High protein, healthy recipes using affordable, local South African ingredients to protect lean mass and support your GLP-1 weight loss journey.
Sweet Cravings, Solved🍓
When you are on a GLP-1 journey or working towards weight loss, a sweet tooth doesn’t just pack up and disappear. The problem is that traditional South African fridge tarts are loaded with condensed milk, heavy whipped cream, and mountains of butter – a combination that sits like a brick in a slow-emptying stomach, often triggering severe nausea or reflux.
This No-Bake Strawberry Cottage Cheese Tart is our high-protein, light-on-the-stomach makeover of a classic tea-time favourite!
By blending Lancewood Strawberry Medium Fat Smooth Cottage Cheese with thick Clover Authentikos Strawberry Greek-Style Yoghurt, we eliminate the need for rich cream while creating a silky mousse that delivers nearly 15g of muscle-protecting protein per slice. Lightly sweetened with calorie-free powdered erythritol and brightened with fresh lemon juice, this no-bake stunner uses classic Bakers Tennis Biscuits for nostalgic coconut flavour without calorie overload.
It’s refreshing, cool, easy to prep on a weeknight, and family-approved – nobody will ever guess this pink showstopper is packed with cottage cheese!
Why You’ll Love This
- The Biscuit Swap: Using only ⅓ of a packet of Tennis biscuits keeps the base light while providing that nostalgic coconut-butter crunch, keeping carbs far lower than traditional fridge tarts.
- Protein Boost: Over 52g of protein across the whole tart without using any protein powder – coming naturally from the cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, and gelatine.
- Keto Swap Tip: To make this strict Keto, swap the Tennis biscuit base for an almond-flour & butter press-in crust (or skip the base entirely for a crustless fridge mousse tart)!
Strawberry Cottage Cheese Tart (6 servings)
Under 200 calories with almost 9g of natural protein per slice - at only about R15 per portion - makes for an awesome, guilt-free, and budget-friendly everyday fridge tart!
Ingredients
- 500 ml LANCEWOOD Strawberry Medium Fat Smooth Cottage Cheese, 2x 150g tubs
- 250 ml Clover Strawberry Flavoured Greek Style Double Cream Yoghurt, 1 cup
- 60 ml Woolworths Erythritol Icing Sugar
- 45 ml lemon juice, 3 tbsp
- 20 ml gelatine, 4 tsp
- 30 ml water
- ⅓ packet coconut biscuits, 65g
Topping
- 30 g Thistlewood Diabetic Strawberry Jam
- fresh strawberries, sliced
Instructions
- Whisk cottage cheese, yoghurt and erythritol together until mixture is smooth and erythritol is dissolved.
- Add lemon juice and mix.
- Mix gelatine with water and allow to stand for 5 minutes.
- Heat in microwave for 20 seconds and stir until gelatine is melted.
- Grease your dish and line bottom with coconut biscuits.
- Add melted gelatine mixture to cottage cheese mixture and mix through.
- Gently pour into prepared dish, being careful not to move the biscuits too much.
- Place in fridge for 4 - 6 hours or overnight until set.
- Mix strawberry jam with a little water until smooth and spread over tart when ready to serve.
- Decorate with sliced strawberries and enjoy!
Keto Swap Tip: To make this strict Keto, swap the coconut biscuit base for an almond-flour & butter press-in crust (or skip the base entirely for a crustless fridge mousse tart)!
Notes
🍰 Macros Per Serving (1 of 6 slices):
- 🔥 Calories: ~184 kcal
- 🍗 Protein: ~8.7 g
- 🥑 Fat: ~8.2 g
- 🌾 Carbs: ~17.4 g
- 🪙 Estimated cost: ~R15**
