5-INGREDIENT COTTAGE CHEESE BROWNIES

If you don't feel like cooking, you're going to LOVE this recipe. It only requires 5 ingredients and a couple of minutes to prepare this giant, healthy brownie that's packed with 42g of protein (yes, you can totally have it as a single serving!). You can easily customize it by adding some ingredients like nut butter, maple syrup, chocolate chips, or nuts, and it will definitely curb all of your chocolate cravings.

Ingredients (3 brownies or 1 larger serving)

• 3/4 cup cottage cheese
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup cacao powder
• 1 scoop Double Chocolate Isolate protein powder
• 2 tbsps unsweetened applesauce

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 350F ;
2. Throw all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth ;
3. Line a baking dish with parchment paper and add the batter to it ;
4. Bake for 30 minutes ;
5. Enjoy! It's that simple!

Overview

This protein brownie is probably one of the easiest recipes on our blog, and it's a really smart dessert idea. Feel free to have it as a snack, too! Reaching your protein goals definitely doesn't have to be boring, and so does eating healthy. Hopefully this will become one of your go-to's, just like it has for us!

Recipe by Léa Métivier (@leamfit_)