Protein-Packed Peach Melba


This delicious treat is great as a breakfast, but also as a desert or even a snack. I wasn't convinced about quark to start with, but after some experimentation, I've found a way to enjoy it and it really does fill me up of a morning. It does contain a tsp of honey, which I've chosen as it is a natural source of sugary taste (albeit an equally calorific one) but the taste goes a long way and really takes the edge of the slightly sharp nature of the quark itself. It is particularly useful if you are used to eating quite a lot of yoghurt on normal 'Extra Easy' days on the SW plan. 

If you are having a particularly hungry morning you could have this and a HEB portion of cereal. I was utterly delighted to find out recently that Chocolate Weetabix counts as 1 HEB portion - it is delicious with unsweetened almond milk, if perhaps not an everyday extravagance! I find I am much more likely to have one of my HEB in the morning on SP days as the 2 portion allowance means I've still got the option to add a HEB later on in the day. 

As with all recipes and meal plans on the blog I have highlighted the protein sources (P foods) in red, the speed (S) foods in green, healthy extra allowances in blue and syns, with syn values in brackets in orange. 

Protein-Packed Peach Melba

Serves 1 - 1 syn 

4 tbsp plain quark
1 tsp runny honey (1 syn)
1 fresh peach, cut into chunks
15 fresh raspberries (could also use frozen raspberries defrosted)

In a breakfast bowl, crush 5 raspberries using a fork.

Add the quark and honey and stir carefully to ripple the crushed raspberries through the quark.

Top with the peach chunks and remaining raspberries. 





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