Celebrating Independence Day: Diabetic Cheesecake

Here’s a double neat treat for kids and adults! Most everyone likes cheesecake, but not everyone can eat it. This will even go over for those on a sugar-restricted diet. You could then go into a health lesson which would include treatable and/or preventable health issues like diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity, etc. Fourth of July Cheesecake - for Diabetics

Ingredients:

3 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
4 Tablespoons margarine, melted
3 Tablespoons NutraSweet® Spoonful
1 envelope (1/4 ounce) unflavored gelatin
1 cup skim milk
2 packages (8 ounces each) reduced fat cream cheese, softened
1 package (3 ounces) reduced fat cream cheese, softened
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
1 Tablespoon grated lemon rind
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/3 to 1/2 cup NutraSweet® Spoonful
1 pint blueberries
2 pints raspberries


Directions:

1. Mix crumbs, margarine and 3 Tablespoons NutraSweet® Spoonful in medium bowl.

2. Pat evenly on bottom of jelly roll pan, 15 by 10 inches.

3. Sprinkle gelatin over milk in small saucepan; let stand 2 to 3 minutes.

4. Heat over medium low heat, stirring constantly, until gelatin is dissolved. Cool to room temperature.

5. Beat cream cheese until fluffy in large bowl; gradually beat in milk mixture.

6. Beat in lemon juice and rind, vanilla and 1/3 to 1/2 cup NutraSweet® Spoonful.

7. Pour mixture over crust; refrigerate until set, 3 to 4 hours.

8. Before serving, decorate to look like an American flag, using blueberries for the stars and the raspberries (or alternately strawberries or cherries) for the stripes.

Serving size: 1 slice
Yield: 16 slices

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