Cheesecake is certainly a favorite among desserts and for the health conscious low fat Cheesecake cooking is simple, easy to follow and still tastes delicious. You will never miss the fat in these low fat cheesecake recipes that make a healthy dessert option.

Cherry cheesecake, Low Fat Recipe

Yield:
1 Serving

Ingredients:
1 1/2 c Graham crumbs
1 tb sugar
1 single egg white
1 c low fat cottage cheese (1%)
2 c low fat sour cream
½ c sugar
2 tb flour
1 egg
2 egg whites
2 ts vanilla
19 oz pie filling

Preparation:
In small bowl, blend crumbs and sugar. Add egg white and stir until well-blended. Press firmly over bottom and partway up sides of sprayed 8″ spring form pan. Bake at 375F 8 mins until edges feel firm and dry. Set aside.

Process cottage cheese and sour cream in a blender for about 1 minute until smooth. Add sugar, flour, egg, egg whites and vanilla and blend again.

Pour into prepared crust and bake at 300F for 1hr and 15 mins until edges are dry to touch and center jiggles only slightly when pan is shaken.

Cool completely, then cover and refrigerate for at least 5 hrs before serving. Serve with pie filling on top.

Make sure to blend until smooth to avoid grainy texture.

Quick chocolate cheesecake, Low Fat Recipe

Yield:
8 Servings

Ingredients:
Crust and topping
¼ c margarine
32 graham cracker, crumbed

Filling
1 ¼ c skim milk
1 pk Low-cal chocolate pudding mix
1 c cottage cheese – low-cal
1 c Non-dairy whipped topping

Preparation:
Melt the margarine. Mix the melted margarine with graham cracker crumbs. Keep aside ¼ cup for the topping. Press remaining 3/4 crumbs into the base of an 8 inch flan ring set on a serving plate. Refrigerate to firm. For the filling, combine skim milk and chocolate pudding mix in saucepan.

Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture is thick. Remove from heat. Turn cottage cheese into blender or food processor and blend to thoroughly cream. Stir into pudding. Cool slightly. Fold non-dairy whipped topping into pudding. Spoon mixture over crumb crust. Chill until firm. Remove the flan ring and decorate with reserved graham cracker crumbs.