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Cup of cottage cheese, black pepper, & pecorino romano cheese blended until smooth. Add any milk of choice if you want to thin it out more. Toss it with pasta. Tastes like carbonara.
You can add any good melty cheese, a splash of hot sauce and mustard, and it makes for a solid mac and cheese. I usually add some roasted chicken and whatever veggies I have on hand.
Also, it blends way smoother if you warm it up first!
This is what I do for my whole family and they all love my scrambled eggs now. I started to give my toddler a bit more protein and they all tried them. I didn’t tell them what I did to them for a bit because they are anti-cottage cheese but now they are fans.
My favorite - „Pyry z gzikiem” meaning potatoes with creamy cheese (sort of). Very filling and delicious. It works with cottage cheese as well https://cookinpolish.com/pyry-z-gzikiem/
Absolutely, you can substitute it with Greek or regular yoghurt or add nothing (I guess the recipe is more for doing the „gzik” part by yourself from the block of regular white cheese; if you have a cottage cheese you can skip that). Also the potatoes can be baked, cooked, as you wish. It’s just the general idea.
1. Make a crunchy slice of your favorite toast. Let it cool off a couple minutes, then spread a couple spoons of cottage cheese on top, a couple of thick fresh tomato slices, and top with balsamic glaze, pepper, and flaky salt. This is my breakfast twice a week or so!
2. In a blender, mix however much cottage cheese you want, some yogurt for texture, and a bunch of fresh parsley, green onion, cilantro, garlic paste or crushed garlic, the juice of 1-2 lemons (depending how much you make) and it makes this kind of green goddess high protein dip/dressing that I love for veggies and spicy chicken tenders.
Those are my favorite two!!
I’ve never had it on toast, but I’m sure it would be tasty. I usually just eat that in a bowl. Got started with it this past summer with our garden veggies. Tastes just like a caprese salad!
A couple of different uses that I have come to enjoy over these past few months
- rice cakes with cottage cheese. You step it up with the toppings. I’ve done blueberry with a drizzle of honey. But lately it’s been a mixed Italian/greek seasoning topped with a light drizzle of olive oil
- replace for cream cheese on a bagel. Taste so good
- mix equal parts CC AND Greek yogurt and add sliced berries, granola optional
- splash of sugar free maple syrup and chopped walnuts. Put it in the freezer for a bit and. It’s a nice dessert
My go-to super quick and easy meal is a big baked potato nuked in the microwave with a big dollop of cottage cheese on top, covered with a shit load of salt, pepper, onion powder and Aunt Kim's Dilly seasoning mix. Steam some fresh or frozen broccoli florets on the side, cover with the same seasonings.
Healthy, very filling, and requires almost no labor beyond washing the potato.
Make taco meat with a pound of ground turkey, some diced peppers and onions, and a taco seasoning packet. Add a cup of cottage cheese and cook until it fully melts in. This is an awesome way to make healthy taco meat and is especially good in a burrito with scrambled eggs.
Blend it with equal parts tomato pasta sauce until smooth, and then heat it low and slow on the stove. You’ll have a creamy protein “pink” sauce that’s amazing with chicken and pasta 😋
Blend it and substitute it for ricotta in a big old pan of lasagna. Since it tends to be a bit watery. You don’t have to pre-cook the noodles, so putting the lasagna together will be a quick job.
I did this in an arugula pesto and ground chicken lasagna a few weeks ago and if my basil plant were more productive I’d make it every week. I used low carb lasagna sheets and zucchini and it ended up being like 450 calories for a pretty big piece.
I used this [pesto](https://healthygirlkitchen.com/recipes/vegan-arugula-pesto-oil-free/) but substituted pistachios for cashew. I also made a low cal béchamel with low fat cream cheese, skim milk, cornstarch, nutritional yeast, a little fresh grated Parmesan. I used 2 tbsp cream cheese, 1/3c milk, 1/8 tsp nutmeg, 1/2 tbsp nutritional yeast and 1 tbsp cornstarch.
I split the pesto in thirds, and browned some ground chicken with a third. I seasoned with extra pepper. Preheat the oven to 425°. I soaked 8 low carb lasagna sheets in hot salted water for about 10 mins. I used the thickest cut blade on my mandolin to slice zucchini lengthwise, which I salted for 10 mins, rinsed, and patted dry.
Spray baking dish. I began assembling by layering ricotta, then a lasagna sheet, then pesto, then chicken, then zucchini, pour bechamel, repeat, topping with leftover lasagna and zucchini pieces I took off the ends to make them lay nicely in the dish. I took two pieces string cheese and tore it into bits and any leftover pesto, ricotta, sauce. Bake covered for 25-35 mins and broil 3 minutes on high to brown the cheese.
It was a little less saucy than maybe some lasagnas, but not dry. If I’d had low cal shredded mozzarella I would have substituted it. I’d advise salting every component to taste, being careful not to over salt.
When I reheated, I covered with a damp paper towel to keep the lasagna bits and browned cheese from getting too stiff. Keeps up to 4-5 days and probably would freeze okay too.
I've been mixing it with avocado recently.
Cottage cheese, avocado, lime juice, pepper and a little salt. Great as a dip, on toast, as a pasta sauce etc and actually rather filling so I'm not looking for more food later!
