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Cherry Strawberry Cottage Cheese Parfait, Cocoa Seeds

Creamy vanilla cottage cheese layered with juicy cherry-strawberry fruit and a bittersweet cocoa-maple crunch of toasted pepitas and sesame.

Cherry Strawberry Cottage Cheese Parfait, Cocoa Seeds

Ingredients

  • 2⅔ cups600 gCottage cheese, 2%
  • 1 tsp4 gVanilla extract
  • 1½ cups sliced250 gStrawberriesquartered
  • 1⅓ cups pitted200 gSweet cherrieshalved
  • 2 tsp10 gLemon juice
  • 1½ tbsp30 gMaple syrupdivided in half
  • ⅓ cup40 gPumpkin seeds (pepitas)store-bought toasted
  • 1 tbsp10 gSesame seedsstore-bought toasted
  • 1½ tbsp8 gUnsweetened cocoa powder

Steps

  1. Prepare the fruit first: in a bowl, toss the strawberries and cherries with the lemon juice and half of the maple syrup. Let them sit 10 minutes so they release their juices.
  2. Meanwhile, stir the vanilla into the cottage cheese; for a smoother texture, whisk it hard for a minute.
  3. Make the crunch: in a small bowl, toss the toasted pumpkin seeds and toasted sesame seeds with the remaining half of the maple syrup until glossy.
  4. Sprinkle the unsweetened cocoa powder over the coated seeds and toss until every seed is evenly dusted with cocoa.
  5. Assemble 4 glasses: spoon half of the vanilla cottage cheese into the glasses, then top with half of the cherry-strawberry mixture.
  6. Add the remaining half of the cottage cheese, then the remaining half of the fruit and its juices.
  7. Scatter the cocoa seed crunch over the tops just before serving so it stays crisp.

Contains: Milk, Sesame.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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