Shhh... Don't Tell Anyone What's In This Healthy, Delicious, Low Calorie / Fat / Carb Dessert!

I haven't posted any recipes on here for a while, my intent to post a weekly recipe has certainly slipped! Partly because I tend to buy healthy ingredients and throw them together most of the time - keeping things simple can actually be a godsend when you are watching what you are eating and the added extras in many ingredients often lead to added calories.

However, I have had a huge tub of vanilla protein powder that I just haven't really been using for a while, as I prefer my Promax Diet shake, blended with ice, coconut milk and some hemp protein powder at the mo. I also started buying Fat Free Quark instead of cottage cheese as I have been overdoing the cottage cheese and it does contain a fair amount of sodium that I wanted to cut down on, and the Quark is similar protein and carb content just with virtually no fat.

So, after a particularly enjoyable and hard kettlebell workout I realised time had flown and I was in a bit of a rush so couldn't really have lunch as I had planned, but I didn't really fancy a shake on its own. So I randomly decided to try blending 20g of the vanilla protein powder in with 125g Quark and a few frozen blueberries and raspberries in my Magic Bullet blender (the best blender in the world - thanks to John Berardi for bringing my attention to it!).

The Quark is thick so it took some shaking and mixing up with a spoon (the design of the Magic Bullet makes this pretty easy though) but the result was incredible!

I tasted some straight from the blender (in fact the bit that gets stuck in the actual sharp bit but it was worth the risk) and it was truly divine. The vanilla protein powder added sweetness and vanilla flavour to the Quark without tasting remotely of protein powder (this will depend on your chosen brand to some extent as some are gross regardless...) and the frozen berries made it fruity and chilled.

I served this with a few more frozen berries and enjoyed every mouthful! Plus it worked out at under 200 cals! Bargain... You could add some chopped walnuts or other nuts if you wanted and had calories to spare, or you could make it into a cheesecake-type dessert using chopped almonds to make a biscuit-style base!

That's what I love about healthy food - it doesn't have to be hard work following recipes and buying ingredients! You can just see what you have and throw it together and see what happens...

Would love to hear from any of you who try this and let me know if you like it. Will post a photo next time I make it - if I can delay eating it for long enough to get a shot that is...