Homemade Cheesecake - Tasty and Healthy

Hello ladies, 

I hope everybody is doing well. Let’s begin the week with a new recipe. This time, we are going to make a delicious cheesecake!   

If you have read my previous posts, you have probably seen that I don’t like to use white refined sugar and all-purpose flour in the kitchen. If I have the chance, I prefer to replace them with something healthier. Before the recipe, I want to give you some alternatives for refined sugar and all-purpose flour. 

Alternatives for Refined Sugar:

-Honey

-Stevia

-Agave Syrup

-Coconut Sugar

-Dates

-Dried Apricots

-Banana Puree

Alternatives for All-Purpose Flour:

-Oatmeal, oat bran

-Whole Wheat Flour

-Gluten-Free Flour

-Brown Rice Flour

-Rye Flour

-Coconut Flour

-Quinoa Flour

-Chickpea Flour

-Beans

Some find my search for healthy alternatives boring, but I like it.   I believe it’s possible to eat both delicious and healthy things at the same time. 

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Ingredients:

• 20 dates
• 1 cup of nut flour (Blend almonds in a blender for 10-15 seconds until they are broken up.)
• 1 cup of oat flour (Blend oatmeal in a blender until it’s broken up.)
• 1 tablespoon of coconut oil
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups of Greek yoghurt
• 200 grams of mild cream cheese

Sauce:

• 2 tablespoons of honey
• 10-15 strawberries

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Recipe:

-Preheat the oven for 170 degrees Celsius. (338 Fahrenheit)

-Put the dates in a bowl and cover them up with hot water. Leave the dates resting in overnight.

-Get the seeds out and peel the dates’ skin. (Leave the water in the bowl)

-Blend the dates and the water in a blender until it becomes a puree.

-For the crust, stir the oat and nut flour, 1 tablespoon of melted coconut oil and 1 tablespoon of dates puree in another bowl.

-Put this mixture in a cheesecake pan and press into the bottom until it becomes flat. Leave the crust in the fridge for 1-2 hours.

-Mix the yoghurt, cream cheese, eggs and the rest of the dates puree with a mixer.

-Pour the yoghurt mixture on the prepared crust.

-Bake at 170 degrees Celsius for 30-40 minutes. (The center should have a small jiggle.)

-Refrigerate for 4-5 hours or overnight before serving. 

-Blend the strawberries and the honey in a blender until it becomes fluid. Add the sauce on your cheesecake and enjoy!   

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