Guilt-free Recipe Lab

Chocolate Orange Cottage Cheese Dessert

Ingredients
180 g low-fat cottage cheese
10–20 g cocoa powder (use more for a richer chocolate flavour)
Dash of vanilla extract
Dash of salt
Natural sweetener of your choice, to taste
Zest of ½ orange (preferably organic)
30 g dark chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate chips

Greek Yogurt Lemon Buns

Ingredients
60 g (3 heaped tbsp) self-raising flour
(or plain/all-purpose flour + ½ tsp baking powder)
50 g (2 tbsp) Greek yogurt (or soy yogurt)
1 heaped tsp lemon curd

Greek Yogurt Chocolate Bread

Ingredients
3 heaped tbsp (60 g) self-raising flour
(or plain/all-purpose flour + 1 tsp baking powder)
2 tbsp (50 g) Greek yogurt (or soy yogurt)
1 heaped tsp cocoa powder
Handful of chocolate chips
Handful of chopped dates or raisins

100-Calorie Dairy-Free Fudgy Brownies

Ingredients
245 g unsweetened applesauce
64 g peanut butter
70 g unsweetened cocoa powder
90–120 g powdered natural sweetener of choice
1 large egg (about 50 g)
1 tsp vanilla extract
Dash of salt
30 g chocolate chips

High-Protein Shirataki Pad Thai

Ingredients
Pad Thai
3 packages shirataki angel hair noodles
150 g shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 whole egg
½ cup egg whites
1 cup coleslaw mix
75 g bell pepper, sliced
50 g onion, sliced
2 tsp minced garlic
Sauce
2½ tbsp powdered peanut butter
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1–2 tbsp zero-sugar sweet chili sauce
1 tsp sriracha
1 tsp zero-calorie brown sugar substitute
3–5 tbsp warm water

High-Protein Pistachio Crumble Brownies

Wet Ingredients
120 ml (½ cup) egg whites
100 g (½ cup) non-fat Greek yogurt
14 g (1 tbsp) sugar-free maple syrup
60 g (¼ cup) unsweetened applesauce

Optional: Add 1–2 tbsp brown sugar substitute if you like a sweeter brownie.

Dry Ingredients
45 g (⅓ cup) all-purpose flour
30 g (¼ cup) cocoa powder
25 g (1 scoop) protein powder (your preferred flavour)
15 g (½ tsp) baking powder
56 g (¼ cup) sugar-free chocolate pudding mix
1 pinch of salt
Pistachio Layer
56 g (¼ cup) plain non-fat Greek yogurt
30 g (2 tbsp) pistachio cream
16 g (½ package) zero-sugar pistachio pudding mix
30 g (2 tbsp) pistachio cream
Kataifi (optional)
Chocolate Topping
28 g (2 tbsp) chocolate chips, melted
5 g (1 tsp) coconut oil, melted
Optional Decoration
Extra pistachio drizzle (mix pistachio cream with a little melted coconut oil)
Chopped pistachios
Kataifi pastry

Korean Japchae

Ingredients
200 g Korean sweet potato noodles (dangmyeon)
100 g beef, thinly sliced
Salt and black pepper, to taste
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp minced garlic
1 tsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp water (for cooking the noodles)
1 tsp dark soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
Sesame seeds, for garnish
½ bunch spinach
¼ onion, thinly sliced
¼ carrot, julienned
4 mini shiitake mushrooms, sliced

4-Ingredient Apple Chocolate Protein Cake

Ingredients
1 apple, cored and sliced
1 egg
⅓ cup cocoa powder
1 scoop chocolate or vanilla protein powder

High-Protein Chickpea Popcorn

Ingredients
240 g chickpeas, drained and rinsed
60 ml tahini
1 tbsp smoked paprika
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp black pepper

Healthy Beetroot Brownies

Ingredients
1 cup cooked beetroot, mashed
2 eggs
¼ cup cocoa powder
¾ cup oat flour
2 tbsp maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract