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Dressing Up a Plain NYC Cheesecake

28 Thursday Jun 2012

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Dressing Up a Plain NYC Cheesecake
You want something sweet and are staring at the cheesecakes in the grocer’s chilled case…do you go with the disgustingly sweet turtle cheesecake? Chocolate chocolate chocolate cheesecake? Or do you go with the little ol’ plain one? GO PLAIN AND GO HOME…and then dress it up a little bit! It’s not a salad, but by creating your own sweet, you’re saving calories.
In the above photo, I used one slice of cheesecake, a sprinkling of coconut, a sprinkling of mini chocolate chips and a strawberry* on the top. DEEEELISH!

*To create a fancy, fanned strawberry, use your egg slicer! Wash the strawberry, place into the egg slicer stem-side down, bottoms-up 😉 Slice through until you nearly touch the stem. Remove from egg slicer, fan the pieces apart and delicately garnish your dish.

Strawberries & Cream

19 Tuesday Jun 2012

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Light, Tasty Strawberries & Cream
It’s summer! What better way to end your dinner than some fresh strawberries over spongy cake cups with a little cream on top?
I totally cheated. To make the above tasty deliciousness, you’ll need:
fresh strawberries, Cool-Whip and spongy cake cups {these were non-special Meijer brand.}
~ Plate the cake cup.
~ Wash strawberries; cut off stem, then quarter and arrange in the cup, points facing out. If the strawberries are small, cut a second strawberry in half and put in the center of the opened strawberry pieces.
~ Add a dollup of cream!
The strawberries are sweet enough, there is no sugar needed! It’s lighter than an ice cream but just as cool and satisfying after a summer dinner.