TIRAMISU

Well, this probably isnt the healthiest of recipes, but it isnt unhealthy either, and it just goes to show my theory that almost everything within reason can be made from your local convenience store. Ofcourse, they do not sell mascarpone cheese, but I found plenty of recipes which called for just cream cheese, and when recipes called for mascarpone, Im pretty certain they could be subbed with cream cheese. Mascarone is known for its fluffy texture, so I just made the cream cheese fluffy. There are several bases for tiramisu, some use the lady finger cookies, some use a yellow cake and others use a pound cake. I could have made any of the three with ingredients from my convenience store, but I decided to make this really simple and use Nilla Wafers, which when soaked with coffee, has similar texture as lady fingers. I use dark chocolate to get the benefits of antioxidents. I layerd the ingredients in glass serving cups and it was fantastic. I cant wait to try a few other versions of this fancy dessert.

Ingredients:
20 nilla wafers
8 ounces cream cheese
8 ounces sour cream
1/2 cup lowfat milk
1/3 cup sugar
1 cup brewed coffee

2 cups nilla wafers
1/2 tsp vanilla

mix in a blender or food processor cream cheese, sour cream, sugar, vanilla and milk until light and fluffy.
in 8 cups layer nilla wafers approx two to three wafers in each
pour coffee over cookies, pour on a layer of cream cheese mixture, top with 2 or three more cookies, soak with coffee and then cream cheese mixture
top with shaved dark chocolate