Oh hi from 3.5 months postpartum life!

Gotta say, keeping up with weekly newsletters and posting on Instagram just gets bumped to the bottom of my to-do list these days... sooo bear with me while baby girl is the focus of my day, ALL day long (and she’s amazing, and mom life is awesome).

Ok, I’m starting to think the cottage cheese trend might have gotten a little out of hand. I’ve tried some of the high protein cottage cheese desserts, and a few were just weird with a texture that was kind of gross (like this lava cake... NOT good).

But I do love that cottage cheese is a fantastic protein source that isn’t meat-based. It doesn’t work for everyone since a LOT of my clients struggle with dairy intolerance (more on that below), but if you tolerate dairy, it’s such a sneaky way to get that extra protein in!

Not a fan of cottage cheese?

Personally, I’m not a fan of straight-up cottage cheese. I’m amazed by people who can eat a whole bowl of it, or eat the plain single containers. I need the taste hidden.

If you’re in the same boat with the texture, blend it! Once it’s smooth, it disappears into sauces and batters, and you’d never know it’s there.

I got this mini 2.5 cup chopper and it’s PERFECT for blitzing a cup or two without dragging out the big blender. And SO much easier to scrape out (I also use this chopper for sauces!).

Here are 5 cottage cheese recipes I’ve saved that I want to make soon:

• ​Cottage cheese meatballs​
• ​High protein bagels​
• ​Cinnamon roll pancakes ​
• ​Protein brownies​
• ​Hailey Bieber viral protein pizza​

Hit reply and tell me which one I should make first, and I’ll report back on whether it’s a winner (or another lava cake situation…).

Dairy intolerance

Many of my clients come to me with digestive issues - but whether we’re working on bloating, IBD, hormones, acne or something else, gut health is very likely the first place we start anyway.

The bad news is that we often start by cutting out dairy like cottage cheese... the good news is that many people can bring it back into their diets once we’ve lowered inflammation, healed the gut lining and rebalanced the gut microbiome!

So here’s what you need to know: cutting out dairy is NOT a one-size-fits-all rule. I wrote an entire newsletter about when I recommend cutting out dairy and when to leave it in - read it here.​

That’s all from me for now! I’m not taking on any more new clients just yet while I soak up these baby days, but I’ll be opening up spots again in the next few months, and you’ll hear about it here.

Until then, don’t forget to reply with your cottage cheese recipe pick so I know what to experiment with and will report back!

In health,

Daina

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