Creamy Apple Cinnamon Bowl

Last week I came across a recipe similar to this one in an email from Hungry Girl. I looked at the ingredients and decided I HAD to have it for breakfast that morning. I just looked too yummy! I made just a couple changes based on what I had in my cupboard.

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Ingredients

1/2 cup low-fat small curd cottage cheese
1 tsp cinnamon sugar mixture (really it's 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon and 1/2 tsp granulated
sugar. I have a dish of this pre-made for a variety of recipes, or to sprinkle on toast
occasionally)
1/4-1/2 tsp vanilla extract based on taste preference
1 crisp apple cored and cut into chunks


Directions

-Put cottage cheese, cinnamon sugar, and vanilla in a bowl. Mix together.
-Top with apples
-Eat!

Optional: Add raisins, dried cranberries, walnuts, or any other dried fruits, nuts, or granola to mix it up. Just make sure you factor in the extra calories.

Nutritional Information
This makes one serving. This serving has about 195 calories, .5 g fat, 430 mg sodium, 33 g carbs, 5 g fiber, and 13.5 g protein.

Parmesan Herb Potato

This makes a pretty tasty lunch that can be made quickly, it's filling, and it helps give a purpose to left over baked potatoes if you have any taking up space in the fridge. Feel free to experiment with other seasoning combinations.

Ingredients

1/2 cup cottage cheese
1 tbsp Parmesan grated cheese
dash or less dried basil
dash or less garlic powder
dash or so of dried dill weed
1 small-medium baked potato

Directions

--Mix all ingredients except for the potato.
--Make sure potato is fully cooked and top it with the cheese mixture.
--Enjoy!

Nutritional information
One serving has about 230 calories, 5 g fat, 2 g fiber, and 32 g protein