Strawberry cheesecake in a glass
Recently I was contacted by someone at Total Greek Yogurt to ask me if I wanted to try out some of the different Greek yogurts in their range. I said yes. They couldn’t have asked a better spokesperson than me, because I go through the stuff like nobody’s business. Greek yogurt is an absolute staple in my house, something you will always find in my refrigerator. I use Greek yogurt for a billion and one things. The versatility of this food is pretty amazing if you ask me. I use it for sweets (as in this case), I use it in curries, I use it as a base for dips, and I also use it as a low calorie substitute for mayonnaise. Greek yogurt has many health benefits and is an excellent source of dairy. It also happens to taste incredible. If you haven’t tried Greek yogurt, I’d say it’s a bit like sour cream in flavour. I have always bought the full fat version, but the people at Total sent me all the different products in their range. The 0% yogurt tasted better than I expected. It doesn’t have the same creamy texture as the full fat version, but for this particular desert, it worked beautifully. Honestly, this didn’t taste like a low calorie desert at all. I even managed to fool Mr P 
.
If you are a bit of a dumb (but very cute) bunny, like myself, this recipe is for you. It is completely fool proof daaaaahlings, so quick to put together. No baking involved. Despite the ease of the desert, it is still impressive enough to wow your loved ones. And it’s good enough to make your friends hate you for eating yummy food but having skinny thighs (though personally, I haven’t reached the skinny thigh chapter in my life yet).
The recipe for this desert, and the deserts that follow, are based on this one from the BBC Good Food website. The recipe makes three portions.
Strawberry Cheesecakes in a Glass
Ingredients:
- 85g low-fat biscuits– I used speculaas
- 200g tub extra-light soft cheese
- 200g tub 0% fat Greek yogurt– I used Total
- few drops vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp good-quality strawberry jam
- 100g strawberries, hulled and sliced
Crush biscuits and place crumbs in the bottom of three glasses or small bowls. Combine the yogurt, cream cheese, and vanilla together, and spoon over the crumbs. Refrigerate. When ready to serve, stir the jam in a bowl until loose, then gently stir in the strawberries. Divide the strawberries between the cheesecakes and serve.
Here’s another version where instead of vanilla, I added 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon into the cream cheese and yogurt mix, and then topped it off with some of my chai spiced applesauce:
And this was my favorite of the three. Here I took inspiration from one of my favorite treats, baklava. There is 1/2 teaspoon of cardamom in the cream cheese and yogurt mix, and I topped it off with honey and pistachios.
What types flavours for cheesecake in a glass can you think of?
Lovely dessert and great clicks!
I love anything with cheese, for sure I’ll have one of this! Have a great week ahead!
I would go for anything with cream and berrie! or cream and tangy like mango or passion fruit. Looks great, by the way!
That’s a different kind of cheesecake. Love the way it looks.
These look devine. My fave is the strawberry one – look at those amazing colours!
So many creative ideas, it is even hard to decide which one to try first : ). Love having yogurt in curries and dressings as well.
Cheesecake in a glass!!!!!!!!!! Oh heck yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love the idea of a cheesecake in a glass! Very creative, and so delicious!!!
What a lurvely, lurvely yoghurty dessert!!! Is that apple from your tree? Ohh..I so wanna see your apple trees!!
Hmmm low fat dessert and I don’t normally mesh…..but because it’s Greek Yogurt which I totally love I’ll agree it’s probably delish.
Would be lovely with some lemon or raspberry butter/curd
What a beautiful dessert you made. I love Greek Yogurt also.
Wow, these are wonderful to look at…and I can’t even imagine how delightful they taste
To the very cut bunny who is certainly far from being dumb…you’ve done this product great justice. Love the ingredients you paired with this yogurt.
You touched upon some of my favourite ingredients…however…I may just like to make mine coffee based, chocolate, nuts and some delectable liquor drizzled on top ;o)
Ciao for now,
Claudia
just my kind of dessert. perfect for one. this looks delicious!
I’m so impressed by your beautiful desserts. When I saw the tag healthy and tile cheesecake, I thought oh sure. I never would have thought of using Greek yogurt to lighten the calorie count.Well done.
These desserts are fabulous. Great job!
I love yogurt with flambeed apples.
What a terrific blog! Love love love Greek yogurt…thanks for the inspiration!
Now, THAT looks incredibly satisfying and good-for-you. Just the thing after all these rich holiday meals.