Lemon Cottage Cheese Pudding
Lemon Cottage Cheese Pudding dessert is creamy and decadent, made with simple ingredients like cottage cheese, cream cheese, and lemon, and won’t sabotage your diet. It’s low in calories, high in protein, and low in sugar.
Servings 4 servings
Calories 87kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 2 ounces cream cheese
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- Zest from one lemon
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
Instructions
- Combine cottage cheese, cream cheese, powdered sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, and vanilla in food processor or blender, and blend until very smooth, scraping down the sides once or twice.
- After blending it all together, give it a taste. Adjust the sweetness by adding more sugar, and adjust the lemony-ness by adding more lemon zest or lemon juice.
- Garnish with additional lemon zest for serving.
Notes
Make sure the cottage cheese isn’t thin and watery. If it is, place it in a strainer lined with cheesecloth or a coffee filter over a bowl and refrigerate overnight to drain off excess whey.
When zesting the lemon, make sure to grate only the outer yellow layer of the peel, as the white pith underneath is bitter. And, zest the lemon before squeezing it for juice to make it easier to zest it.
Place the pudding in the fridge to thicken it up even more.
Store it in an airtight container or tightly covered with plastic wrap in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
Calories: 87kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 261mg | Potassium: 117mg | Fiber: 0.01g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 83IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 70mg | Iron: 0.1mg
