Healthy Orange Creamsicle

Plan Z Phase: This is a Z2 (ZReduction) recipe.

We have to thank Dieter Claire for inventing this recipe. She modified the fruit parfait recipe and developed a strawberry “ice cream” recipe and this one with frozen mandarin oranges. She says, “it’s like an orange creamsicle.” YUM!

Servings: Makes 4, 1/2 cup servings (because of the cottage/ricotta cheese, one serving counts as 2 oz of your protein allotment)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of cottage cheese or ricotta cheese
• 1 tsp of Truvia
• 1 tsp of vanilla
• 2 cups of frozen mandarin oranges (you can use fresh or canned)

Instructions:

This recipe requires a little bit of freezer time, but it’s worth it. First, you need to freeze your mandarins. If you are using canned mandarins packed in water, you’ll want to drain the water first, then stick them in a freezer bag and pop them in the freezer for a few hours. If you are using fresh mandarins or cuties, peel them and stick them in the freezer.

Once they’re frozen, you’re going to put them in a food processor or blender along with the all the other ingredients.

Whiz everything up until it is smooth and light.

Serve immediately.

Enjoy!

Cheers,