Its old-fashioned and its delicious.
And throughout the years, she has depended on the same snack for a midday pick-me-up.
It just takes three simple ingredients and five minutes to re-create the cook’s go-to snack.
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Bertinelli shows us how to replicate the easy and nutritious treatread on to find out how.
First, the base of the snack is cottage cheese.
“It’s so ‘in’ now, who knew!”
Bertinelli exclaimed while holding up her cottage cheese container.
Then, she adds canned mandarin oranges, specificallyGeisha Mandarin Oranges in light syrup.
Her final ingredient is walnuts fromDiamond Nuts.
“It’s old-fashioned and it’s delicious.”
We’re all about the addition ofwalnutsin this delicious bowl.
Walnuts haveanti-inflammatory propertiesthat can help reducesymptoms of inflammationlike joint stiffness, digestive issues and high blood pressure.
Either way, it’s simple to make while being a healthy and tasty choice for in-between meals.
We even love dressing up our cottage cheese in other ways, like withstrawberriesorraspberry honey.
Just keep us away from thatcottage cheese-mustard trend, c’mon and thank you.
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