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libre 5.2 no fingerprick today. made a no-bake style cheesecake yesterday for friends to see if they like, they are getting married in the near future and are doing their own catering! I've offered to assist with a few deserts. so 4-5 cheesecakes. couldn't help but taste test a very small bit 2" square to myself :) As is pretty fatty slows down digestion and didn't spike sugars as much as had expected it to :O

recipe for it 2x elmea double cream, 1x savers soft cheese 1x light phillydelphia cheese, 3 zests of lemon, juice from 2 lemons 2x sugar free lemon jelly crystals. for the base melted butter added a little grated fresh ginger and used supermarkets own branded gingernuts crushed up with a little fresh ginger. placed the base in fridge for just over an hour. for the cheesecake mix grated zest of 3 lemons juice of 2 lemons added the sugarfree jelly crystals shoved in the microwave until crystals discovolved added 100ml water then placed in fridge to cool alongside the 3 grated lemon zests. Whipped the elmlea until started to thicken added softcheese's mixxed until thick slowly added the cooled jelly folding into the mix until nice and even being careful not to knock out the air bubbles. in the past i would of added around 3-4 desert spoons of sugar to the soft cheese prior to mixing thought better of it. The result was a nice sharp zesty lemony cheesecake after it set (3-5 hours in fridge). was enough for 2 relatively thick cheesecakes. Topping was a thin layer of fresh rasperries blended with juice of 1/2 lemon 1 level desert spoon of canderel i used half a packet of sugarfree raspberry jelly crystals to help set the topping. just before serving couple of fresh raspberries place ontop.

hoping the couple enjoy, looking forward to their feedback later on this afternoon :)
 

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MrsA2 said:
Just a heads up that Elmlea isn't real cream. It's a processed blend of processed vegetable oils. Check the nutrition label.
Yes it's longer life and cheaper than real cream but I thought you might be interested to know this.
Glad you enjoyed the cheesecake
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thanks for the info :) was aware not real diary cream, i've always called it 'pretend cream' wasnt aware was a blend of processed veggy oils. i'll need to check the info next time really curious as elmlea now also does a double 'plant based' 'cream' to what differences are between those :) not too sure which is better for body real diary or elmlea i have pretty high lipids
 
grantg said:
libre 5.2 no fingerprick today. made a no-bake style cheesecake yesterday for friends to see if they like, they are getting married in the near future and are doing their own catering! I've offered to assist with a few deserts. so 4-5 cheesecakes. couldn't help but taste test a very small bit 2" square to myself :) As is pretty fatty slows down digestion and didn't spike sugars as much as had expected it to :O

recipe for it 2x elmea double cream, 1x savers soft cheese 1x light phillydelphia cheese, 3 zests of lemon, juice from 2 lemons 2x sugar free lemon jelly crystals. for the base melted butter added a little grated fresh ginger and used supermarkets own branded gingernuts crushed up with a little fresh ginger. placed the base in fridge for just over an hour. for the cheesecake mix grated zest of 3 lemons juice of 2 lemons added the sugarfree jelly crystals shoved in the microwave until crystals discovolved added 100ml water then placed in fridge to cool alongside the 3 grated lemon zests. Whipped the elmlea until started to thicken added softcheese's mixxed until thick slowly added the cooled jelly folding into the mix until nice and even being careful not to knock out the air bubbles. in the past i would of added around 3-4 desert spoons of sugar to the soft cheese prior to mixing thought better of it. The result was a nice sharp zesty lemony cheesecake after it set (3-5 hours in fridge). was enough for 2 relatively thick cheesecakes. Topping was a thin layer of fresh rasperries blended with juice of 1/2 lemon 1 level desert spoon of canderel i used half a packet of sugarfree raspberry jelly crystals to help set the topping. just before serving couple of fresh raspberries place ontop.

hoping the couple enjoy, looking forward to their feedback later on this afternoon :)
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I’m now craving cheesecake, but without the topping
 
DEBBIESCOTT said:
I’m now craving cheesecake, but without the topping
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i'm glad its not in my house no more very light and morish would of likely eaten some instead of 'proper' lunch :)
sorry for the cravings. Might look into making own low carb gingernuts for the next time and forget the topping other than a few fresh berries ontop. maybe something like sunflower&flaxseed flour or make own chickkpea flour (dehydrated chickpeas pestel and mortor) :) unless if someone knows of good tasting low carb biscuit could use for the base :D
 
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