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Recipe tags: Bake, Fruit, Pie, Refrigerator, Valentine’s Day, Vegetarian

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Desserts

Cupid’s Cherry Cheesecake

Recipe submitted by DaVita dietitian Tammy from Texas.

Portions: 8

Serving Size: 1/8 pie

Ingredients

• two 8-ounce packages of cream cheese, softened
• 2/3 cup sugar or Slpenda®granular no calorie sweetener
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 whole large eggs
• 2 large egg white
• one 9” ready-made graham cracker crust
• 1 cup low-calorie cherry pie filling

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 300° F.
2. Beat softened cream cheese, sugar and extract with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until well-blended. Add whole eggs and egg whites, one at a time.
3. Pour into a ready-made graham cracker crust.
4. Bake 55 minutes to 1 hour or until center is almost set.
5. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
6. Cut into 8 wedges and top each piece with 2 tablespoons of low-calorie cherry pie filling.

Nutrients per serving

• Calories: 402
• Protein:  7 g
• Carbohydrate: 36 g
• Fat: 25 g
• Cholesterol: 98 mg
• Sodium: 333 mg
• Potassium: 128 mg
• Phosphorus: 81 mg
• Calcium: 63 mg
• Fiber: 1.1 g

Renal and Renal Diabetic Food Choices

• 1/2 meat
• 1 starch
• 1 high calorie
• 4 fat

Carbohydrate Choices

• 2-1/2

Helpful hints

• This high calorie dessert is for special occasions.
• Use Splenda® sweetener and low-fat cream cheese to reduce calories, carbohydrate and fat. (calories = 282, carbs = 25 g, fat = 15 g)

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