Following the interesting thread posted by TheCatWoman. My favourite diet is reading cookery books in bed. By then I'm too tired to get up and start cooking - thus saving calories.
Tonight, I watched Jamie Oliver's 'Feast for a Fiver, see recipe, 'Jam Treacle Tart' Old-style puds are what we used to get at Junior School. Though the mains were awful I always loved the puds - spotted ***, jam roly poly etc. Heart attack on a plate!
What's your favourite pud - ones you hanker for and ones you actually make?
Here's a delicious cheesecake recipe - because it's mainly Greek yoghurt it's less calorie laden than most.
Berry Cheesecake – using yoghurt [source: ‘The Baking Book’ – Good Housekeeping, 2011]
BASE
100gr melted butter
25 gr ground almonds [or dessicated coconut]
225gr ginger biscuits [other your favourite biscuits]
Almond extract [optional]
TOP
250 gr berries [frozen or fresh]
300gr Greek yoghurt
150gr cream cheese
1 tsp gelatine [or vege. Equiv.]
2 med egg whites, whipped
50 gr icing sugar
- Grease & line 8” springform tin. Mix first 4 ingredients, press into tin – chill until firm
- Puree fruit - sieve if you don’t like pips
- Mix yoghurt with cream cheese
- Sprinkle gelatine with 2 tbspns. water, melt over pan of hot water
- Whisk egg whites with sugar until thick & glossy
- fold egg mix with cheese mix, swirl in most of berries
- add cooled gelatine mix
- pour cheesecake mix over biscuit base
- sprinkle rest of crushed berries over top
- chill in fridge 3 – 4 hours until firm
ps I've cut myself a large slice as I made this with my own yoghurt which must be lighter than shop bought...