Taste and See ... They Are Good

I love cheese! I am always finding an excuse to add it to our meals and one of my favorites is cream cheese. I use it to make a light and flaky pie crust. I add it to our mashed potatoes. For a late night snack I will mix it with some herbs , sundried tomatoes, garlic... whatever seems right at the time. I can find a million ways to use it.
This spring my Father had a light stroke and by God's grace he has no lingering affects. But it did make me think. I need to make some changes. One of the changes was to start making our own yogurt. J, you don't have to read this -I know you don''t like it ...but it is sooooo good. The whole process is easy if you have a yogurt maker. I enjoy our morning smoothies more. Do they taste better? For smoothies I haven't found the difference to be noticeable. What I do enjoy is that I know it is fresh and more cost effective.
Last night I went one step further. I put the yogurt into cheese cloth that I had lined a colander with. Suspended the whole thing over a bowl to catch the whey draining from the yogurt. And this morning I had a homemade version of cream cheese. Ahh, what to do? I finally decided to make cheesecake tarts topped with blue and black berries. I substituted Splenda for sugar. I'm telling you, we are making big leaps here. The whole time they were in the oven, I wondered if they would come out okay. To my amazement, they came out looking beautiful, and My Man assures me that they do indeed taste as good as they look.
I am hooked.