As requested: Pumpkin Baked Ricotta

We shared this YUMMY dessert at the beach this weekend!!  Everyone seemed to enjoy it!

Pre-heat oven to 350%
Spray 9" pie plate with Pam

Mix together:

16 oz. Part-skim ricotta cheese
8 oz. light whipped cream cheese
2 tablespoons pumpkin or pumpkin butter
2 cups of Splenda
Pumpkin pie spice to taste
2 eggs

I've blended this with a hand mixer, a whisk and a food processor.  The texture will still be somewhat grainy due to the ricotta.

Bake for 40 minutes to an hour, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Chill and serve with whipped cream.

Enjoy!

YUMMY!  I start my pureed this weekend and I think this will be great!  I wish let you know how it goes if I muster up the energy to cook!  Sounds like it has lots of protein and boy am I looking forward to tasting something different.

Thanks Tia!

Nikki -

This gets really firm when it's chilled, and you'll need to be careful on the pureed stage. 

You could:

Omit the eggs, blend everything else together and just pop in the fridge.  It'll have a mousse-like consistency and you can still top it with whipped cream.

Hang in there!!!

T

yeah I was wondering how firm this actually got...maybe I will have to save it for 2 weeks from when i moved from pureed to soft foods...

Actually, when you're on pureed, the ricotta is still a good source of protein.  You can add Splenda and different extracts to make it sweet, or different spices to make it savory, and top it with spaghetti sauce, if you're allowed to have it.

Just get onto solid foods, and it becomes easier.

I'm happy to help with any recipes, etc., so just let me know.

Hugs,

T

Gee, thanks.  Now you have me craving pumpkin!  My mouth is watering over this one  Can you put this in a graham cracker crust?

Sure!!  I'd just omit the eggs, pour everything into the pie crust and chill.  I'm sure it'd be like a pudding pie.  I just didn't want the extra carbs, because I knew we'd be having alcohol and some other bad stuff this weekend.

Murray's makes s/f ginger snaps, and they'd be awesome crumbled up with this as a parfait.

T

Gotta get me some SF ginger snaps!  How delish this is going to be!  And you could also add some unflavored protein powder, or vanilla protein powder.  

Have you ever thought about doing some sort of recipe blog? you have really good ideas :)

Aww, thanks!!  I have lots of ideas; just organizing them is a monumental task, but I do have something in the works!!! 

I just SO remember wondering if I was ever going to be able to eat normally again!  Creativity is key, and the answer is yes, there you CAN eat normally after wls!

Hugs,

Tia