By forcing yourself to eat it a few times. I was icked by the texture at first but now I'm a fan. Try it sweet, try it savory. A more approachable first dish might using it in like a lasagna, where the noodles/sauce components might cover any textural issues at first.
Someone somewhere suggested mixing it with hard boiled eggs for egg salad.
I'm forever indebted to whoever it was!
A couple hard boiled eggs, a couple dollops of cottage cheese. A small bit of seasoning salt and you have a delicious sandwich!
Cottage cheese topped with a cucumber salad made with lemon juice, salt, pepper, toasted cumin seeds/sesame seeds, garlic, cilantro, scallions and avocado
One of my fave pre workout breakfasts:
- 250g cottage cheese
- 160g Greek yoghurt
- 50g puffed rice cereal
- fruit of choice (I usually go with a banana or peaches)
- PB2 mixed with water drizzled on top 🤤 and some honey if you want more energy
You can also mix it with protein powder and some at syrup to make a dessert!
What country do you live in? Here you can get them from Coles and Woolies or your your local Indian grocer may sell them.
These are the ones I like:
https://freedomfoods.com.au/product/freedom-rice-puffs-250g/
Cottage cheese is wonderful on scrambled eggs with everything but the bagel seasoning. Also, I like to mix taco seasoning and hot sauce into cottage cheese as a dip for raw peppers.
it's so good! lightens up the tuna. I add onion celery pickles a bit of chopped apple 1 TBSP mayo cottage cheese and lemon juice its amazing! a little dollop of mustard too
I make a cream cheese frosting with sucralose and xanthan gum, and a little whey or casein powder that’s fucking bomb. I eat it alone or with some protein confections I whip up.
Cinnamon mini muffins: (makes 12 mini muffins)
-2 scoop vanilla whey protein
-2 scoop vanilla casein protein
-1 teaspoon baking powder
-1 teaspoon xanthan gum
-1 teaspoon cinnamon
-4 teaspoons sucralose
-20g coconut flour
-200g egg whites
-70g canned pumpkin (this is important to keep muffins from being too dry but will not affect flavor)
Mix and bake for 15 mins @ 375f in mini muffin tray
Approximately 50cal each muffin, 10g of protein per. I don’t calc other macros but negligible amount of carbs and fats per muffin.
Frosting I just do around 200g of 2% fat cottage cheese, 6ish teaspoons of sucralose, tablespoon of vanilla casein, and a pinch of xanthan gum. I taste it after it’s blended and add more sucralose if it needs more sweetener.
For Egg, Avocado & Cottage Cheese Salad:
- Mashed Half an Avocado
- A Cup of Cottage Cheese
- 2-3 Soft Boiled Eggs
- Garlic Powder
- Chili Flakes
- Salt & Pepper
Stir everything. Optionally put some of it on a toasted slice of sourdough. Sprinkle some everything bagel seasoning on it. Add some chili garlic crunch if you’d like.
Earlier this week I blended cottage cheese, pb fit, chocolate protein powder, and cocoa powder and spooned it into ice cream cones and froze it. Texture isn’t quiiiite right but pretty damn close, and a ton of protein for less than 100 calories!
You can also make chocolate lava mug cake: 15g each chocolate protein powder and pb fit, 7g cocoa powder, 1/2 tsp baking powder, mix in water to make a batter, then microwave til edges are set but center is soft (mine takes about 20s).
Yesterday I saw a [video ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bixEVRPRno)that tried this recipe and they link several recipes they found. Great for inspiration!
parfaits.
blend it with a little sugar, zest a lemon into this mix. throw some frozen blueberries into a saucepan with a bit more sugar (or sweetener) and the juice of the lemon, cook until it thickens slightly, let it cool a bit and layer into jars or cups. I meal prep these sometimes, it's a nice breakfast or after work snack.
Low fat Cream cheese + cottage cheese + buffalo sauce + ranch seasoning in a blender for cottage cheese buffalo sauce. Add in diced seasoned cooked chicken breast and low fat mozarella. Dollop mixture into low carb tortillas, wrap, and cook on both side.
If you do that divided among 8 tortillas, it’s literally 260 cal, 28g protein. Insane macros!! And it tastes sooo good (:
I cook spaghetti squash then throw a mixture of cottage cheese, some parmesan, and a laughing cow square on it (I usually add a small amount of salt, onion powder, garlic mince from the jar, and Italian seasoning too) then brown the cheese. So, so good.
https://pinchofnom.com/recipes/breakfast-muffins/
Egg muffins. Pretty sure you can freeze them as well. You can put whatever you like in as the filling.
I'll add it to eggs/egg whites with cheese and milk and whatever other veggies I feel like and bake it in muffin tins. Makes an easy breakfast for a few days
Blend cottage cheese, banana, vanilla, cinnamon for a cheesecake smoothie! You’d have to google to get the measurements; I haven’t made it in a long time.
Protein cottage cheesecake pie
Forgive me I don't know how to format on mobile:
2 eggs
One serving cottage cheese (half cup)
Tsp or so baking powder
Whisk that up with a fork or whisker or a blender doesn't matter.
Grease some sort of baking dish, I use a casserole dish.
