I'm not sure where to post this, but I know that this board is read all the time and I need some quick help. Tomorrow is my birthday, but I am in induction. What can I make for dessert? Where can I find the recipe? Any chocolate ideas? I don't want to have an "eggy" cheesecake...but don't know what else to do.

You can make a chocolate version of the LC Cheesecake. Also, the recipie forum has a ton of different "sweet" things. I've made the LC French Silk Pie, its mostly ALL butter, but it will do the trick.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Relax & Enjoy yourself.

Have you tried an 'eggy' cheesecake? Honestly, you can't tell there's egg in them, as the main ingredient is cream cheese. We use a recipe that I got off an Oreo cookie pie crust package some years back, and just modified it to use Splenda instead of sugar. It's absolutely delish!

2 8-oz. packages cream cheese
2 eggs
1/2 Cup Splenda
1/4 Cup cream
1 tsp. vanilla
2 Tbsp. cocoa

Soften the cream cheese in the microwave, then put into a mixer bowl and cream in the vanilla. Then beat in eggs one at a time. Take out half the mixture and add cocoa to the remaining mix. Put the white mix into a pie plate, then add the chocolate mix, and swirl it with a knife for a marble affect.

Bake at 325F for 35-40 minutes.

Edited because I forgot the eggs!

I think there's two eggs in there, yes?

Jello and whipped cream.....LC ice cream sundae......chocolate shake topped with whipped cream.....cheesecake......

Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!! We can celebrate together, mine's Thursday!!

Good grief! Built, you're right--sorry about that! I forgot the eggs, LOL. Anyway, we just love that stuff, and where on earth are my manners anyway?

Happy birthday--to both Shoe Freak AND Blue4Lemon!!

Nothing wrong with your manners! You shared a favourite recipe! You've made it so many times, it makes itself, I'm sure LOL!

I make cheesecake myself. That's why I knew about the eggs. My rule of thumb is 1 egg, and 1/4 to 1/3 cup sugar-equivalent per package of creamcheese. Oh, and 1/3 cup sour cream per package of creamcheese makes the texture AMAZING.

When you can afford the carbs, make a crust out of crushed nuts with splenda and melted unsalted butter, same proportions as a graham cracker crust.

Oh - I've said too much...

i say screw it, its your birthday splurge for one meal

Depends on which you consider the bigger treat - a piece of real cake, or continuing fat loss.

Either one won't make much difference to your health, if it's only the one meal. It's just a question of where your head is.

And that may be fine for later, but it isn't the best thing to do during Induction when you're trying to get your body accustomed to not eating high-carb foods.

Built, I've got to remember the sour cream thing! My daughter makes most of the cheesecakes around here. We've made them with nut crusts too (for Christmas and Thanksgiving) and they were out of this world! She also found a low-carb chocolate 'cake' recipe a while back that isn't a cake at all, which we sometimes use for crust. It puts Oreo cookie crust to shame. It's from a site called Barbo's. I'm not sure if that site is still up--it was down a while back.

Add a little cinnamon -- say, 1/2 tsp -- and it makes it even more like a graham-cracker crust! My own recipe is 1 1/2 c sliced almonds (measured sliced, then ground in the food processor), 1 1/2 tbsp vanilla DaVinci, 3 tbsp butter, and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. I use 1/4c sour cream per pkg of cream cheese, but other than that, you're right on the money. Of course, the other keys to good cheesecake are not overbeating and not overbaking, but those are things you kind of have to learn through practice!

You have LOTS of options! HAPPY BDAY TO BOTH OF YOU!! The cheesecake is a great idea. As for an "eggy" cheesecake, do you realize that even regular cheesecake has egg in it? At least mine always did. I was the master chocolate cheesecake maker GOOOOD stuff! I bought the ingredients to try the LC version...not much different than the regular recipe-wise aside from the small amount of flour in the original. Good luck!

Thank you for all of your suggestions! The "eggy" cheesecake seems to be what I end up with when I try any LC recipe, but now I have a few more I can experiment with. I'm having a great day today...celebrating me! (But, I am feeling the induction FATIGUE today BIG TIME! Not that that is a bad thing...it just means the diet is working!)

Happy Birthday, Birthday Girls!!!