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Contributed by: John Wilder
Note: I don’t even like Cheesecake, but this sounds pretty darn cool! Thanks John…
For Crust
21/2 cups slivered almonds
¾ stick butter melted
For Cheesecake
4- 8 oz packages non fat cream cheese room temp
6 ozs or ¾ cup non fat sour cream or Yoplait Boston Crème Pie Yogurt
½ cup granulated sugar
½ cup Splenda
4 eggs at room temp
½ tsp almond extract
1 tsp vanilla extract
About 24 Hershey’s Almond Kisses or half bag approx enough to cover bottom of crust completely
1/3 approx of Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup from a squeeze bottle
Container pre made chocolate frosting
About 12 maraschino cherries. Continue Reading
Contributed by: John Wilder
One of the most common dietary downfalls is French fries. They are dietary suicide for all of the fat and the salt. Another big problem is commercially prepared hash browns. I am here to tell you that you can prepare potatoes at home with a much lower fat and salt content and actually make them healthy. I must first explain the science of French Fries to you.
Commercially prepared French fries or hash browns are soaked in running water to remove the potato starch. What happens is that this process makes the potato a virtual sponge, sucking up the oil that they are fried in. Also salt will dissolve much more readily and also be sucked into the potato yielding additional flavor. This is why French fries or hash browns or hash brown patties are so greasy. They are literally oozing grease that they have absorbed. I have a magic trick that you can do at home to prevent this so that you can have your potatoes and eat them to without guilt.
In stead of making traditional fries, make home fries that are Continue Reading