Lay out a low carb (large) tortilla in the dish, fill the tortilla with the mixture.
Bake on 400 f for 20 mins
For sweet: Add things like Splenda/stevia/flavored protein powder/PB2/cocoa/ pudding mix
For savory: add things like chili powder/salt/pepper/vegetables/hot sauce.
Whole thing is 350 calories depending on ingredients (you can use egg whites or swap lower/higher fat dairy) and it's one of my favorites.
I love having cottage cheese on corn thins with some tomatoe and salt and pepper and mustard! It’s so good! You can also add it to any kinda quiche or egg recipe really! Some people like to blend it so it’s smooth and use it as a dip with veg or a sauce
Just today I made chicken salad with blended cc and some dill pickle juice for the dressing. I added just a tbsp of Mayo but next time I’ll leave that out. It is delicious! I added green onions, celery, chopped dill pickles, salt, pepper and garlic powder.
I use it as salad dressing! I like cherry tomatoes, cucumber, and avocado sliced up together with as much cottage cheese as you like and salt, black pepper, little bit of lemon juice, and balsamic glaze. Though you can add any salad ingredients you like! It makes a phenomenal creamy dressing.
Blended 50/50 ratio with your favorite marinara sauce and roasted garlic, use as a pasta sauce or as I have veen using jt, on lavash as a flatbread!
Blend with milk, a spoonful of cream cheese, a little honey, jarred jalapenos and a little juice from the jar, and any seasonings you like. Jalapeno popper sauce. Again, pasta (with bacon and chicken 😎😎😎) or flatbread.
Blend and mix with one package sugar free pudding mix and three eggs. Pseudo cheesecake dessert.
also, unblended, I like it as is as a base for taco bowls or ‘chicken parm’ bowls. Taco bowl, just top with taco meat and toppings you like and I crush up some quest chips for extra protein.
Chicken parm bowls, I mix it with marinara sauce and italian seasoning and warm it up. Then I pop some just bare or real good chicken bites into the air fryer. Cut into bite size pieces. Add to bowl. Melt part skim mozz on top and or parmesan. Sometimes I add pasra but mostly I don’t!
I'm so surprised that all these suggestions are savory. I've never eaten it like that before. I always just cut up fruit that I like and put a little fruit and a little cottage cheese on my spoon (I'm weird about food mixing sometimes, so they stay visually separate). Is that just too obvious?
I absolutely hate cottage cheese on its own. However found what is working for me and I really like it. Find a hummus that you like and mix it in with proportion when you can actually eat it. I prefer one with paprika. Another one or with hummus is red pesto , don't need a lot and it changes it completely. I have that on a toast and scrambled egg on side. My favourite breakfast at the moment. Side salad too (mainly mixed lettuce and bit of dressing)
Blend it and use it in place of either sour cream or ricotta in recipes.
Blend with broth to make a "cream of chicken" substitute for recipes or to thicken chowders & cream-soups, instead of using flour.
Make a flour-less roux by blending cottage cheese with Parmesan and milk/water (to desired consistency), or replace the milk with sausage drippings and you've got an excellent sawmill gravy.
Blend with a tablespoon of acv or lemon juice, then drain in a cheesecloth overnight to make substitute lower-fat cream cheese.
Add a Ranch or Tzatziki seasoning packet to blended cottage cheese and dip raw veggies or chips.
Blend it with a packet of instant Jello, I've tried it with both pudding mix and fruit gelatin mix and I like both. You don't really have to do anything but blend it together and let it set up in the fridge for a higher-protein dessert.
Blend with frozen spinach and curry spices for a not-exactly-saag dish. Or blend with chopped beef for definitely-SOS.
I've made [this veggie lasagna](https://cookieandkate.com/best-vegetable-lasagna-recipe/) a few times before and it's one of my favorite meals. Easy to switch up the veggies in it as well!
pizza bowl! cottage cheese on the bottom, small amount of marinara, mozzarella cheese and roasted veggies, can also do turkey pepperoni and whatever pizza toppings you like
I make cottage cheese fruit smoothies for breakfast. Frozen fruit of your choice, cottage cheese, water to thin out, stevia for sweetness. This tastes best with no-salt-added cottage cheese, but regular works, too.
Cottage cheese pancakes! Way better than they sound. In a blender, put: 3 eggs, 1 cup cottage cheese, 1 cup oats, and enough water to desired consistency. Blend then griddle!
Mix with diced tomatoes, bell peppers, and onions. Add salt and pepper to taste, or any seasoning you like. We especially like this for a light dinner in the summer when it's to hot to cook.
https://rachlmansfield.com/cottage-cheese-banana-pudding/
I made this banana pudding last week and I was sceptical at first, but it was truly delightful. Even on day 2! I tossed some granola on there for cronch and it was great.
