixture into a 6" springform pan that has been sprayed with PAM.
• Place in the oven and bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce the heat to 250 degrees without opening the door. Bake another 20 minutes, or until a thermometer inserted 1" from the edge reaches 155 degrees.
• Remove from the oven. Run a knife around the edge. Let cool on the counter with a hot pad holder on top to keep it from dropping temperature too fast. After 30-45 minutes move it to the fridge and chill eight hours, or overnight.
• Yummy Variations: Just omit lemon juice and then. . .
• Chocolate Truffle: Add 1/4 Celsius cocoa powder and increase sugar to 3/4 Celsius Add 1-2 oz melted bittersweet chocolate for more richness.
• Pumpkin: Add 1 cup canned pumpkin, 1/2 t. cinnamon, 1/4 t. allspice, 1/8 t. nutmeg. If you love pumpkin spices a lot, double them (I do).
• Chocolate Chip: Stir 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips to the batter before baking (sub 3/4 t. mint extract for a mint chocolate chip).
• Peanut Butter: Add 1/2 cup peanut butter with the cottage cheese.
• Banana-Walnut: Add 3/4 cup mashed banana with the cottage cheese. Stir in walnuts right before pouring mixture into the pan.
• Ricotta: Keep lemon juice. Sub 1/2 the cottage cheese for ricotta.
• Fruit Swirled: Keep lemon juice. Swirl in preserves or sugar free spread into the top of the cheesecake before baking.

HEALTHY NO-BAKE PEANUT BUTTER CHEESECAKE BARS

Steps:

• For the crust: Line an 8-inch square pan with foil so it overhangs on two sides and lightly spray the foil with nonstick cooking spray. Put the chocolate and butter in a medium microwave-safe bowl and microwave, stirring every 30 seconds, until the chocolate is melted and smooth, about 1 minute.
• Put the graham crackers in a food processor and process until finely ground. Add the melted chocolate mixture and process until the mixture is the texture of very wet sand. Press the crust into the bottom of the prepared pan, cover and refrigerate while preparing the cheesecake layer.
• For the cheesecake: Clean out the food processor bowl. Sprinkle the gelatin over 2 tablespoons water in a small microwave-safe bowl and set aside to soften, about 5 minutes. Microwave the dissolved gelatin, stirring every 10 seconds, until melted.
• Combine the cream cheese, buttermilk, peanut butter, brown sugar, vanilla, salt and melted gelatin in the food processor and process until smooth and the sugar has dissolved. Rub a little of the mixture between your fingers, if it is still gritty then continue to process.
• Pour the cream cheese mixture over the crust and spread evenly with an offset spatula. Sprinkle the top with the peanuts. Wrap the pan loosely with plastic wrap and refrigerate until the cheesecake layer is set, about 2 hours. The bars can be assembled and refrigerated overnight. Cut into 12 bars.

BEST EVER CHEESECAKE SMOOTHIE (HEALTHY!)

Steps:

• Blend all ingredients except the diced cream cheese.
• Pour smoothie into drinking cup, and add the diced cream cheese as garnish (if you dont mind your drink chunky).
• ENJOY!

NATE'S HEALTHY BREAKFAST CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch pie pan.
• Pulse graham cracker crumbs, oats, water, soy flour, and cream cheese together in a food processor or blender on high until smooth. Press crust mixture into greased pie pan.
• Mix cream cheese, cottage cheese, milk, and liquid egg substitute in a blender until completely smooth. Pour into a large mixing bowl. Add sweetener, yogurt, soy flour, and vanilla extract and mix well. Pour filling into crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top begins to brown, about 1 hour. Let cool completely, 3 to 4 hours. Refrigerate until serving.

HEALTHY CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar and cinnamon; stir in butter. Press onto the bottom and 1 in. up the sides of a 9-in. springform pan coated with cooking spray. Place on a baking sheet. Bake at 325° for 10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack., In a blender or food processor, combine cottage cheese and yogurt. Cover and process until smooth; set aside. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Add egg substitute; beat on low speed just until combined. Stir in the flour, lemon juice, lemon zest and vanilla. Fold in cottage cheese mixture. Pour into crust. , Return pan to baking sheet. Bake at 325° for 40-45 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight. Remove sides of pan. Refrigerate leftovers.

HEALTHY AND EASY NO-BAKE CHEESECAKE FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Soak the lady fingers in the apple juice.
• Dissolve the gelatin slowly into the boiling water.
• In a large bowl, mix the evaporated milk, vanilla, sugar, and cream cheese.
• Stir in the cool gelatin.
• Beat the whipping cream until there are smooth, soft ridges.
• Fold the whipped cream into the mixture of gelatin and the rest of the ingredients.
• Lay half of the lady fingers down into a 10x13-inch pan.
• Pour half of your mixture into the lady finger base, and top that with the other half of lady fingers, then top THAT with the rest of the mixture.
• Let it set in the fridge for several hours, until firm.
• Add your topping.

HEART HEALTHY LEMON CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Combine all crust ingredients in mixing bowl and pack into 9" springform pan.
• Bake for 18 mins at 350 degrees.
• Combine all filling ingredients in bowl and mix until smooth.
• Pour into springform pan with prepared crust and bake for 40 mins at 325 degrees.
• Mix all topping ingredients together and pour over cheesecake after it comes from the oven but while still in the springform pan, before the cheesecake has cooled.
• Chill for 3-4 hours in the fridge before removing from pan.

HEALTHY PROTEIN PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• preheat oven to 400f degrees.
• in large bowl combine ricotta cheese, pumpkin, maple syrup, splenda, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla, and protein powder. mix well.
• pour mixture into pie shell and smooth out with spoon or spatula
• bake for 30 to 40 minutes until filling is set.
• let cool for 15 minutes. Refrigerate for a least 2 hours before serving.
• serve with a tbsp of the cool whip and enjoy!