A small assembled snack can still draw nutrients from several food groups. Here, the cottage cheese supplies protein along with some carbohydrate and fat; apple supplies carbohydrate and fiber; walnuts contribute fat as well as smaller amounts of protein and carbohydrate.
Use plain cottage cheese with 2% milkfat to match the reference record. Weigh the edible apple with its skin after removing the core, and use plain walnut kernels without a coating. A different cheese, sweetened nuts or added toppings would require a new calculation. The separate block estimates are a way to understand this particular snack, not a claim that it meets an exact block prescription.
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Measured ingredients
- 100.0 g Plain cottage cheese, 2% milkfat
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Cheese, cottage, lowfat, 2% milkfat · FDC 172182 · Source dataset
Send this amount to the Food Calculator → - 100.0 g Raw apple with skin, core removed
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Apples, raw, with skin (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) · FDC 171688 · Source dataset
Send this amount to the Food Calculator → - 8.0 g English walnut kernels, chopped
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Nuts, walnuts, english · FDC 170187 · Source dataset
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Make it step by step
- Weigh the cottage cheese into a clean small bowl. Keep the remaining cheese refrigerated.
- Wash the apple under running water, remove its core, then weigh 100 grams of the edible fruit with skin. Slice or dice it and place it beside the cottage cheese.
- Chop the weighed walnut kernels and scatter them over the bowl. No cooking is required; serve without unlisted honey, syrup or other toppings.
Calculated per serving
Nutrition with the method attached.
- Energy (kcal)
- 185
- Protein (g)
- 11.9
- Total carbohydrate (g)
- 19.7
- Fiber (g)
- 2.9
- Available carbohydrate (g)
- 16.7
- Total fat (g)
- 7.7
Original added-fat equivalent (÷1.5): 5.10. This is a separate convention, not an extra fat allowance.
Separate block counts do not mean this recipe is an exactly balanced Zone meal. Total carbohydrate is shown as well as carbohydrate minus fiber. Nutrients are scaled from USDA reference entries and summed before rounding; they are estimates, not a laboratory analysis.
Source and preparation notes
Preparation time is an estimate. Cottage cheese texture and moisture differ by brand, so a product label may be a better match for your own purchase. The edible apple weight excludes its core; no whole-apple size conversion is assumed. Treat this as a practical snack option. It is not an individualized dietary prescription, and the three block estimates need not be identical. Database-derived estimates, not laboratory analysis. Brands, foods and cooking methods vary. Cooked foods are weighed after cooking as named in the source record. Reheating may change water content; no finished per100g concentration or cooking yield is claimed. Times are editorial estimates; these recipes have not been kitchen-tested.
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