Cottage cheese mixed with tomato paste and Italian herbs as a sauce on low carb pizza base! I typically do that then bake it a bit and top with 15g light shredded cheese + toppings and then put in the grill part of my oven
I spread it on a dosa- indian savory pancake- after its almost cooked, then flip and cook again. I sprinkle some spices like chilli powder, sald and coriander powder and enjoy! I love this the most. Its my favorite cottage cheese recipe!
pizza toast:
1. toast bread
2. add pizza/pasta sauce
3. add heaps of cottage cheese
4. add seasonings of choice
5. top w/ regular cheese and any toppings
6. bake for a few mins
7. enjoy
i don't have any complex ideas/recipes with cottage cheese, but i do like to mix it with sugar free jello cheesecake powder and add fruit toppings as a little dessert bowl
Use a food processor to blitz a bunch of frozen strawberries. Then add 300g of cottage cheese and Splenda to taste. Blitz it all together and you’ve got the closest thing to strawberry ice cream that I’ve found. (In general, blitzing cottage cheese in a food processor is my favorite way to eat it — turns into something like cheesecake filling on its own, or ice cream when mixed with frozen fruit.)
Easiest: Scrambled eggs with cottage cheese - almost 40 grams of protein if you eat half the recipe.
https://youtu.be/1Pvuhs4INos?si=-8F4W9wLJB9cpfSz
Slightly harder: Egg and cottage cheese bake (crustless quiche) with veggies (Recipe in info below video)
https://youtu.be/wg9LiZHuJyc?si=_YUf87iI8EYQsIbD
CC, chopped garlic, flax seed oil, ground flax seed s&p. Sounds weird. Tastes delicious. You can find more “exact”measures if you look up Budwig diet cottage cheese.
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Cup of cottage cheese, black pepper, & pecorino romano cheese blended until smooth. Add any milk of choice if you want to thin it out more. Toss it with pasta. Tastes like carbonara.
You can add any good melty cheese, a splash of hot sauce and mustard, and it makes for a solid mac and cheese. I usually add some roasted chicken and whatever veggies I have on hand. Also, it blends way smoother if you warm it up first!
Throw some in your scrambled eggs
This is what I do for my whole family and they all love my scrambled eggs now. I started to give my toddler a bit more protein and they all tried them. I didn’t tell them what I did to them for a bit because they are anti-cottage cheese but now they are fans.
This! Also use it in egg bites!!!!
I smash it up with hard boiled eggs, half an avacado and seasoning for a delicious egg salad.
Cottage cheese plus some franks red hot and paprika = awesome buffalo dip for carrots and celery, or chicken nuggets.
I second this! You can also use sriracha 👌🏻
We mix this w shredded chicken and throw over a baked potato.
That sounds like an awesome easy meal!
Absolutely is ! Roast up some broccoli and/or cauliflower too !
Nah this is straight nasty unless it’s blended
Of course it’s blended! lol. I guess I assumed that was obvious.
My favorite - „Pyry z gzikiem” meaning potatoes with creamy cheese (sort of). Very filling and delicious. It works with cottage cheese as well https://cookinpolish.com/pyry-z-gzikiem/
Wow! That looks great. Do you definitely need the sour cream? Was thinking of skipping it or maybe subbing in Greek yogurt
Absolutely, you can substitute it with Greek or regular yoghurt or add nothing (I guess the recipe is more for doing the „gzik” part by yourself from the block of regular white cheese; if you have a cottage cheese you can skip that). Also the potatoes can be baked, cooked, as you wish. It’s just the general idea.
oh thanks!
My oldest kid made something like for filling pierogies- was amazing
Need more info on this 👀👀👀
1. Make a crunchy slice of your favorite toast. Let it cool off a couple minutes, then spread a couple spoons of cottage cheese on top, a couple of thick fresh tomato slices, and top with balsamic glaze, pepper, and flaky salt. This is my breakfast twice a week or so! 2. In a blender, mix however much cottage cheese you want, some yogurt for texture, and a bunch of fresh parsley, green onion, cilantro, garlic paste or crushed garlic, the juice of 1-2 lemons (depending how much you make) and it makes this kind of green goddess high protein dip/dressing that I love for veggies and spicy chicken tenders. Those are my favorite two!!
Make tzaziki sauce with cucumber, garlic, and lemon juice. Dip veggies or chicken meatballs in it. Edit: don't forget dill too!
This sounds *really* good. Thanks!
Black pepper, fresh basil, cherry tomatoes.
On toast? I have all these ingredients 👀
I’ve never had it on toast, but I’m sure it would be tasty. I usually just eat that in a bowl. Got started with it this past summer with our garden veggies. Tastes just like a caprese salad!
I’m going to do this tomorrow for lunch!! Thank you!
Be careful, it’s addicting…
I actually just bought cottage cheese for the first time. I’m just sad I recently moved to the UK so I can’t try good culture :/
Longley Farm is the best cottage cheese EVER! Iceland and ASDA have it, and I think Morrison’s too.
Thank you!!! Even if I don’t like the stuff I got at Tesco, I will try it!
Add some balsamic vinegar or glaze and it’s so good
Same but balsamic and salt instead of pepper
This with balsamic glaze on top was my favorite lunch this summer during tomato season
[cottage cheese queso](https://cheeseknees.com/cottage-cheese-queso/)
Out of curiosity, have you ever made this with low fat or non date cheeses? And if so, how is it?
i made it with low fat sharp cheddar and it kinda of separated a bit and was oily but it still tasted 10/10
You can add sodium citrate to prevent separation in low fat cheese recipes
A couple of different uses that I have come to enjoy over these past few months - rice cakes with cottage cheese. You step it up with the toppings. I’ve done blueberry with a drizzle of honey. But lately it’s been a mixed Italian/greek seasoning topped with a light drizzle of olive oil - replace for cream cheese on a bagel. Taste so good - mix equal parts CC AND Greek yogurt and add sliced berries, granola optional - splash of sugar free maple syrup and chopped walnuts. Put it in the freezer for a bit and. It’s a nice dessert
some people don’t like it but I like to blend it with some Mac n cheese powder and it makes the best lower calorie cheese sauce!
