Beehiving: Simple Snacks: Cottage Cheese & Yogurt Crunch

Friday, May 25, 2012

Simple Snacks: Cottage Cheese & Yogurt Crunch

Simple & Satisfying.

*Recipe Note: Thanks to my sister Amy (who is a professional trainer, as I've mentioned before), this has become a main "go to" breakfast or snack combo for me, because of how fast, easy, mobile, and satisfying this is. I can throw this together in a few seconds (using a paper cup and a plastic spoon) and run out the door for anyone one of the millions of demanding things that grab at my time as a mother of five. It's a great source of "meatless" pure protein, especially using Greek yogurt (not that I am a vegetarian or that there is anything wrong if you are, I just don't like depending on or over-consuming "meat" as my main source of protein all of the time). My husband was skeptical, of this food combination at first, but it only took a few bites to change his mind, and now thinks this is great!

By the way, you can get as fancy as you like and serve this parfait-style in a pretty glass cup, but in our normal "real life"...dumping it into a bowl or paper cup as mentioned above and going on with our business for the day, is about as fancy as your gonna get around here.

1/2 - 1 cup lowfat cottage cheese (I prefer Daisy 2% lowfat cottage cheese, but you could also use non-fat or 4% depending on your nutritional needs)
2 - 4 Tbsp. favorite yogurt (make it Greek if you want to up your protein, but whatever you do - pick a flavor you love!!! - add more if desired or to fit your nutritional needs and desires)
1/4 - 1/2 cup fresh fruit, chopped, diced, or left whole - optional (I only include this every now and then if I happen to have some quick to grab stuff on hand or want a little extra something special)
1/4 cup crunchy favorite food (i.e. granola, cold cereal - I like "Kashi Go Lean Toasted Berry Crumble", almonds, walnuts, etc. - pick this based on your nutritional needs and taste preference)

Combine or layer all ingredients. Enjoy! Serves 1.

Nutritional Information: Add nutritional information together based on your personal taste selection and portion size.

Recipe Source: Amy S.

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Melanie AnneMay 25, 2012 at 2:53 PM
Hi Melissa:) this sounds yummy! You are full of such good ideas! I'm glad you liked the spinach eggs, and thank you for leaving a comment with your method! Yum! Xo
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23 Feb 2013 - To Whom It May Concern:

I haven't posted since July of 2012. With five busy, active children, a household to run, and a sweet, active life to really live - blogging doesn't fall high on the priority list. However, feeding my family and myself everyday is a priority, in fact, it's a necessity, and cooking through all my everyday/ healthier recipes that I've collected over the past 20 years and getting them recorded for my family is something I still try to do on a weekly basis. I believe it is an investment into my children's futures and helps to keep me on the "straight and narrow path" which is a definite benefit in my own life as well.

With this said, at one point in my life I found myself needing to calculate all the nutritional information for everything I ate. The time and season for that has passed (maybe temporarily, but passed nonetheless). For the past year, I hesitated posting recipes without giving the nutritional information, so I took a break. Considering the fact that I continue to record all my recipes and the fact that this blog continues to be read (I have no idea by who, but by obviously someone out there by the consistent hits it is getting) I've decided if I'm recording recipes for my family I might as well continue to record them here as easily as anywhere else to share the love. Especially if it is helping someone, somewhere. I'm not a professional cook nor do I claim to be, but most of us in this world are not and we still have to feed ourselves. Even without being professionals most of us have a few recipes here and there (even healthy ones) that we know taste great! I think I have more than a few of those. I've had to tweak quite a few of them, but as I look through my books I'm amazed at the collection I've acquired over the years and how much my family still prefers (most of the time) my cooking over going out to eat. That's got to count for something! At least it does in my book!

Knowing all that, let me just say that I have a belief that if we were all sharing good things with each other (like our favorite healthy recipes - especially in a country struggling with obesity) and had the sincere desire for all people to succeed, at whatever righteous endeavor they were striving for, this world would be a much lovelier place.

So with all that said, I am going to continue once again, and when time permits, to post the "healthier" recipes I am recording for my family. They will no longer have the nutritional information included with them. My apologies for any inconvenience this may cause for anyone. Just for your information, there are many wonderful sites out there to help calculate and obtain nutritional information if that is something you're interested in.

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Friday, May 25, 2012

Simple Snacks: Cottage Cheese & Yogurt Crunch

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Thanks for visiting & best wishes.