I love dessert, it’s one of my favorite ways to indulge.  However, because I am rather health conscious about what I put in my mouth, indulgent desserts and healthy don’t always go hand in hand.  Indulgent doesn’t have to mean 700 calories for a large piece of cake.  About 5 years ago, I did a Body For Life Challenge.  It’s basically a challenge where you exercise, eat certain foods, etc.  The Body For Life Cookbook had a cheesecake recipe that was actually very yummy, and diet savvy.  I, however wanted to get creative using crescent rolls, so I combined one of my favorite recipes with crescents. Using Reduced Fat Crescent Rolls, and high protein low calorie cheesecake filling, you get a muffin sized crescent cheesecake for only 130 calories per cheesecake.  Better yet, this dessert has only 4 grams of fat and 6 grams of protein per serving.  Prep time is only 15 minutes, and you could be popping one in your mouth 20 minutes after that!  Interested yet?  I thought so. :)

Ingredients

  • 3 cans/tubes of Pillsbury Reduced Fat Crescent Rolls
  • 1 cup low fat cottage cheese
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
  • 7 Tbsp no calorie sweetener (I used Splenda)
  • 12 ounces Fat Free Cream Cheese, softened to room temp
  • 1 cup egg substitute
  • 1/2 cup nonfat sour cream
  • 1 cup Fresh Strawberries, sliced

Directions

Preheat Oven to 350 degrees

Blend cottage cheese in a blender until smooth.  Add vanilla and 3 Tbsp of the Splenda and blend for another 30 seconds.

Add softened cream cheese into blender, and blend for 30 seconds.  Then add egg substitute and blend for another 30 seconds.

Place crescent rolls in muffin tin – 1 crescent roll per muffin slot.  Shape dough around the inside of the tin so that it makes a cup and covers the entire inside.  Sprinkle non calorie sweetener into each cup after you have a crescent roll in it.  Cup should come to the top of the muffin tin top.

Pour 1 1/2 Tbsp of cheesecake mixture into each crescent muffin cup

Bake at 350 degrees for 17 minutes or until Crescent is browned and cheesecake is set

Let cheesecake cool for 10 minutes

In a Separate bowl, mix 2 Tbsp of non calorie sweetener and sour cream

Top each cheesecake with sliced strawberries and a dollop of the sour cream/sweetener.

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