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Strawberry-Basil Peach Cottage Cheese Parfait

Tangy whipped cottage cheese and kefir cream layered with balsamic-glazed strawberries, juicy peaches, fresh basil and crunchy honey walnuts.

Strawberry-Basil Peach Cottage Cheese Parfait

Ingredients

  • 1¾ cups400 gCottage cheese, 2%
  • ⅔ cup (160 ml)150 gPlain kefir, low-fat
  • 1½ cups sliced250 gStrawberriesquartered
  • 1½ medium250 gPeachesdiced
  • ½ cup chopped50 gWalnutschopped
  • 1½ tbsp30 gHoneydivided
  • 2¾ tsp15 gBalsamic vinegar
  • ¼ cup leaves6 gFresh basilthinly sliced
  • 1 tsp2 gLemon zest
  • ⅛ tsp0.3 gBlack pepper

Steps

  1. Prepare first: quarter the strawberries, dice the peach, chop the walnuts, slice the basil and zest the lemon.
  2. Make the fruit layer: in a bowl, toss the strawberries and peach with the balsamic, the black pepper, half of the basil and one third of the honey. Let sit 5 minutes so the juices run.
  3. Make the cream layer: blend or whisk the cottage cheese with the kefir, the lemon zest and one third of the honey until smooth and fluffy.
  4. Make the crunch: in a small bowl, stir the walnuts with the remaining third of the honey until coated.
  5. Build 4 glasses: spoon half of the cottage cheese cream into the glasses, then half of the fruit and its juices.
  6. Repeat with the remaining half of the cream and the remaining half of the fruit. Top with the honey walnuts and the remaining half of the basil, and serve right away so the walnuts stay crisp.

Contains: Milk, Tree nuts.

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

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