Layered with flavors of fruit-filled sweetness and a rich, creamy texture, these Farmer Cheese Melon Stacks are packed with goodness from top to bottom. Featuring a blend of different melons, Lifeway Farmer Cheese, savory prosciutto, and fresh mint these perfect little bites make great appetizers, snacks, and everything in between.
Lifeway Farmer Cheese’s versatile flavor and mild, creamy texture makes it the best cheese to use in recipes where it balances out the other ingredients while boosting the dish with protein and live and active probiotic cultures.
The Benefits of Cultured Dairy for Better Health:
Research continues to show the importance of eating healthy foods, including cultured dairy such as kefir, for optimal digestion and gut health, a strong immune system, and to support the microbiome. Fermented foods like kefir hold important value in this line of research due to the link between the gut-brain axis and overall health. Specifically, kefir has been shown to help diversify the microbiome, improve digestion, reduce inflammation, support healthier blood sugar levels, and improve satiety since the bioavailable protein it contains triggers the release of GLP-1.
Lifeway Kefir is packed with variety of vital nutrients important for overall health, including bone and muscle health; these include vitamin D3, K, calcium, and vitamin B12. Along with our probiotic-rich kefir, Lifeway also offers artisan-made Farmer Cheese, a creamy high-protein cheese made with live and active cultures to support healthy muscles and healthy microbiome. Lifeway Farmer Cheese is easy to spread, free of gums and thickeners, and contains no added salt or sugar for optimal health benefits.
Prep Time: 20 minutes Servings: 8-10Ingredients
- 1 cantaloupe melon
- 1 honeydew melon
- 1 small mini seedless watermelon
- 2 cups Farmer Cheese
- 2 tbsp. raw honey
- pinch of pink or sea salt
- fresh mint or basil
- optional: prosciutto (about 1 package)
Directions
- First, cut all your melons into cubes. If you prefer to just buy them pre-cut, use about 2 cups of each variety of melon to equal the amount used in this recipe.
- Add all your cut melon cubes to a bowl, then toss with the pink salt or sea salt.
- Take the cut pieces of melon and stack them onto a large baking sheet, layered with Lifeway Farmer Cheese in between each slice. Layer the different melon varieties with the farmer cheese however you enjoy. If using the prosciutto, layer that in with the farmer cheese.
- Drizzle each stack with raw honey very lightly, then top with fresh mint.
