*sits here sucking on a coffee scoop of nutella for breakfast* i love hazelnuts and chocolate...this is the store bought kind but i have made my own....home made is better, and ive made it sugar free before...used bakers chocolate instead of cocoa powder...dark...rich...had to keep in the fridge to keep it solid...but incredibly good...i  wager the same process could be used to make white nutella...ill get back to you on that if i ever try it...

anyway, so as i said, i want to make something low cal but delicious...so heres what i setled on, a fat free sugar free cheese cake...not lemon, no, not pumpkin, uhn uh...im making a *cues music* nutella cheesecake!...how you ask...well, not with nutella, thats for damn sure, nutella is alot of things, low in calories is not one of them...

heres what you do, the cheese is fat free cottage cheese, i use this for two reasons, one, cottage cheese actually can be made naturally without adding alot of artificial chemicals...im doing enough of that as it is...also curds and whey is pure protein almost, and while obviously slushier, is about equal in caloric value to ff cream cheese, but with out any weird aftertaste, atleast that ive noticed...you stick this in a blender and blend to smooooooth...

there is flour...i use unbleached all purpose...

splenda, i know kitty, i know...

4 eggs, im going to try using the carton of eggwhites that i had birdy pick up for me, this might not work, as it calls for beating the eggs till light and fluffy...but we shall see, add in sugar, if using the big bag of granulated splenda...always add more then the recipe calls for, why? because while sucralose is stronger in sweetness per weight, it is not stronger in sweetness per measure, why? cause they fluff it up, the natural state of splenda (if there is such a thing) is about like icing sugar...dust...so they pop it like popcorn, this gives it more bulk, but much less weight per measurement

anyway, so thats the cheese, the emulsifiers, flour and egg, the sweetener, splenda, now for flavorings...

the recipe calls for 3 tablespoons of lemon juice, thoughts on this? i think it might be just for flavoring, but this is a bake cheesecake, so im not sure...how ever...i think i might try just leaving it out and see what happens...

this recipe calls for borden light cream...im not sure what that is..how ever, running with the theme, im using unsweetened chocolate flavored almond milk instead of it...the fats from the almond might not work at holding it together, but i supose if nothing else i can just spoon it into a bowl and eat it that way...

for the chocolate flavor, in addition to the choco almnd milk, im using 4 packages (yes, 4, 25 calories each) packages dieters hot cocoa, i might just wait and see how it looks and smells after 3, but planning on 4, also planning on serving sizes of 4 per cake...so this will add an even 25 kcals per serving..

finally...you may be noticing something missing...how is this a nutella cheesecake? you ask, all i see is chocolate!...this is how *duhduhduhduuuuuuuuh!* holds up hand in triumph, floating above his palm, spinning slowly in true zelda fashion, is a small brown bottle, in this bottle? organic hazelnut extract!"

i dont know how strong this stuff is...ill probably start with the standard of one teaspoon...plus or minus depending on my results, i will let you know how it turns out, or i might reserve a slice and split it several ways for those curious to sample it...i know birdy, you hate chocolate...just try to wait till my back is turned before you spit it back out...

also, making peanut butter bars today...alas, i dont have the proper pan size...might try baking them instead in a muffin pan, will let you know if it works...

Echo...this is fail...even for you...this fails at being a cheesecake, it smelled nice...though that smell was the smell of a wendies frosty...but atleast you managed to reinvent the souffle...which fell..

anyway, so, my cousin is in town, grandma wants to take him out to dinner...we dont know yet what he will want to eat, but whos a good person to call asking for suggestions down near the beach? i would call kitty, but i dont have her number...i guess if its seafood itll either be joes or the seafood kitchen...id prefer joes...id prefer to talk him into going to sweet tomatoes honestly, but i guess where ever is what ever...