Mysty PfefferAre you experimenting with all the cottage cheese recipes online? The Protein Delight ideas in this post are inspired by the combinations of fruit and cottage cheese that are all the craze today!
We have the best of both worlds! Fresh or frozen fruit combined with a good quality protein source! Therefore, we have the fiber, the water, and the amnio acids present to keep us full until our next meal or as a small, sweet topper to our lunch.
Protein Delight # 1 Pineapple
If you can find a really sweet pineapple you won’t need to add maple syrup or a non-artificial sweetener of your choice. Although if the pineapple is a little on the sour side, do your taste test and add the small amount of sweetener as needed.
A cup of cottage cheese has 26 grams of protein. So if you’re skipping the ice cream and want a sweet treat, this one satisfies.
Protein Delight # 2 —Cherry!
Fresh picked or frozen at the peak of ripeness, cherries make a delicious little treat. They have wonderful anti-inflammatory properties too! Another plus? They have nutrients to help me sleep, which is really nice! I have several cherry recipes here on the blog so you and I can improve sleep even more. Check out my Low Sugar Cherry Tarts or the Cherry and Broccoli Salad!
This cherry blend can be topped with some dark chocolate so you can make your own cherry cordial. My sister told be about this one and I had to try it—without the chocolate. As much as I like chocolate, I don’t like chunks of it in my creamy treats.
Protein Delight # 3–Almond or Peanut Butter
Creamy nut butter blended with cottage cheese is another way to get our protein in while making it taste like a decadent treat. The combinations are just limitless! What are some of your favorites?
I’m thinking of Brazil nuts, Cashews, Pecans. . . Oh my! I can see the little ones coming with mouths open when they see the joy on our faces eating these healthy creations. Don’t you just love finding ways to get them healthy, while also pleasing their palates?
God’s mighty garden of goodness continues to delight the tastes and senses for our continued physical health. His powerful Words in the Bible are present to calm our hearts and renew our spirits each day, too. I pray you rest in that knowledge and hope today.
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
Colossians 3:9-11 ESV – Do not lie to one another, seeing that – Bible Gateway
Oh, are all of the possible combinations are just rolling through your mind like they are mine?
What if we tried blueberries and topped with pecans, peaches with walnuts, or banana with hemp seed hearts? We can start our day with a protein packed breakfast or divide the items into smaller bite size containers for an after meal treat.
Whatever you do, have fun with it and enjoy!
Take care and remember to simply your health faithfully and renewed practices and habits will happen!
I am here for you!
