Ingredients

• 8 oz Dried Apricots
• 1/4 cup Honey
• 2 cups Water
• 1 tsp Lemon Juice
• 1/8 tsp Almond Extract

• 3 Tbsp Butter
• 1/4 cup Brown Sugar
• 4 large pears peeled and sliced into 1/4-inch thick slices
• 1/4 tsp freshly grated Nutmeg

• 16 oz Organic Whole Milk Cottage Cheese
• 1/2 cup Almond Protein Powder
• 1 1/2 tsp Honey
• 1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 2-3 Tbsp Milk as needed

• 1 cup Gluten Free Honey Oat Granola

Instructions

1. Combine dried apricots, honey and water in a small saucepan. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered, until apricots are very soft, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
2. Transfer to a blender and add lemon juice and almond extract. Puree until smooth.

1. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat, then whisk in brown sugar. Add sliced pears and nutmeg. Stir gently, making sure to coat all pears in the brown sugar mixture. Reduce heat to low and cook until the pears soften and release their juices, stirring occasionally. Once pears are soft, remove from heat and let cool.

1. In a large bowl, combine cottage cheese, protein powder, honey and vanilla. Add milk if needed to adjust consistency.

1. Set out four serving glasses. Layer glasses with the cottage cheese mixture. Drizzle some of the apricot jam sauce over the cottage cheese, then layer with spiced pear slices and top with granola. Continue to layer the cottage cheese, apricot jam sauce, spiced pears and granola. Store chilled until ready to serve.