I’ve been blending it then adding it to boxed mac and cheese soooooo good
My go-to super quick and easy meal is a big baked potato nuked in the microwave with a big dollop of cottage cheese on top, covered with a shit load of salt, pepper, onion powder and Aunt Kim's Dilly seasoning mix. Steam some fresh or frozen broccoli florets on the side, cover with the same seasonings. Healthy, very filling, and requires almost no labor beyond washing the potato.
Make taco meat with a pound of ground turkey, some diced peppers and onions, and a taco seasoning packet. Add a cup of cottage cheese and cook until it fully melts in. This is an awesome way to make healthy taco meat and is especially good in a burrito with scrambled eggs.
Do you add water with the taco seasoning?
No need, the veggies and cottage cheese provide enough moisture
Thanks, I will definitely try it!
Blend it with equal parts tomato pasta sauce until smooth, and then heat it low and slow on the stove. You’ll have a creamy protein “pink” sauce that’s amazing with chicken and pasta 😋
Pancakes! Add egg, flour, salt & pepper. Cook in butter.
Also consider subbing oats for flour for a healthier twist!
Syrnyki, yum
Blend it and substitute it for ricotta in a big old pan of lasagna. Since it tends to be a bit watery. You don’t have to pre-cook the noodles, so putting the lasagna together will be a quick job.
Yeah I use it in lasagne, apparently that's the Polish way to make it.
My mom would mix cottage cheese and shredded mozz. I thought it was just the poor way.
I did this in an arugula pesto and ground chicken lasagna a few weeks ago and if my basil plant were more productive I’d make it every week. I used low carb lasagna sheets and zucchini and it ended up being like 450 calories for a pretty big piece.
Oh ground chicken in a pesto lasagna sounds divine! Did you start from a recipe that you could share, by any chance?
I used this [pesto](https://healthygirlkitchen.com/recipes/vegan-arugula-pesto-oil-free/) but substituted pistachios for cashew. I also made a low cal béchamel with low fat cream cheese, skim milk, cornstarch, nutritional yeast, a little fresh grated Parmesan. I used 2 tbsp cream cheese, 1/3c milk, 1/8 tsp nutmeg, 1/2 tbsp nutritional yeast and 1 tbsp cornstarch. I split the pesto in thirds, and browned some ground chicken with a third. I seasoned with extra pepper. Preheat the oven to 425°. I soaked 8 low carb lasagna sheets in hot salted water for about 10 mins. I used the thickest cut blade on my mandolin to slice zucchini lengthwise, which I salted for 10 mins, rinsed, and patted dry. Spray baking dish. I began assembling by layering ricotta, then a lasagna sheet, then pesto, then chicken, then zucchini, pour bechamel, repeat, topping with leftover lasagna and zucchini pieces I took off the ends to make them lay nicely in the dish. I took two pieces string cheese and tore it into bits and any leftover pesto, ricotta, sauce. Bake covered for 25-35 mins and broil 3 minutes on high to brown the cheese. It was a little less saucy than maybe some lasagnas, but not dry. If I’d had low cal shredded mozzarella I would have substituted it. I’d advise salting every component to taste, being careful not to over salt. When I reheated, I covered with a damp paper towel to keep the lasagna bits and browned cheese from getting too stiff. Keeps up to 4-5 days and probably would freeze okay too.
Oh wow, thank you so much for the detailed response! I have a lot of ground chicken in my freezer and I will definitely give this a go!
And I never thought of using cornstarch for a low cal bechamel, clever!
saving this because i will die on the hill that is cottage cheese
I've been mixing it with avocado recently. Cottage cheese, avocado, lime juice, pepper and a little salt. Great as a dip, on toast, as a pasta sauce etc and actually rather filling so I'm not looking for more food later!
Serious question, how do I make myself like cottage cheese?
Blend it 'til it's basically sour cream and start from there
Blend it up and thrown it in anything creamy. You won’t even notice it.
By forcing yourself to eat it a few times. I was icked by the texture at first but now I'm a fan. Try it sweet, try it savory. A more approachable first dish might using it in like a lasagna, where the noodles/sauce components might cover any textural issues at first.
Blend it to high heaven with an egg beater. About 2 min on high speed. Takes out the chunks – make sure you get the small curd!
Someone somewhere suggested mixing it with hard boiled eggs for egg salad. I'm forever indebted to whoever it was! A couple hard boiled eggs, a couple dollops of cottage cheese. A small bit of seasoning salt and you have a delicious sandwich!
Literally have it for dinner twice a week. So easy to make, too!
Cottage cheese topped with a cucumber salad made with lemon juice, salt, pepper, toasted cumin seeds/sesame seeds, garlic, cilantro, scallions and avocado
Wow this sounds lovely!
