Chocolate Apple Cottage Cheese Bowl

• 120 g raw Apple (4.2 oz raw)
• 200 g Nonfat Greek yogurt (1 cup)
• 25 g Whey protein powder (0.9 oz (about ¾ scoop))
• 10 g Unsweetened cocoa powder (1¾ tbsp)
• 0.5 g Ground cinnamon (¼ tsp)
• 120 g 2% cottage cheese (4.2 oz)

You'll need: Mixing bowl, Whisk, Spatula, Serving bowl, Cutting board and knife.

Method

1. Dice the apple

   Core the apple and cut it into small cubes, leaving the skin on. Set a third of the cubes aside for the top.

   Keep the skin on. It adds color and crunch, and the apple stays firm for longer.

2. Whisk the chocolate cream

   Whisk the yogurt, whey, cocoa and cinnamon in the mixing bowl for about a minute, until smooth with no streaks. Fold in the cottage cheese and the larger share of the apple with the spatula, a few turns only, so the curds stay whole.

   Whisk the cocoa cream completely smooth before the cottage cheese goes in. Lumps of cocoa won't break up afterward.

3. Chill and top

   Spoon the mixture into the serving bowl and chill for 30 minutes, until cold and a little firmer. Scatter the rest of the apple over the top just before you eat.

   Add the last of the apple at the end so some of it is still crisp, not soft from sitting in the cream.

Swaps

• Apple → Pear, same weightSofter and sweeter, with the same crunch if you pick a firm one.
• 2% cottage cheese → Low-fat ricottaSmoother, with no curds. Use the same weight.