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Mango Lime Cottage Cheese Parfait with Coconut Oats

Creamy, tangy cottage cheese layered with juicy lime-kissed mango and a crisp, toasty coconut-oat crunch.

Mango Lime Cottage Cheese Parfait with Coconut Oats

Ingredients

  • 2⅔ cups600 gCottage cheese, 2%
  • 1½ whole450 gMangodiced
  • 1 cup80 gOld-fashioned rolled oats
  • ¼ cup25 gSweetened shredded coconut
  • 3½ tbsp whole30 gAlmondsroughly chopped
  • 1½ tbsp30 gHoney
  • 2⅛ tsp10 gUnsalted butter
  • ½ lime, juiced20 gLime juice
  • 1 tsp4 gVanilla extract
  • ½ tsp1 gGround cardamom
  • ⅛ tsp0.5 gSalt
  • 1½ tsp chopped3 gFresh mintthinly sliced

Steps

  1. Prepare first: dice the mango, chop the almonds and slice the mint.
  2. Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add the oats, almonds and salt and toast, stirring often, for 4 to 5 minutes until fragrant and lightly golden.
  3. Add the shredded coconut and cook 1 to 2 minutes more until the coconut is golden. Drizzle in half of the honey, stir to coat, then spread the crunch on a plate to cool and crisp, about 10 minutes.
  4. While the crunch cools, toss the mango with the lime juice in a bowl.
  5. In another bowl, stir the cottage cheese with the vanilla, the cardamom and the remaining half of the honey.
  6. Divide the cottage cheese mixture into eight equal portions and the mango into eight equal portions. In each of four glasses, layer one portion of cottage cheese, one portion of mango and a quarter of the oat crunch, then repeat with the remaining cottage cheese and mango.
  7. Sprinkle the remaining oat crunch over the tops, scatter with the mint and serve.

Check labels: Gluten-free when you buy old-fashioned rolled oats labeled gluten-free.

Contains: Milk, Tree nuts. Some brands contain gluten.

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

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