Farmer Cheese Bars (Ukrainian Syrnik Cake)

Trim Healthy Mama / Keto / Low Carb / Gluten Free / Sugar Free

Syrnik is a very popular Ukrainian dessert and there are so many variations of it. I have been craving it lately and decided to recreate and 'trimify' it. I'm so happy with how it turned out.

Ingredients 

1lb sweet farmer cheese
5 egg whites (large eggs)
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Almond Crust

Instructions 

1. Preheat oven to 350.

 In a bowl of a stand mixer beat egg whites until still peaks form.

2. In a separate bowl combine cheese, vanilla extract and baking powder (and more sweetener if you like your desserts sweeter), cheese mixture should be smooth. 

3. Once the egg whites have reached their peak add the cheese mixture and VERY gently, using a spatula mix until combined. Mixture should look very light and fluffy. 

 

4. Transfer the cheese mixture into the pan and bake for 30-35 minutes or until the center of the pan is set. The 'cake' will not brown, it will remain white.

Top your bars with either frozen or fresh fruit. My favorite is sliced strawberries with sweetener. The strawberries will release their juice almost turning it into a sauce. It's so delicious.

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Hot Canapé Topping

Trim Healthy Mama S / Keto / Low Carb

A canapé is a small piece of bread served with a savory topping, it's a fancy way of saying an open faced sandwich. The flavors of these ingredients work so well together and compliment one another beautifully, I could each hot canapé EVERY day.

Ingredients for the canapé topping

1/3 cup diced tomatoes*

1/4 cup Mexican cheese mix

1/2 cup mozzarella cheese

1/2 cup cubed rotisserie chicken (or other deli meat)

1/4 tsp smoked paprika

   3 tbsp mayonnaise 

   1 garlic clove, crushed 

Instructions 

1. In a medium size bowl combine all ingredients and gently mix to incorporate all the ingredients. This makes about 1.5 cups of topping.

2. Top your favorite sliced bread or crackers (such as wasa crackers) and toast them in a toaster oven until the cheese is melted and bubbling (use foil to avoid messes and easy clean up).

2. Store the remaining topping covered in your refrigerator for up to 4 days (mine has never lasted longer that 4 days, we eat it well before than).

Enjoy!!!

* red tomatoes look really nice in this topping. This year we are growing yellow cherry tomatoes so that is what I used.

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