The other day this gorgeous lady went on a healthifying spree of all of her favorite desserts. It sounded like a fun way to get my culinary creative juices flowing so this morning I decided to follow her lead.
Strawberry Banana Almond Cheese Cake Bake
(adapted from the Edible Perspective’s Oat Flour Bake)
- 1/3 cup oat flour
- 2 Tbsp wheat germ
- 1 egg
- 1/2 banana (mashed)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 1/4 cup milk
Click here for Ashley’s directions.
The heart shaped ramekin from TJmaxx made this breakfast all the more enjoyable.
deconstructed + more strawberries.
I have so many awful broken heart puns to torture you with right now, but I’ll refrain. You’re welcome.
I’m always really skeptical (and often times disappointed) when “healthified recipes” claim to taste like the real thing, so I will be completely honest in telling you that this didn’t taste like actual cheesecake, at all.
Rather, it tasted like a healthy banana bread with cream cheese, strawberries, and almonds which – don’t get me wrong – is delicious in it’s own right, but certainly not cheesecakey.
Sara Lee, I am not.
Fun fact: there was a point in my life when I could dominate an entire Sara Lee cheesecake. I have no shame in my game.
Because I’ve been feeling a little frisky in the kitchen as of late (do me a favor and don’t take that the least bit literally) I’m thinking of trying out some more “healthified” recipes this week. Any recommendations?
*I also wanted to let you know that I put a password protection on some of my more honest posts from the week for reasons that I can’t share just yet, but if you’d like access to just leave a comment here telling me you want the password and what the favorite part of your day was*
Off to indulge in a long over-due gossip sess with a lovely lady friend. Woooooo
