Strawberry cottage cheese chia pudding
10 min · 24 g protein · 334 cals / serving
A pink, spoonable pudding with the taste of strawberries and cream: cottage cheese and ripe strawberries blended smooth with a splash of milk and vanilla, set overnight with chia seeds, then layered with fresh sliced berries and a little crushed pistachio. Thick, creamy and fruity rather than gloopy.
Ingredients
- 1 cup + 2 tbsp cottage cheese (1%), low-fat
- 1 1/3 cups strawberries, hulled
- 1/3 cup + 1 tbsp skim milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- a few drops, to taste stevia
- 1/3 cup chia seeds
To serve
- 1 cup strawberries, sliced
- 2 tsp pistachios, crushed
- a few leaves fresh mint
Steps
- Blend the cottage cheese, hulled strawberries, milk, vanilla and sweetener until completely smooth and pale pink, about a minute. Taste; ripe berries may need only a drop or two.
- Pour into a bowl or jar, add the chia seeds and whisk well. Wait 5 minutes and whisk again so the seeds do not clump at the bottom, then cover and refrigerate overnight, or at least 4 hours, until thick and spoonable.
- Stir, spoon into two glasses or bowls, layering with the sliced strawberries, and finish with the pistachios and a few mint leaves.
Good to know
Why blend the cottage cheese?
Blended, it turns into a smooth, rich cream that sets around the chia like a pudding, with no curds. Stirred in unblended, the curds stay in the jar.
Frozen strawberries?
Yes for the blended part; thaw them first and include any juice. Use fresh berries on top if you can.
How long does it keep?
Four days, covered, in the fridge. It thickens a little more each day; loosen with a spoon of milk.
Per
- Calories
- 87
- Protein
- (31%)
- 6 g
- Fat
- (36%)
- 3 g
- Carbohydrates
- (33%)
- 8 g
- of which sugar
- 4 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 138 mg
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As written, 668 kcal goes into the pot and 764 g of ingredients comes out as about 764 g of food: 87 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.