I have a strange new snack obsession.

The main ingredient is cottage cheese. I know some people quiver at the thought of cottage cheese, so I apologize if that is you. I mentioned the other day, that I go on cottage cheese kicks, and right now I am most definitely on one.

As a kid, I remember eating it with canned peaches, barely able to gag it down.

My taste buds have definitely changed over the years and now I love it. I used to eat it only with fruit like peaches or pineapple but then I started eating it with savory combinations. It’s delicious with cucumber, dill, salt + pepper. Eating it plain with salt + pepper also works. Oh, and how could I forget cottage cheese and cantaloupe? I have a true love for cantaloupe and eat them by the HALF. Oh summer fruit, please hurry.

Back to this snack obsession, which sadly does not include cantaloupe.

I have no idea where this came from. It was just one of those days, where I looked in my fridge and thought, “hmmm, well maybe if I combine….”

cottage cheese
banana
ground flax
jelly

Sound terrible? Think again!! The texture that the flax adds is amazing and the little bit of sweetness from the jelly is perfect. The banana makes things a bit creamier + obviously adds some banana flavor goodness.

If I’m making this for a quick snack, I’ll mash this together and gobble down:

1/3c cottage cheese
1-2T flax meal
2t jelly
1/2 banana

Yesterday, I turned this lovely snack into lunch! I lightly broiled a brown rice tortilla, which I’m currently obsessed with. At first I didn’t like them. I thought they were tough + too chewy. But if you pop them in a broiler until very lightly browned they are amazing. Now I love their chewiness and how they crisp up and become really flakey. It reminds me of phyllo dough! [just in flakiness, not the buttery taste ;)]

I used 1/2-2/3c cottage cheese, a full 2T of flax, 1/2t cinnamon and a dusting of cocoa powder. Eaten alongside a veggie-lovin’ salad, this is my kind of quick + delicious lunch!

Today I threw some almond butter in the mix too.