No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake Low Sugar

Awesome you put some of my favorite words in a recipe, No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake, Any one of those would get my attention but all together it is definitely a recipe that I must try.

Old Fashioned Ginger Beer

An easy Autumn  recipe for old-fashioned ginger beer using very basic ingredients. For The Starter: 1/2 Ounce Yeast 2 Teaspoons Sugar To Feed The “Plant”: 7 Teaspoons Ground Ginger 7 Teaspoons Sugar To Flavour: 1 1/2 Pounds Sugar Juice Of 2 Lemons Mix starter ingredients with 3/4 pint of warm water in a glass jar. … Continue reading Old Fashioned Ginger Beer

What is in Season in September?

Apple Pecan Pancakes yum

Roasted Eggplant And Tomato Parmigiana

Love how you used what you had on hand to make this awesome recipe

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This is not a traditional eggplant parmigiana, I used what I had a ton of tomatoes and one large eggplant. I usually bread the eggplant and fry it but not this time, it’s a little different. Yesterday I oven roasted 3 baking sheets of tomatoes that I got at the farmers market. I bought an eggplant that I thought I would try to spiralize, it was too big and spongy and the spiralizer didn’t work on it. Cleaning out my freezer I found a small bag of bread crumbs (about 1 cup) that I had made from homemade bread that didn’t get eaten. So if you can see where I’m going I used what I had in the refrigerator and freezer and created a delicious casserole. The eggplant was cut into about 1/4 inch thick slices and roasted in the oven with a drizzle of olive oil.  Layer the tomatoes and eggplant…

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Mini Lime Cheesecake Mock Soufflé

Once again you amaze me with a recipe that provides a dessert without guilt. Awesome Suzanne cheesecake always gets my attention.

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I think I have mentioned before how much I love dessert, or anything sweet for that matter. Since changing my eating habits staying away from bread, rice and pasta, monitoring portion size, cutting down (almost out) refined sugar etc… dessert has been challenging. I have to have something sweet even if it’s a yogurt and fruit or a bite of chocolate I’ve got to have it. Years ago when I went on the South Beach plan I bought the book and there are some recipes in it for all the different phases. I saw these little cheesecakes and thought I would give it a try. I altered the recipe a bit and noted the changes in the ingredients. These little bites couldn’t be any easier or quicker, no crushing cookies and pressing them into a pan, all you do is put a whole cookie in the bottom of a cupcake or muffin liner…

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