Late night snack? Cottage cheese is your best option
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Anyone care to share their cottage cheese recipes?
Simply throw in some of your favorite protein powder in there and voila.
Cottage cheese is a great and healthy snack but my favourite late night snack is bean salad. Probably not as protein friendly but beans, olive oil, balsamic vinaigrette, garlic powder, red pepper, and artichoke hearts - healthy and filling and keep sin the fridge for days.
What types of beans do you use?
Black beans and a 5 bean medley from a can if I’m lazy. We buy a 5 bean mix and boil them - the latter is obviously better for you. If from a can - 10-15 minutes and it lasts for 5-7 days in the fridge.
Kidney, garbanzo, black beans, chickpeas, almost any kind but I love black beans the most. I also forgot - feta cheese mixed in makes the salad.
Kidney, garbanzo, black beans, chickpeas, almost any kind but I love black beans the most. I also forgot - feta cheese mixed in makes the salad.
To this I'd add if you have access to dry curd cottage cheese give it a try. Half a cup is 22 g protein, 0 fat, and 2 carbs. Relatively easy way to increase protein intake if the idea of another chicken breast or shake doesn't appeal. It's tasteless so I like to add some salt and pepper or a good heap of cinnamon and eat it like that. Or can be added to yogurt to moisten it and bump up overall protein intake on those low carb days.
Cottage cheese only works when dieting because everything tastes good when you’re starving
never tried it... just one of those things that I'll be difficult with for life.
I love it as a late night snack, with a bit of unsweetened apple sauce.