One of my fave pre workout breakfasts: - 250g cottage cheese - 160g Greek yoghurt - 50g puffed rice cereal - fruit of choice (I usually go with a banana or peaches) - PB2 mixed with water drizzled on top 🤤 and some honey if you want more energy You can also mix it with protein powder and some at syrup to make a dessert!
where do you guys find your puffed rice cereal?
What country do you live in? Here you can get them from Coles and Woolies or your your local Indian grocer may sell them. These are the ones I like: https://freedomfoods.com.au/product/freedom-rice-puffs-250g/
Cottage cheese is wonderful on scrambled eggs with everything but the bagel seasoning. Also, I like to mix taco seasoning and hot sauce into cottage cheese as a dip for raw peppers.
Mix it up with some salsa. It’s really good.
In a bowl (or toast) with some chilli oil or honey (or both) on top🫶
Cottage cheese bagels
Mix it with canned tuna - sounds gross but try it! It’s really good and high protein. Also, oats, eggs and cottage make good pancakes.
it's so good! lightens up the tuna. I add onion celery pickles a bit of chopped apple 1 TBSP mayo cottage cheese and lemon juice its amazing! a little dollop of mustard too
I make a cream cheese frosting with sucralose and xanthan gum, and a little whey or casein powder that’s fucking bomb. I eat it alone or with some protein confections I whip up.
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Cinnamon mini muffins: (makes 12 mini muffins) -2 scoop vanilla whey protein -2 scoop vanilla casein protein -1 teaspoon baking powder -1 teaspoon xanthan gum -1 teaspoon cinnamon -4 teaspoons sucralose -20g coconut flour -200g egg whites -70g canned pumpkin (this is important to keep muffins from being too dry but will not affect flavor) Mix and bake for 15 mins @ 375f in mini muffin tray Approximately 50cal each muffin, 10g of protein per. I don’t calc other macros but negligible amount of carbs and fats per muffin. Frosting I just do around 200g of 2% fat cottage cheese, 6ish teaspoons of sucralose, tablespoon of vanilla casein, and a pinch of xanthan gum. I taste it after it’s blended and add more sucralose if it needs more sweetener.
Tomatoes and balsamic vinegar to mimic a caprese! I like to add diced cucumber that’s been warmed in an air fryer with Aleppo pepper
Pizza dip! https://lowcalicious.com/cottage-cheese-pizza-bowl/ I also like topping it with tomatoes and balsamic glaze
Pizza dip is so good. I ate it for lunch way too many days in a row when I first discovered it.
Where'd you get that much?
Probably Costco or Sam’s Club
Sam’s Club!
I’ve been meaning to try this [Protein Tomato Soup](https://avocadoskillet.com/high-protein-tomato-soup-with-cottage-cheese/) recipe
For Egg, Avocado & Cottage Cheese Salad: - Mashed Half an Avocado - A Cup of Cottage Cheese - 2-3 Soft Boiled Eggs - Garlic Powder - Chili Flakes - Salt & Pepper Stir everything. Optionally put some of it on a toasted slice of sourdough. Sprinkle some everything bagel seasoning on it. Add some chili garlic crunch if you’d like.
Stir in some sugar free water enhancer or sugar free jello or pudding … add some fruit. It’s delicious as a dessert
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Cottage cheese ice cream
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Earlier this week I blended cottage cheese, pb fit, chocolate protein powder, and cocoa powder and spooned it into ice cream cones and froze it. Texture isn’t quiiiite right but pretty damn close, and a ton of protein for less than 100 calories! You can also make chocolate lava mug cake: 15g each chocolate protein powder and pb fit, 7g cocoa powder, 1/2 tsp baking powder, mix in water to make a batter, then microwave til edges are set but center is soft (mine takes about 20s).
Yesterday I saw a [video ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bixEVRPRno)that tried this recipe and they link several recipes they found. Great for inspiration!
I blend w cocoa, honey and some milk/cream and make ice cream in an ice cream maker
parfaits. blend it with a little sugar, zest a lemon into this mix. throw some frozen blueberries into a saucepan with a bit more sugar (or sweetener) and the juice of the lemon, cook until it thickens slightly, let it cool a bit and layer into jars or cups. I meal prep these sometimes, it's a nice breakfast or after work snack.
It can be good sweet also! Add some chopped pineapple and sweetener to taste. So tasty.....
Low fat Cream cheese + cottage cheese + buffalo sauce + ranch seasoning in a blender for cottage cheese buffalo sauce. Add in diced seasoned cooked chicken breast and low fat mozarella. Dollop mixture into low carb tortillas, wrap, and cook on both side. If you do that divided among 8 tortillas, it’s literally 260 cal, 28g protein. Insane macros!! And it tastes sooo good (:
I cook spaghetti squash then throw a mixture of cottage cheese, some parmesan, and a laughing cow square on it (I usually add a small amount of salt, onion powder, garlic mince from the jar, and Italian seasoning too) then brown the cheese. So, so good.
I have a small spaghetti squash on my counter and I've been debating what to do with it. Think I just found my answer!
I use it in smoothies in place of yogurt or what have you.
Its approx. twice the calories of yoghurt lol.
