First Time Mom and Losing It

I am a dessert lover so when I decided to try the Atkins and go low carb I know I needed to find some desserts that I could have while on the plan. The first couple of months I did the Atkins I relied on their bars to get my sweet fix. I have since moved on to creating low calorie desserts myself.

One of my favorite desserts is cheesecake! I love the no bake kind that is super soft and smooth. It can be kind of hard to bake the perfect cheesecake with ovens being so temperamental (at least mines is) so I have always loved the no bake kind.

I decided to put my new bag of xylitol natural sweetener to good use with this no bake low carb cheesecake. I also wanted some kind of crust and crunch so I decided to use these mixed nuts my husband got for Christmas instead of high carb graham crackers. All I did was crushed them, added some xylitol and cinnamon and a little bit of butter. It really added a nice little sweet and buttery crumb layer.


Because the granules of the xylitol are somewhat bigger than regular table sugar I decided to whiz it in my little Bella blender for a few seconds. It powdered up really nicely and made it super easy for me mix into the cream cheese.

Printable Recipe
Crust:

• 1 tblsp mixed nuts
• pinch cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp Morning Pep Xylitol
• 1 tsp softened butter

Cheesecake:

• 1 ounce softened cream cheese
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 tblsp Morning Pep Xylitol
• 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract

While on this weight loss journey I have been on a mission to find the best natural low carb sweetener. When I lost tons of weight before I always did it using artificial sweeteners. After reading all of the bad things that comes along with consuming them I decided to try out the natural ones instead.

Before doing some research on sweeteners I never knew there were so many types. I have tried many of them. Some had a bad after taste, some didn't sweeten at all and some were just too expensive.

I have been using the popular natural leaf one for my coffee with great results but when I wanted to venture into baking and making low carb desserts this just didn't cut it. Then after learning about xylitol from some of the Atkins recipes I decided to give it a try. I like that it is granular like regular sugar and is in equal measurement to it. (Don't get me started on the charts of measurements other sweeteners have to regular sugar. I don't have time for that!).


I tried the Morning Pep Xylitol first in my morning coffee. It tasted just like regular sugar and didn't have an after taste. Then I got a little more creative with the sugar and created a low carb no-bake cheesecake. (Recipe coming soon!)

Morning Pep's Xylitol is 100% natural from USA Birch. It has 40% fewer calories than regular sugar and 75% less carbohydrates. It has a low glycemic index, is kosher and free of GMO, corn, wheat, gluent, soy and dairy. It is also said to reduce the risk of tooth decay!