<a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/P3040187.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4364" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/P3040187-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>Remember the <strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUxkizsmi7o&amp;feature=related" target="_blank">Beef:  It's what's for dinner </a></strong>TV commercials circa early 90s?

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I eat beef maybe once a month for dinner.  Too much red meat will kill you.  Along with most things in modern society.

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On Day 159, hormones dictated that I eat raw cheesecake for dinner.  After a looooooong and intense work week, I was (sadly) giddy at the thought of spending my Friday night curled up on the sofa with World's Most Precious Pooch beside me and dessert for dinner.

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The day before, after <strong><a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/05/day-158-let-the-sunshine-in/" target="_blank">purchasing my sunflowers</a> </strong>at Trader Joe's, I snuck into the <strong><a href="http://www.pomegranatecafe.com/" target="_blank">Pomegranate Café </a></strong>next door to order a to-go lunch.  And two desserts.  I was born with two sweet teeth, apparently.

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One of these luscious culinary concoctions was Raw Cheesecake.

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Raw Cheesecake won't kill me.  It's good for me.

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You see, Pomegranate Cafe is an <strong><a href="http://www.pomegranatecafe.com/" target="_blank">"indulgently healthy café"</a></strong>.  Translation:  Vegetarian.  Organic.  Locally grown.  Pure.

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Before you think "bland and boring", think again:  Delicious.

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Pomegranate is owned by a mother and daughter dynamic duo.  Mom is a pastry chef from Scottsdale Culinary Institute's Cordon Bleu cooking school, and daughter trained with the Natural Gourmet Cookery School in NYC.  Pretty unique, right?

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Thus, the Raw Cheesecake.  Cassie (daughter owner) recounted the ingredients for me:  ground cashews, agave nectar, coconut oil, dates, ground coconut, nuts.

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No dairy.  Too much dairy will kill you.  (Cassie didn't say that, for the record.)

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I confirmed with Cassie, "Sounds delicious and nutritious.  This is a PMS cure then, right?"

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Cassie laughed and responded with something to the effect of, "This is nourishing PMS food!  It even has protein from the nuts!"

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So if it has protein, I can eat it for dinner while snuggled on the couch with Bella on a Friday night after a looooooooong week, right?

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Makes perfect sense to me.

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<a href="http://www.pomegranatecafe.com/pastries.html" target="_blank">Pomegranate Cafe's Raw Cheesecake</a> earns 5 healthy stars.

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Come out of the closet, ladies (and token gents).  What unusual tidbits have YOU consumed for "dinner"?

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