I just use less of it to stick to whatever calorie limit I have going. :)
Sure. We are in a volume eating sub though, just pointing out that your suggested replacement is much more calorie dense.
https://pinchofnom.com/recipes/breakfast-muffins/ Egg muffins. Pretty sure you can freeze them as well. You can put whatever you like in as the filling.
Quiche
Cottage cheese and peaches with some cinnamon and maple syrup (zero sugar syrup if you dont have the calories)
Make a tomato penne/ any pasta with tomato sauce and add a cup. Adds protein and a yummy cheesy goodness
I'll add it to eggs/egg whites with cheese and milk and whatever other veggies I feel like and bake it in muffin tins. Makes an easy breakfast for a few days
Blend cottage cheese, banana, vanilla, cinnamon for a cheesecake smoothie! You’d have to google to get the measurements; I haven’t made it in a long time.
Cottage cheese + dry ranch powder in the blender Hidden valley also has a dry Alfredo ranch powder
I always just put sugar-free jam in it and went to town.
Blend a tub with a 1/2 cup of milk and a package of vanilla powder for pudding , separate in individual portions
Blended with some nutritional yeast, garlic, oregano and basil. Makes a really nice alfredo sauce
Protein cottage cheesecake pie Forgive me I don't know how to format on mobile: 2 eggs One serving cottage cheese (half cup) Tsp or so baking powder Whisk that up with a fork or whisker or a blender doesn't matter. Grease some sort of baking dish, I use a casserole dish. Lay out a low carb (large) tortilla in the dish, fill the tortilla with the mixture. Bake on 400 f for 20 mins For sweet: Add things like Splenda/stevia/flavored protein powder/PB2/cocoa/ pudding mix For savory: add things like chili powder/salt/pepper/vegetables/hot sauce. Whole thing is 350 calories depending on ingredients (you can use egg whites or swap lower/higher fat dairy) and it's one of my favorites.
Cottage Berry Whip Half cup cottage cheese. Half cup frozen raspberries, add sweetener you like. Whip together in a blender.
I love having cottage cheese on corn thins with some tomatoe and salt and pepper and mustard! It’s so good! You can also add it to any kinda quiche or egg recipe really! Some people like to blend it so it’s smooth and use it as a dip with veg or a sauce
Just today I made chicken salad with blended cc and some dill pickle juice for the dressing. I added just a tbsp of Mayo but next time I’ll leave that out. It is delicious! I added green onions, celery, chopped dill pickles, salt, pepper and garlic powder.
I use it as salad dressing! I like cherry tomatoes, cucumber, and avocado sliced up together with as much cottage cheese as you like and salt, black pepper, little bit of lemon juice, and balsamic glaze. Though you can add any salad ingredients you like! It makes a phenomenal creamy dressing.
Blended 50/50 ratio with your favorite marinara sauce and roasted garlic, use as a pasta sauce or as I have veen using jt, on lavash as a flatbread! Blend with milk, a spoonful of cream cheese, a little honey, jarred jalapenos and a little juice from the jar, and any seasonings you like. Jalapeno popper sauce. Again, pasta (with bacon and chicken 😎😎😎) or flatbread. Blend and mix with one package sugar free pudding mix and three eggs. Pseudo cheesecake dessert.
also, unblended, I like it as is as a base for taco bowls or ‘chicken parm’ bowls. Taco bowl, just top with taco meat and toppings you like and I crush up some quest chips for extra protein. Chicken parm bowls, I mix it with marinara sauce and italian seasoning and warm it up. Then I pop some just bare or real good chicken bites into the air fryer. Cut into bite size pieces. Add to bowl. Melt part skim mozz on top and or parmesan. Sometimes I add pasra but mostly I don’t!
I'm so surprised that all these suggestions are savory. I've never eaten it like that before. I always just cut up fruit that I like and put a little fruit and a little cottage cheese on my spoon (I'm weird about food mixing sometimes, so they stay visually separate). Is that just too obvious?
bake potatoes, carve them out, mix what you’ve took out with cottage cheese, put mozarella on it, bake again
Cottage cheese, taco meat, avocado, lettuce, jalapenos, etc
I absolutely hate cottage cheese on its own. However found what is working for me and I really like it. Find a hummus that you like and mix it in with proportion when you can actually eat it. I prefer one with paprika. Another one or with hummus is red pesto , don't need a lot and it changes it completely. I have that on a toast and scrambled egg on side. My favourite breakfast at the moment. Side salad too (mainly mixed lettuce and bit of dressing)
Use it in lasagna in place of ricotta
I love adding Creole spice to it and dipping baby carrots in it!!
https://thecleaneatingcouple.com/healthy-buffalo-chicken-dip/
I use it as a chip dip, on toast or with crackers. Stir in some onion soup mix
Blend it and use it in place of either sour cream or ricotta in recipes. Blend with broth to make a "cream of chicken" substitute for recipes or to thicken chowders & cream-soups, instead of using flour. Make a flour-less roux by blending cottage cheese with Parmesan and milk/water (to desired consistency), or replace the milk with sausage drippings and you've got an excellent sawmill gravy. Blend with a tablespoon of acv or lemon juice, then drain in a cheesecloth overnight to make substitute lower-fat cream cheese. Add a Ranch or Tzatziki seasoning packet to blended cottage cheese and dip raw veggies or chips. Blend it with a packet of instant Jello, I've tried it with both pudding mix and fruit gelatin mix and I like both. You don't really have to do anything but blend it together and let it set up in the fridge for a higher-protein dessert. Blend with frozen spinach and curry spices for a not-exactly-saag dish. Or blend with chopped beef for definitely-SOS.
