Mom made nilgai chili tonight.
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Can you imagine the grant proposal for sticking a plunger on the back of a chicken to see if it walked like a dinosaur? That would have been fun to write.
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And Iām off to the Google to figure out what that isā¦
South Texas Antelope.
A friend of mine has gone down there the last two years and got one. Wayyy too much meat for him and his wife to eat so he always gives several packages.
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No-Bake Protein Cheesecake
This low-carb cheesecake is packed with about 30 grams of protein per slice and no added sugar. No oven required.
Ingredients
8 Ounces (one standard block) cream cheese, 1/3 less fat
1 Cup Greek yogurt, nonfat
2 Cups Metabolic DriveĀ® Protein (6 scoops), vanilla
1/2 Cup walnuts or raw nuts of choice
1/2 Cup Splenda or sweetener of choice
1 Package (0.25 oz) gelatin, unflavored
2/3 Cups water
Directions
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Finely chop the nuts. A food processor works well. Or a hammer. You do you. Layer evenly into the bottom of a 6-inch springform pan. This is your crust.
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Boil two-thirds cups of water, add gelatin, and stir. Add to blender pitcher.
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Add all other ingredients to the blender and pulse.
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Pour the mixture into the springform pan.
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Refrigerate for 3-4 hours to let it set.
Options
ā¢ Top with sugar-free raspberry or strawberry preserves, or add fresh sliced strawberries to the top.
ā¢ Feel free to use full fat or fat-free cream cheese. Or go for the full-fat Greek yogurt if thatās your thing. I use fat free to knock off some calories.
ā¢ No springform pan? Just use any pie dish. Heck, this would even work divided in coffee cups.
ā¢ Chocolate Metabolic Drive works great too.
ā¢ To make a dairy-free version, first acquire a magic wand because it aināt happening without channelling the dark arts.
Calories & Macros
Cut into 6 slices and hereās about what youāll get per slice:
Cals: 294
Protein: 30g
Carbs: 8g
Fat: 16
BTW, this is what youāre looking for when buying unflavored plain gelatin:
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I am a simple man. I see cheesecake, I hit the heart icon.
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Loving the recommendations in here. The Siete tortillas and the chickpea pasta are even kid approved in my house.
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This one admittedly takes a little getting used to compared to eating regular cheesecake. It has a mild Jell-O-like bouncy texture. Less creamy of course since it doesnāt contain a pound of sugar and butter. Still, it satisfies the cheesecake craving with less than half the calories and a ton more protein.
As I always say: Does it taste exactly like the dessert youāre used to? No. But you also wonāt get fat, look like crap, and die young. 
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Nice! The ākid testā is the ultimate test.
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I am also a cheesecake lover! Any substitution recommendations for nut allergies? Crush up some graham crackers and get over it?
If you want to keep it low carb, weāve had success running this stuff through a food processor to make into pie crusts
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Iāve used coconut flour or just coconut flakes as a crust before. Also sliced bananas and/or strawberries.
A light coating of oat flour should work too. What I would do is mix oat flour with a little Metabolic Drive for flavor, then dust the bottom of the pan. The oat flour should soften up and absorb some of the moisture from the filling. It wonāt be a sturdy crust, but itāll work.
Iāve also just skipped the crust entirely when trying to reduce calories further.
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Perfect! Thank you both @Chris_Shugart @T3hPwnisher.
I can grab oat flour quick, so I think we might just give that a shot tonight.
@T3hPwnisher do you find that Catalina crunch at regular stores?
I sure do!
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Okay, Iāve been forgetting to take food pics. Mainly because Iām ready to EAT, not do a photoshoot. But Iāll get back on it. In the meantime, back to the archives:
Love having this ābreakfast breadā handy. I actually made it a few days ago but way overdid the blueberries. It was more like a purple pudding. Delicious, but not photo worthy. So, stick to this recipe:
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Prototype Peanut Butter Protein Cheesecake
Time to start experimenting again. This is a baked ācheesecake.ā More of a āyogurt cake.ā The main ingredients are Metabolic Drive protein, Greek yogurt, eggs, and powdered PB. Sliced almonds for the crust.
Not quite there yet.
Dani said it looks ārustic,ā which is a very sweet way of saying ugly. Tastes fine, but not a mind-blowerā¦ yet. Will work on it.
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This thread has some good ideas. I gotta start eating more omelettes, an easy way to sneak in veggies. I usually just boil a bunch of eggs for eleven minutes and eat them all week. Quick and tasty. But not vegtacular.
Chili should be built from the ground up. And add beans for the nutrition, even if from Texas.
I donāt know if John Berardi ever published the cheesecake recipe here that was in the āMetabolism Advantageā book he did for Rodale. But that was the tastiest protein dessert Iāve tried. It used cottage and cream cheeses and ācheesecake flavoured gelatinā which isnāt a thing in Canada but the other no-sugar flavoured ones work well. I trust the unflavoured one does too, but it seems an easy way to add flavour without many calories. It did use scant graham cracker crumbs, which add some sugar but not much.
Nope!
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I would eat it as is with those ingredients. Forget looks - I want the right macros.