Tiny House Cooking - Instant "Cheesecake"

Most dessert type foods I can easily pass on. Cakes? Most are dry and I don't enjoy them. Cookies? Eh, if they are really fresh and soft, but otherwise not my thing. Doughnuts? Unless it's within about 10 seconds of coming out of someone's skillet after being home made, don't even really like them. And so on. But I have a serious weakness for anything made with cream cheese. Anything. Like right down to eating a block of plain cream cheese. I really really like the stuff!

 If I'm ever out for dinner with a friend, I'll most likely pass on any dessert offered. Unless the waiter mentions cheesecake. Then I will almost always have a piece. And of course I can bake my own cheesecake. I've made a wide variety over the years and enjoyed every one. One of the best I ever had was a 8 inch high pistachio cheesecake made for me by a good friend as a birthday gift. Truly amazing! But... I don't do this much as my body doesn't seem to digest dairy well. As much as I enjoy the stuff, I avoid consuming it most of the time.

 Occasionally though, I just really crave the rich creamy taste. And if you ever feel the same, here's how I get that cheesecake like fix, in less then a minute, without having a whole cheesecake
in my fridge to consume over the next week. Not that any part of me has a hard time dealing with that problem! Other than that whole pesky digestive system thing. To keep myself in check, as at least my brain and tastebuds feel like I could eat this about three meals a day, every day, I have a rule. I make this only when my local grocery has fresh berries on sale... and at the same time, has cream cheese on sale. If that's not the case, I have to pass. But when that happens, here's what I do.

Instant "Cheesecake"

1 block of cream cheese (Only real genuine stuff. Not low fat as that's both tasteless and more importantly, most low fat dairy is fairly toxic and actually fattening. Look up how to fatten a hog on skim milk if you're in doubt.)

1 cup yogurt (same as above, only whole milk, cream on top)

Honey/Maple Syrup to taste, I use about a tablespoon

For a creamy texture, mix in a Kitchen Aid mixer, food processor, etc. Or just mix together with a fork. It'll be a little lumpier, but taste just as good. Then, since I never really liked crust anyway, just drop a couple spoonfuls in a bowl and add a bunch of berries. Blueberries are what I had today. But blackberries, raspberries, huckleberries, strawberries, cherries, mangos, peaches, or just about any other fruit, fresh, canned, or frozen is delicious as well. Enjoy!

There you go! From a cheesecake fanatic, I enjoy this every bit as much as any cheesecake I've ever had. And you can make it in less than a minute. And you're getting at least a little bit of live and useful bacteria via the yogurt. And it really does taste amazing with pretty much any fruit, which is also giving you all the benefits of the nutrients, vitamins, etc. in fruit. Berries and cherries are my favorites.

So there you go! A very tiny house, small kitchen, few ingredient, no oven, limited time friendly, and pretty much no skill required and no way it can flop option to enjoy something very like a cheesecake. Give it a shot and let me know what you think!