Peach Pie Cottage Cheese Bowls
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Peach Pie Cottage Cheese Bowls
Description
This recipe starts by cooking peeled, pitted, and diced peaches with brown sugar and ground cinnamon in a lightly oiled skillet. The cooking softens the peaches and creates a gentle syrup. After cooling slightly, the peaches are spooned over bowls of cottage cheese, bringing together sweet, tart, and creamy flavors.
The texture contrasts between the warm, soft peaches and cool, dense cottage cheese, while the chopped pistachios add crunch and a nutty element. The cinnamon and brown sugar complement the fruit's natural sweetness and add warmth reminiscent of peach pie.
This dish works well as a nutritious breakfast, snack, or dessert. Adjust the honey to your preferred sweetness level or omit it for a lighter taste. Using a good quality cottage cheese enhances the dish's creamy texture, and the fresh peaches provide seasonality.
Ingredients
- olive oil spray form
- 2 peach pitted, peeled and diced, ripe
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 cups cottage cheese I like Good Culture, low fat
- 2 tablespoons pistachio chopped, shelled
- honey optional, drizzle
Instructions
- Heat a small skillet over medium heat and spray lightly with oil.
- Add the peaches, brown sugar, and cinnamon and mix to combine. Leave undisturbed and cook for 1 minute. Mix and cook an additional minute. Transfer to bowl or plate and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
- Scoop 1 cup of cottage cheese into 2 bowls.
- Top each bowl with ½ the peaches and 1 tablespoon each of pistachios. Drizzle with honey, if desired.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 2servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 272 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1bowl | |
| Calories | 272kcal | 14% |
| Carbohydrates | 25g | 8% |
| Protein | 31g | 62% |
| Fat | 9g | 14% |
| Saturated Fat | 3.5g | 18% |
| Cholesterol | 30mg | 10% |
| Sodium | 714mg | 30% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 21g | 42% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.