Sweeten up your dinner with these tasty mini cheesecakes.  Put them together early in the day of your simple celebration or the day before.

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Mini Pomegranate Cheesecakes

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 6

Calories 400kcal

Ingredients

• 6 round shortbread cookies
• 8 oz. low-fat ricotta cheese
• 8 oz. low-fat cream cheese
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 Tbsp fresh lime juice
• 1/2 tsp lime zest
• 2/3 cup pomegranate seeds we found these at Trader Joe's

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350°.       
• Place one shortbread cookie in the base of 6 ramekins (5 oz size).
  
• In a food processor, add the ricotta, cream cheese, eggs, sugar, lime juice and zest.  Process until the mixture is smooth and put into a bowl.
• Stir in the pomegranate seeds.
• Fill each ramekin 3/4 full (place a few seeds on top of each dish).  Bake for 20-25 minutes.