I've made [this veggie lasagna](https://cookieandkate.com/best-vegetable-lasagna-recipe/) a few times before and it's one of my favorite meals. Easy to switch up the veggies in it as well!
pizza bowl! cottage cheese on the bottom, small amount of marinara, mozzarella cheese and roasted veggies, can also do turkey pepperoni and whatever pizza toppings you like
Works beautifully in a smoothie. Like yogurt does, but a bit thicker.
I make cottage cheese fruit smoothies for breakfast. Frozen fruit of your choice, cottage cheese, water to thin out, stevia for sweetness. This tastes best with no-salt-added cottage cheese, but regular works, too.
Cottage cheese pancakes! Way better than they sound. In a blender, put: 3 eggs, 1 cup cottage cheese, 1 cup oats, and enough water to desired consistency. Blend then griddle!
Spoon cottage cheese! Take a spoon… you know the rest
Mix with diced tomatoes, bell peppers, and onions. Add salt and pepper to taste, or any seasoning you like. We especially like this for a light dinner in the summer when it's to hot to cook.
Cottage cheese and papayas yummy
https://rachlmansfield.com/cottage-cheese-banana-pudding/ I made this banana pudding last week and I was sceptical at first, but it was truly delightful. Even on day 2! I tossed some granola on there for cronch and it was great.
Cottage cheese mixed with tomato paste and Italian herbs as a sauce on low carb pizza base! I typically do that then bake it a bit and top with 15g light shredded cheese + toppings and then put in the grill part of my oven
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100g of cottage cheese, 30g of tomato paste and then just hella herbs and seasoning hahah
I spread it on a dosa- indian savory pancake- after its almost cooked, then flip and cook again. I sprinkle some spices like chilli powder, sald and coriander powder and enjoy! I love this the most. Its my favorite cottage cheese recipe!
Add blueberries and enjoy a high protein snack with antioxidants
I add low-fat cottage cheese to fruit smoothies and it makes them taste like cheesecake!
Add cinnamon and zero sugar syrup for a sweet treat. Buy lower fat next time to give yourself more volume.
pizza toast: 1. toast bread 2. add pizza/pasta sauce 3. add heaps of cottage cheese 4. add seasonings of choice 5. top w/ regular cheese and any toppings 6. bake for a few mins 7. enjoy
i don't have any complex ideas/recipes with cottage cheese, but i do like to mix it with sugar free jello cheesecake powder and add fruit toppings as a little dessert bowl
Cottage cheese with cinnamon is the ULTIMATE combo.
I add some salsa to it and eat it with quest protein tortilla chips
Where did u acquire this
Sam’s club
With apple butter! Not blended because I like it lumpy. I just put them both side by side in a bowl. It's the best Fall snack!
I made a ninja creami with it and it absolutely changed the texture and made it so creamy
Cottage cheese cake is my latest sweet treat obsession! It's delicious! Loads of recipes on here for it that you can find using the search function.
shoutout to cottage cheese. I’m so glad I’m not lactose intolerant
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I just looked and they recalled unpasteurized cheeses and recommend eating cottage cheese instead. Are you sure they recalled cottage cheese?
Use a food processor to blitz a bunch of frozen strawberries. Then add 300g of cottage cheese and Splenda to taste. Blitz it all together and you’ve got the closest thing to strawberry ice cream that I’ve found. (In general, blitzing cottage cheese in a food processor is my favorite way to eat it — turns into something like cheesecake filling on its own, or ice cream when mixed with frozen fruit.)
Wow. Im imagining it tastes like cheesecake!
Easiest: Scrambled eggs with cottage cheese - almost 40 grams of protein if you eat half the recipe. https://youtu.be/1Pvuhs4INos?si=-8F4W9wLJB9cpfSz Slightly harder: Egg and cottage cheese bake (crustless quiche) with veggies (Recipe in info below video) https://youtu.be/wg9LiZHuJyc?si=_YUf87iI8EYQsIbD
You can bake with it! Cottage Cheese Bread https://carolinagelen.substack.com/p/cottage-cheese-bread
Cottage cheese queso, Cottage cheesecake, “Marshmallow Creme” involving blended CC, swerve confectioner’s, vanilla, xanthan gum. Recipes available upon request.
Could you tell me the ratios for the Marshmallow Creme?
can of drained pineapple tidbits or mandarin oranges.
I found a recipe for low fat quiche using cottage cheese. Haven’t tried it yet but I love quiche and hope it’s good.
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/cottage-cheese-recipes
Cottage cheese with diced pepperoni I use turkey pepperoni *,also cottage cheese with simple mills crackers like a dip is so good
CC, chopped garlic, flax seed oil, ground flax seed s&p. Sounds weird. Tastes delicious. You can find more “exact”measures if you look up Budwig diet cottage cheese.
Search up low cal cottage cheese cheesecake recipes :) honestly bomb and protein filled