Orange Cheesecake Recipe

CRUST
1 cup Soft wholewheat bread crumbs
1/4 cup Bran (natural)
1/4 cup Brown sugar subs (SugarTwin)
1/2 tsp Ground cinnamon
2 tbsp Butter or margarine
FILLING
1 tbsp Unflavored gelatin (1 pkg)
1/3 cup Water
2 cup 2% cottage cheese
1/3 cup Orange juice
1 tsp Orange rind
1 small Banana
2 tbsp White sugar subs. SugarTwin
1 tsp Lemon juice
1 small Orange
8 Strawberries or grapes

CRUST: Combine 1st 4 ingredients in a bowl. With fingers, rub in
butter until mixture is crumbly. Press onto bottom of 7-8"
springform pan.

FILLING: In small saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over water & let stand
about 5 minutes to soften. Place over low heat, stirring until
gelatin dissolves. Let cool to room temperature. In food processor
or blender, combine cottage cheese, orange juice & rind, banana,
sweetener, lemon juice & dissolved gelatin. Puree until smooth (mash
cottage cheese, banana with sweetener, juices & gelatin or press
through sieve). Pour over prepared crust. Cover & chill 2-4 hrs or
until set. At serving time, remove side from pan. With wide metal
lifter, slip cheesecake off bottom of pan onto serving plate or leave
on base of springform pan. Peel orange, removing pith & thin
membrane. Remove sections. Slice strawberries or grapes. Arrange on
top of cheesecake along with orange slices.

Exchanges 1/8 cheesecake: 1 Fruits & Vegetables Choice 1 Protein
Choice; 12 g carbohydrate; 10 g protein 4 g fat; 124 calories



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Preparation Time: 0:00

Serves: 8

Is this Orange Cheesecake Recipe Suitable for Diabetics?

This Orange Cheesecake recipe is one of our collection of diabetic Cheesecake recipes. As we have no knowledge of your individual medical conditions & the guidelines your health advisors have provided, we cannot say with certainty that this Orange Cheesecake recipe is appropriate for you. Even taking that into account, as the compiler labelled it as `diabetic` it hopefully indicates that it at least covers the minimum specification for the label `diabetic`, being low in fat and carbohydrates and so should be better for your health than a normal recipe. Even taking that into account, this Orange Cheesecake recipe should only be used if you understand your own condition and are happy that the ingredients are OK for you.

This Orange Cheesecake Recipe is one from the diabetic Cheesecake recipes category. Clearly, it would be totally out of the question for us to prepare every single one of the diabetic Cheesecake recipes to make sure that all the recipes are totally adapted for diabetes sufferers. We have over two thousand diabetic recipes listed, and to cook every one of them at a rate of 4 or 5 a weeek would take as long as 290 weeks. Our advice is to read the recipe content with due care to make sure that all the recipes agree with the dietary advice your medical team has given you. In the event that you find that this Orange Cheesecake recipe is not appropriate for sufferers of diabetes, please let us know and we will withdraw the offending recipe from the site.

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