A Favourite Strawberry Cottage Cheese “Zone” Recipe

Strawberry Cottage Cheese

Here is a quick one and it’s a favourite of mine. It’s great for lunch or breakfast and it is quick and easy!  It is hormonally balanced with and doesn’t leave me feeling sleepy after eating it. I’ve also substituted 1 cup of blueberries or raspberries with great tasting results as well. Let me know how you like it! I find this is great before a workout as it doesn’t leave you with that heavy feeling in your stomach, and it digests easily.

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup low fat cottage cheese (3 protein)
• 1/2 cup plain yogurt (1 protein and 1 carb)
• 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce (1 carb)
• 1 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen) (2 carb)
• 4 teaspoons slivered almonds (4 fat)

Directions:

• Place strawberries and applesauce, nutmeg and cinnamon in a blender and pulse 2 or 3 times. You don’t have to, if you want you can keep the fruits whole and treat them as little treats when you get them!

• In a medium bowl, combine strawberry mixture, yogurt and cottage cheese.

• Sprinkle with almonds and serve.

Other measurements if you don’t have a measuring cup and just want to eyeball it!

Cottage Cheese : 1/2 of the container (see picture right)

Yogurt : 4 heaping tablespoons

Unsweetened Applesauce: 1 small container for kids lunches. 100 ml

Fruit: 8 medium sized strawberries, not the frankenberries that have no taste. I cut them up to make them fit in the bowl better.

Almonds: 3 per fat block, 12-16 for most people. I don’t use the low fat yogurt or the low fat cottage cheese, so substitute as needed. Maybe that is why I like this so much!

Fruit recommendations:

Pick what is in season and what is local. This way you will ensure freshness and great taste.