Mom's skinny cheesecake
Cheesecakes
Growing up cheesecake meant one thing, Mom's skinny cheesecake, which was a staple dessert at our house. It graced the table sporadically for weeknight desserts (fruit was the usual only choice), always for holidays and many birthdays, and requested by family/friends frequently. It has the lightness of an Italian ricotta cheesecake using a not too sweet creamy blend of cottage cheese, lemon, and vanilla topped with a thin sweet sour cream topping. My mom doesn't mess around with fiddly recipes and this one describes her to a "t" in that it's easy to prepare (she makes everything look easy), it's not cloyingly sweet (just like her), and is loved by everyone who tastes it (just as all those who meet her love her at the first hello). I am proud to call her my mother and thank her everyday for being the person who instilled the love of the stove and oven in me. The photo is my parents circa 1971 (2 years before I was born) about a year after they got married, next to my uncle's snazzy yellow Corvette.
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