Key Lime Protein Cheesecake

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What a discovery this recipe was!  I will definitely be making this again and again to perfect a few things.  (I found this on Heidi Patterson's athlete fan page.  Go and 'like' her Facebook page for more of her awesome ideas.)  At 10g of protein/slice, this is DEFINITELY a Legalicious Eat! The crust is so YUM!  I wanted to eat it plain :)  

**Fit tip-- I always like to volunteer to bring desserts to social events, so I have a treat option that I know isn't sabotage!  Just one of those little things that can help us to stay on track in everyday life :)

Serving size: 1/12 of pie

Calories: Approx. 111 per slice

Ingredients:

CRUST

¼C Pecans

¼C Walnuts (replace with almonds if you can’t eat walnuts)
1 Tbsp Almond butter ( I assume peanut butter would be just fine)
3 Tbs Oat flour or 1/3c old fashioned oats blended into flour
2 tsp Truvia or xylitol
½ scoop Vanilla protein powder
1/8 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Vanilla extract
7 drops Capella drops- graham cracker flavor (optional)

FILLING

1C 1% or 2% cottage cheese (preferably 1%)
1C Part Skim Ricotta Cheese
½C Plain Greek yogurt

3 Tbsp Sugar free-fat free- cheesecake pudding mix (unprepared)
1 tsp Sugar free lime jell-o mix (unprepared)
1 Tbsp Lime juice (optional)
1 ½ scoops Vanilla protein powder
1/8 tsp cinnamon 

5 Cheesecake Capella drops (optional)

Instructions:

CRUST
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
In a food processor or blender, combine all ingredients and blend into a coarse mixture. Press the mixture into a pie dish. Bake for 10-15 minutes.  Keep an eye on it; you do not want it to burn! Take it out, and let it cool while you prepare the filling.

FILLING

Measure all ingredients into a food processor or blender and blend until the consistency becomes creamy and smooth (do not overdo it, or your cheesecake won't set up!). Make sure to scrape the sides down a few times when blending it, to get all the chunks out.
When you’re done pour it into the cooled pie crust, and refrigerate overnight. You can garnish the top with a little bit of crushed pecans or some fat free sugar free whipped topping!  Cut into 12 pieces.  Devour ;)