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Weight Watchers Cottage Cheese Danish Recipe

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Here’s a fun recipe for a “cottage cheese danish” from the original 1967 Weight Watchers Cookbook. While this may not taste exactly like a fresh-baked cheese danish, as the book suggests, this simple sweetened cottage cheese topped toast recipe does make for a deliciously satisfying healthy breakfast, that is if you like cottage cheese (which I do). Just add your favorite breakfast beverage and a serving or 2 of fruit and you should be satisfied for several hours.

I was reminded of this classic Weight Watchers recipe last summer at a meeting where a longtime lifetime member who has successfully been at goal for years (You can learn so much about losing weight and staying slim from these ladies.) mentioned it.

And was excited to come across it in my copy of this recently acquired vintage Weight Watchers Cookbook, which provides a fun, informative, nostalgic look at the original 50-year-old Weight Watchers program…

Weight Watchers Cookbook 1967

Weight Watchers Cookbook 1967

I’ve decided to add this old Weight Watchers cottage cheese danish into my regular breakfast rotation this winter. One variation that I want to try is to top the cheese with 1 to 2 tablespoons drained crushed pineapple before broiling.

Enjoy!

Weight Watchers Cottage Cheese Danish Recipe
 
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A vintage Weight Watchers recipe once known as the “not-so-Danish pastry” which is deliciously satisfying, provided you like cottage cheese.
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Recipe type: Breakfast
Serves: 1

Ingredients
  • 1 slice crisp toast (I used whole wheat)
  • 2 ounces (1/4 cup) nonfat cottage cheese
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ⅛ teaspoon vanilla
  • ½ teaspoon sugar or sugar substitute

Instructions
  1. Mix the cottage cheese with cinnamon, vanilla and sugar or sugar substitute. Spread on toast and place under the broiler until warmed through and beginning to bubble.
  2. Serve while warm.
  3. Variation: Top with 1 – 2 tablespoons drained crushed pineapple.

Notes
Nutritional Estimates Per Serving: 118 calories, 1.2 g fat, 17.6 carbs, 1.2 g fiber, 10.5 g protein and 3 Weight Watchers PointsPlus

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Comments

  1. ellen says:
    January 9, 2013 at 4:38 pm

    You need the classic Pineapple Fluff recipe – that is the quintissential WW recipe from my childhood. I remember this one too…

    Ellen

  2. Heather May says:
    January 9, 2013 at 6:58 pm

    I’ve been a member, off and on, since the 70s and I had a lot of the old cookbooks. Things have changed so much. I remember fish 5 times a week, mayonnaise was unheard of and so many different ways of calculating what you were allowed. There are some recipes I remember as being delicious but sadly have lost them, for example, a tuna mousse, which I changed from the original salmon mousse as well as a sweet and sour pork recipe that I swear I can still taste. I look forward to seeing more of the re-visited recipes.

  3. Martha says:
    January 9, 2013 at 8:10 pm

    Thanks, Ellen. I’ll look for the pineapple fluff!

  4. Martha says:
    January 9, 2013 at 8:14 pm

    My mom and grandma first joined WW in the 70s and I remember them mixing powdered skim milk and eating fish (lots of tuna). I first joined in the 90s, where I had to track my portions of protein, dairy, fruits, vegetables, carbs and fat. I learned so much about portions and felt so much better not stuffing myself!

    I’ll check out my old cookbooks to see if I can find tuna mousse :-)

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