High Protein Lemon "Cheesecake" Bites
High Protein Lemon "Cheesecake" Bites
This one is tart and refreshing, great for kids, and high in protein - any dessert with lemon is a win in my books. As with most of my baking recipes, you can be pretty flexible with the ingredients and amounts, and combine to your preferences; these are pretty hard to mess up, so the following is a loose intruction manual for these tasty bites!
Serving size: about 12
Time: 10 minutes to make, an hour to set
Ingredients:
- 1 cup full fat, unsweetened greek yogurt
- 1 lemon, juiced (you can also include some rind shavings)
- 1 scoop, vanilla protein powder
- 1 splash, vanilla extract For base:
- 1 cup, crushed graham crackers (can use homemade, Paleo, gluten free, or other, whatever you want!)
- 2 tablespoons (approx) melted coconut oil
- In a bowl, mix yogurt, lemon juice, protein powder and vanilla extract. Feel free to adjust amounts to taste. Put in the fridge.
- Add graham crackers to a ziploc bag or bowl and crush into crumbs (I use a bag and the bottom of a mug). In a bowl, mix the crumbs with the coconut oil. Should still be crumbly, but able to form into balls with your hands.
- Using silicone muffin liners or a silicone mini cupcake liner, press a thin later of the cookie mixer into the bottom of each well.
- Add a dollop of the yogurt mixture on top.
- Place in fridge and allow to set for about 30 minutes; alternatively you can place in the freezer for about 15 minutes to set a little harder, but be careful - leave them too long and they'll be icy which to me negatively effects the texture.
TIP: You can also use sugar-free lemon pudding mix with the yogurt for an even firmer, cheesecake like texture!