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Berry Blue Layer Cheesecake
Berry Blue Layer Cheesecake
Ingredients:
Crust:
1-½ cups vanilla wafer crumbs
1-½ cups Arrowroot cookie crumbs
¼ cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup canola or olive oil
Filling:
3 cups fresh blueberries (or more, if you want to snack on them while you bake)
3 bricks cream cheese (softened)
3 large eggs
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¾ cup granulated sugar
2 T vanilla extract
½ cup cream (table cream, whipping cream – the heavier, the better)
Topping:
1-½ cup canned blueberry pie filling
Whipped cream
Blueberries
Directions:
1. Mix the crumbs, oil and sugar very well. Pour the crumbly mixture into a greased 9-
inch springform pan. Press down and an inch up along the sides so it forms a crust.
Place the pan in the fridge to chill while preparing the filling.
2. Cream the cheese, then mix in the cream, eggs, sugar and vanilla until the mixture is
very smooth.
3. This is the best time to pre-heat the oven to 350o F.
4. Pour half of the blueberries onto the crust, spreading evenly, then cover with half of
the cheese mixture. Spread the remaining blueberries on top, and cover with the
remaining cheese mixture.
5. Pop it into the oven and bake for 1-½ hours.
6. Allow the cake to cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes, then spread the blueberry pie
filling on top.
7. Pop it back in the oven (preheated this time to 400o F) and bake for 15 to 20 minutes
8. Cool the cake completely on a wire rack, then place in the fridge to chill.
9. Just before serving, place a dollop of whipped cream on top of each slice and put a
single blueberry in the middle.
10. Feel free to use that extra blueberry pie filling on top of a good helping of ice cream.
Watch for my Blueberry Ice Cream Sunday Delight in a coming recipe book!
Now isn’t that a royal treat … fit for a king or queen? You’re worth it. And you are worth
every bit of happiness you can create for yourself. So go ahead and enjoy CLIMB YOUR
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN: THE 9 HABITS OF MAXIMUM HAPPINESS. Here’s
another excerpt from my official biography (just in case your family wants to know who
infected your household with cheesecakemania).
Author’s Bio:
David is one of North America’s most vocal consumer advocates. Conducting
over 600 media interviews a year, David has been instrumental in shaping public policy
for the benefit of consumers. Instead of greeting him with “Hi, how are you?”, friends
greet David with “Hey, I saw you on TV again.”
So, get ready to consume some cheesecake. Oh yes, and please invite your friends
to join us at Enjoy your life.
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OVER THE RAINBOW CAFÉ’S FAMOUS FRUIT SALAD
Setting the Scene:
Dorothy Gale Robinson, an aspiring actress, is the daughter of hippie parents with
a passion for old movies. When her father is killed suddenly while sipping a non-fat decaf
mocha latte at a local coffee shop, Dorothy’s life is turned upside down. In this scene,
Dorothy’s mother decides to sell the family home and open a New Age Café.
Excerpt from Hey Dorothy You’re Not in Kansas Anymore:
I yelled for my mom but there was no response. Then the phone started ringing. I
picked it up: “Hello,” I said.
“Dorothy - this is your mother.”
“Where are you, Mom?”
“I’m staying at your brother’s for a few days. They’re still painting my apartment.”
“Your what?”
“My apartment, Sweetie.”
“Why do you have an apartment?”
“Because I’m selling the house.”
“Why are you selling your house?”
“That’s the only way I can afford to pay for the café.”
“What café?”
“The one I’m buying…”
Because necessity is the mother of invention - at least, I think it’s the mother and not
the father - my mother made the decision to sell the house and all her stuff and use any
profits to buy an old café with a small apartment above it in Y’bor City. Her plan was to
fix it up and create a unique theme. She decided to make her café a metaphysical bistro
serving a light vegetarian menu - exotic coffees, herbal teas and fresh-squeezed juices -
and providing card readings, psychics, crystals and other mystical, supernatural, spiritual
stuff. And the establishment was to be called Over the Rainbow Metaphysical Café. (No
surprise there!) At first, I thought the idea was total crap, but the more I thought about it,
the more I liked it. Especially when I realized my mom’s underlying, subconscious,
metaphoric reason for wanting to open Over the Rainbow Café: to battle the evil
Buckstar’s in their plot to take over the world. There had to be a good guy out there
somewhere…
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Over The Rainbow Café’s Famous Fruit Salad
Ingredients:
Crust:
1-½ cups vanilla wafer crumbs
1-½ cups Arrowroot cookie crumbs
¼ cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup canola or olive oil
Filling:
3 cups fresh blueberries (or more, if you want to snack on them while you bake)
3 bricks cream cheese (softened)
3 large eggs
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¾ cup granulated sugar
2 T vanilla extract
½ cup cream (table cream, whipping cream – the heavier, the better)
Topping:
1-½ cup canned blueberry pie filling
Whipped cream
Blueberries
Directions:
1. Mix the crumbs, oil and sugar very well. Pour the crumbly mixture into a greased 9-
inch springform pan. Press down and an inch up along the sides so it forms a crust.
