Name: Key Lime Chia Cheesecake
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 6 ounces all-natural or organic graham crackers; 2 tablespoons virgin coconut oil or melted unsalted butter; 2 teaspoons honey or agave nectar; 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed Key lime or regular lime juice (from about 4 1/2 Key limes or 1 1/2 limes); 1/4 cup white chia seeds; 1/4 cup purified water; 10 ounces Neufchâtel (light cream cheese), at room temperature; 1/4 cup raw sugar; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1/8 teaspoon sea salt; 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream, well chilled; 1 tablespoon honey or agave nectar; 6 thin slices Key lime or small lime

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Although this sweet-tart cheesecake is great with a homemade graham cracker crust, which you can whip up pretty quickly, to make this easy cheesecake even easier, use a 9-inch ready-to-use all-natural graham cracker piecrust. If you like a limier flavor, add a teaspoon of lime zest to the batter (which you can sample before cooking because, thanks to chia, there are no raw eggs to worry about).

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