I love cheese. I usually stock up on mozarella, parmesan, cheddar and cream cheese for my cooking needs. I can go without beef, pork or chicken - but I always got to have my cheese.

Last week, I posted some pictures of fruit flavored cheesecakes, but I did not find an ‘orange cheesecake’ so I think this recipe is quite out of the ordinary. It is also very easy to prepare since it requires no baking.

• 1 1/3 cups biscuit crumbs or crushed graham crackers
• 80 g butter
• 225 g cream cheese, softened at room temperature
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tsp. orange flavor
• 3 1/2 tsp. unflavored gelatin, dissolved in 1/4 cup boiling water
• 1 cup cream, lightly whipped
• orange, sliced thinly with peel
• whipped cream, for topping

1. For the pie base, combine biscuit crumbs, and butter. Press into the base of a buttered and lined pie pan.
2. Beat cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar, orange flavor and cooled gelatin mixture. Beat until thoroughly mixed.
3. Fold in the cream. Pour mixture over the prepared base.
4. Top with orange slices and whipped cream.
5. Refrigerate until set.

The star of this recipe, cheese is an excellent choice for vegetarians because it is rich in protein and being a good source of calcium, it keeps calcium supplements off. In most cases a weight loss supplement is formulated to contain all the essential nutrients and there remains absolutely no need for additional protein supplements.

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