Place the pan in the fridge to chill while preparing the filling.
2. Cream the cheese, then mix in the cream, eggs, sugar and vanilla until the mixture is
very smooth.
3. This is the best time to pre-heat the oven to 350o F.
4. Pour half of the blueberries onto the crust, spreading evenly, then cover with half of
the cheese mixture. Spread the remaining blueberries on top, and cover with the
remaining cheese mixture.
5. Pop it into the oven and bake for 1-½ hours.
6. Allow the cake to cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes, then spread the blueberry pie
filling on top.
7. Pop it back in the oven (preheated this time to 400o F) and bake for 15 to 20 minutes
8. Cool the cake completely on a wire rack, then place in the fridge to chill.
9. Just before serving, place a dollop of whipped cream on top of each slice and put a
single blueberry in the middle.
10. Feel free to use that extra blueberry pie filling on top of a good helping of ice cream.
Watch for my Blueberry Ice Cream Sunday Delight in a coming recipe book!
Now isn’t that a royal treat … fit for a king or queen? You’re worth it. And you are worth
every bit of happiness you can create for yourself. So go ahead and enjoy CLIMB YOUR
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN: THE 9 HABITS OF MAXIMUM HAPPINESS. Here’s
another excerpt from my official biography (just in case your family wants to know who
infected your household with cheesecakemania).
Author’s Bio:
David is one of North America’s most vocal consumer advocates. Conducting
over 600 media interviews a year, David has been instrumental in shaping public policy
for the benefit of consumers. Instead of greeting him with “Hi, how are you?”, friends
greet David with “Hey, I saw you on TV again.”
So, get ready to consume some cheesecake. Oh yes, and please invite your friends
to join us at Enjoy your life.
************************************************************************
82
OVER THE RAINBOW CAFÉ’S FAMOUS FRUIT SALAD
Setting the Scene:
Dorothy Gale Robinson, an aspiring actress, is the daughter of hippie parents with
a passion for old movies. When her father is killed suddenly while sipping a non-fat decaf
mocha latte at a local coffee shop, Dorothy’s life is turned upside down. In this scene,
Dorothy’s mother decides to sell the family home and open a New Age Café.
Excerpt from Hey Dorothy You’re Not in Kansas Anymore:
I yelled for my mom but there was no response. Then the phone started ringing. I
picked it up: “Hello,” I said.
“Dorothy - this is your mother.”
“Where are you, Mom?”
“I’m staying at your brother’s for a few days. They’re still painting my apartment.”
“Your what?”
“My apartment, Sweetie.”
“Why do you have an apartment?”
“Because I’m selling the house.”
“Why are you selling your house?”
“That’s the only way I can afford to pay for the café.”
“What café?”
“The one I’m buying…”
Because necessity is the mother of invention - at least, I think it’s the mother and not
the father - my mother made the decision to sell the house and all her stuff and use any
profits to buy an old café with a small apartment above it in Y’bor City. Her plan was to
fix it up and create a unique theme. She decided to make her café a metaphysical bistro
serving a light vegetarian menu - exotic coffees, herbal teas and fresh-squeezed juices -
and providing card readings, psychics, crystals and other mystical, supernatural, spiritual
stuff. And the establishment was to be called Over the Rainbow Metaphysical Café. (No
surprise there!) At first, I thought the idea was total crap, but the more I thought about it,
the more I liked it. Especially when I realized my mom’s underlying, subconscious,
metaphoric reason for wanting to open Over the Rainbow Café: to battle the evil
Buckstar’s in their plot to take over the world. There had to be a good guy out there
somewhere…
83
Over The Rainbow Café’s Famous Fruit Salad
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