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Caramelized Banana Cottage Cheese Parfait
Creamy whipped cottage cheese layered with warm, honey-caramelized cinnamon bananas for a soft, silky, bruléed-sweet breakfast with no crunch.

- Skillet
- 20 min · 15 min hands-on
- Serves 4
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free
- 31–45 g carbs
- Sodium 600 mg or less
- Sat fat 4 g or less
- 500 calories or less
Ingredients
- 3 cups680 gCottage cheese, 2%
- 4 medium470 gBananasliced into 1/2-inch coins
- 1 tbsp14 gUnsalted butter
- 2 tbsp40 gHoneydivided
- ¾ tsp2 gGround cinnamon
- 1¼ tsp5 gVanilla extract
- 2 tsp10 gLemon juice
- ¼ tsp0.5 gGround nutmeg
Steps
- Prepare first: peel and slice the banana into coins, and set out four glasses.
- In a blender or food processor, whip the cottage cheese with the vanilla, the lemon juice and half of the honey until smooth and silky, about 1 minute. Chill while you cook the bananas.
- Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the banana coins in one layer and cook without stirring until golden underneath, about 2 minutes.
- Flip the banana, drizzle with the remaining half of the honey, sprinkle with the cinnamon and nutmeg, and cook 1 to 2 minutes more until glossy and caramelized. Take off the heat and let cool 5 minutes so the bananas are warm, not hot.
- Spoon one quarter of the whipped cottage cheese mixture into the bottom of each glass, using half of it in total, then top with half of the caramelized banana divided among the glasses.
- Layer the remaining half of the whipped cottage cheese mixture over the bananas, finish with the remaining half of the caramelized banana and any skillet syrup spooned over the tops, and serve.
Contains: Milk.
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