Cottage Cheese Breakfast
By Carine Claudepierre
Published on 08/21/2022 - Last updated on 12/31/2023
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This Cottage Cheese Breakfast recipe is the easiest diabetes-friendly, high-protein breakfast packed with 26 grams of proteins for a refreshing morning packed with flavors.
Plus, it’s also gluten-free, low-carb, and vegetarian.
On hot summer days, all you want in the morning is a cold breakfast to refresh while keeping it nourishing and fulfilling. Sometimes a Protein Pancake or Protein Waffle is too warm! That’s why cottage cheese for breakfast is the best!
It’s cold, packed with proteins and so delicious when flavored with a pinch of simple ingredients.
Plus cottage cheese is low-carb and perfect for boosting your protein in the morning on a low-carb lifestyle.
How To Make Cottage Cheese Breakfast Bowl
This is a sweet version of the classic cottage cheese bowl.
Ingredients
All you need to make it are:
- Cottage Cheese – Pick the variety that fits your diet the most. You can choose low-fat cottage cheese or dairy-free alternatives. Cottage cheese is keto-friendly.
- Plain Yogurt – Any plain yogurt works, including Greek yogurt, coconut yogurt, or soy yogurt. I like Greek yogurt for an extra boost of protein in the morning.
- Cinnamon
- Vanilla Extract – For a perfect taste.
- Sweetener – You can use maple syrup or sugar-free maple-flavored syrup to keep the sugar to a minimum. You can also use granulated keto sweeteners like erythritol or allulose.
- Frozen Berries – Any berries taste great with cottage cheese I like to use a combination of strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and boysenberries.
- Toasted Coconut Flakes
- Peanut Butter – Or almond butter for less saturated fat and fewer carbs.
Preparing The Bowl
First, in a breakfast bowl stir cottage cheese, yogurt, cinnamon, vanilla, and sweetener or choice.
Next, chop nuts – you can use any nuts walnuts, almonds, pecans or hazelnuts taste awesome.
Top the bowl of cottage cheese with chopped nuts, toasted coconut flakes, and frozen berries.
Finally, drizzle fresh drippy peanut butter all over the bowl and serve your cottage cheese breakfast.
Add-Ons
If you want to boost the protein profile of this recipe, you can add 1 to 2 teaspoons of:
- Protein Powder
- Collagen Protein Powder
- Cocoa Powder for a chocolate flavor
Allergy Swaps
If you have some food allergies, I listed some options for you below to adapt the recipe and enjoy this lovely cottage cheese breakfast.
- Dairy-Free – There are healthy dairy-free cottage cheese alternatives in store, pick one of these and stir in with dairy-free yogurt like coconut yogurt.
- Sugar-Free – Pick any sugar-free sweetener you love like allulose, erythritol, or sugar-free maple syrup.
- Nut-Free – You can top up the bowl with cereals like oats, puffed rice, amaranth, or quinoa. Also, seeds like pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds add a delicious crunch. Finally, swap the peanut butter with sunflower seed butter.
Storage Instructions
You can store the cottage cheese mixture – without any toppings up to 3-4 days before serving.
The time actually depends on the consumption limit date on your dairy product so have a good look at this when it comes to storing dairy.
Simply pack the mix in a sealed, airtight container in the fridge and serve in the morning with your favorite toppings.
Serving Cottage Cheese For Breakfast
You can mainly add anything to cottage cheese, it can be sweet fruits, nuts, seeds, or even raw vegetables and smoked salmon if you like it savory.
Below are two ideas to top up a bowl of cottage cheese, sweet and savory toppings:
Sweet Cottage Cheese Toppings
- Frozen berries or fresh berries if in season.
- Nut butter, like peanut butter or almond butter.
- Maple syrup or sugar-free syrup.
- Cereals – it can be low-carb cereals or oats or puffed cereals like puffed quinoa or puffed amaranth for healthy choices.
- Dark chocolate chips.
- Cinnamon
Savory Cottage Cheese Toppings
Add cottage cheese in a bowl with a pinch of salt, black pepper, garlic powder, and 1 or 2 tablespoons of chopped chives or green onion.
Then, top it up with:
- Radish Slices
- Cucumber Slices
- Tomatoes
- Boiled Eggs – watch my tutorial on how to boil eggs in an air fryer.
- Olives
Frequently Asked Questions
Below are the answers to your most common questions about this recipe:
Yes, you can add up to two teaspoons of protein powder but watch out, adding protein powder thickens the cottage cheese mixture a lot!
There are other natural options to boost protein in this breakfast bowl like sprinkling some high-protein seeds like hemp seeds, flaxseed, or chia seeds.
These three seeds are keto-friendly, low carb, and packed with a high amount of plant-based protein.
Absolutely! Cottage cheese is packed with protein, calcium, and fruits that add all the natural sweetness and vitamins you need to start the day.
More Cottage Cheese Recipes
If you love cottage cheese, try some of the recipes below:
More Cold Breakfast Recipes
Refresh in the morning with some of the easy cold breakfast recipe ideas below.
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Cottage Cheese Breakfast
Ingredients
- ½ cup Cottage Cheese Note 1
- ¼ cup Greek Yogurt Note 2
- 1-2 tablespoons Granulated Sweetener Note 3
- ¼ teaspoon Cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Toppings
- ¼ cup Mixed Berries Note 4
- 1 tablespoon Chopped Almonds Note 5
- 1 tablespoon Coconut Flakes toasted
- 2 teaspoons Peanut Butter Note 6
- 1-2 teaspoons Sugar-Free Dark Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- In a breakfast bowl, stir the cottage cheese, plain yogurt, sweetener of choice, cinnamon, and vanilla extract.
- Top up with frozen or fresh berries, chopped nuts, coconut flakes, and chocolate chips. Drizzle peanut butter all over and serve.
Notes
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About The Author
Hi, I'm Carine, the food blogger, author, recipe developer, published author of a cookbook and many ebooks, and founder of Sweet As Honey.
I have an Accredited Certificate in Nutrition and Wellness obtained in 2014 from Well College Global (formerly Cadence Health). I'm passionate about sharing all my easy and tasty recipes that are both delicious and healthy. My expertise in the field comes from my background in chemistry and years of following a keto low-carb diet. But I'm also well versed in vegetarian and vegan cooking since my husband is vegan.
I now eat a more balanced diet where I alternate between keto and a Mediterranean Diet
Cooking and Baking is my true passion. In fact, I only share a small portion of my recipes on Sweet As Honey. Most of them are eaten by my husband and my two kids before I have time to take any pictures!
All my recipes are at least triple tested to make sure they work and I take pride in keeping them as accurate as possible.
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Delicious! The serving size is pretty large so I end up splitting it with my husband.
Lovely simple recipe. Will make again!