Binging

So I had a bit of a binge last night. Something about staying up late makes me craves sweets soooo bad. Which in it's self is kind of strange because I really don't have a sweet tooth. I have the exact opposite, a tooth that makes me regret eating sweets. Despite the pain the is involved in eating sweets, I for some reason decided to clean up my christmas candy by eating it. It wasn't a whole lot just some malted milk balls and few mini snickers. My point is though I need to get to the bottom of my impulse eating. I am a admitted boredom eater, I need to find something to do after my baby goes to bed to keep myself busy and out of the sweets. I have made plans to go back to college, so maybe all that homework will be the boredom fix I need. Hopefully I will not feel the need to snack while I am doing my homework. Today I will share a recipe that fixes the sweet craving but is very easy to portion control and adds a shot of calcium. I have adapted these from an old cheesecake recipe.

Mini Cheesecakes 
You will need a mini muffin pan, which can be found at any cooking specialty store
Makes 48 mini cheese cakes.


Half a package of vanilla wafers
2 (8oz)Packages of cream cheese, you can use the reduced fat kind if you want
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 can of fruit pie filling (I really liked these with blueberries)

*Preheat the oven to 350F. Line mini muffin pans (tassie pans) with mini paper liners
*Crush the vanilla wafers till very fine and put a 1/2 teaspoon of the crushed wafers in to each muffin cup and pack down.
*Beat cream cheese,sugar,eggs and vanilla together till smooth. Make sure there are no lump of the cheese cakes wont come out right.
*Fill each muffin cup with the cream cheese mixture almost to the top. Its is easier to use 2 normal spoons to scoop and scrape the mixture in to the cups.
*Bake for 15 minutes, cool for 30 minutes and then place in the fridge for at least an hour.
*Before serving spoon a little of the fruit filling on top of each mini cheese cake.

Makes 12 servings at about 150 calories per serving.

I love to make these they are so easy and I am often asked to bring them to brunches and parties. I am sure those of you who are good with cheese cakes could make many varieties of these.