NO-GUILT CHEESECAKE

      Title: NO-GUILT CHEESECAKE
  Categories: Cheesecakes, Low-fat, Low-cal
       Yield: 2 Servings
  
            -Dannon Healthy Habit
            -Recipes
       1 qt Plain nonfat or
            Lowfat yogurt
       3    Egg whites
     3/4 c  Sugar
     1/2 c  Graham cracker crumbs
       2 tb Flour
       1 tb Margarine; melted
       1 tb Lemon juice
       1 c  Lowfat cottage cheese
       1 ts Vanilla extract
            Fresh fruit; sliced
  
   Day before preparing cheesecake: Spoon yogurt into large strainer
   lined with a double thickness of cheesecloth or 3 layers of paper
   towels. Place bowl beneath, but not touching strainer to catch
   liquid. Cover and refrigerate 24 hours.
   
   To prepare cheesecake:  Combine crumbs and melted margarine. Press
   evenly onto bottom of 7 to 9-inch springform pan; set aside. In food
   processor or blender, process cottage cheese and egg whites on high
   speed until smooth, scraping down side occasionally. Add strained
   yogurt, sugar, flour, lemon juice and vanilla. Process on high an
   additional 30 seconds or until well blended.  Pour onto crust in pan.
   Place pan on baking sheet. Bake at 325 degrees F for 1 hour. Cool to
   room temperature. Refrigerate several hours or overnight.  Serve with
   sliced fresh fruit.
   
   Serves 12.   Calories: 140, Protein: 7g, Fat: 2.5g, Cholesterol: 5mg,
   Calcium: 147mg, (those figures are using lowfat yogurt, non-fat yogurt
   decreases the fat grams per serving to about 1.3g)
   
   Posted by D.MCNEMEE [DAN!] on Oct 07, 1992, GENie. MM by Cathy Svitek
   
   From the MM database of Judi M. Phelps. jphelps@shell.portal.com or
   jphelps@best.com
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