20+ Healthy Cottage Cheese Recipes to Boost Your Protein Intake
By Carine Claudepierre
Published on 05/27/2023 - Last updated on 10/09/2023
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These High-protein Cottage Cheese Recipes are the best way of using this healthy ingredient in simple, delicious, and nutritious recipes.
From my popular cottage cheese dip to cottage cheese omelet and cottage cheese salad, try all these ways of using this perfect dairy product!
Cottage cheese is a simple and healthy dairy product that brings so many nutrients and a delicious taste and texture. If you are looking for the best cottage cheese recipes, you’re in the right place!
These recipes below are all triple tested and have been loved and enjoyed by many readers.
You won’t be disapointed!
What Are Cottage Cheese Recipes?
Cottage Cheese Recipes have become extremely popular because it combines what everyone is looking for. Cottage Cheese Recipes are:
- Healthy
- Quick to make
- Rich in protein
- Low in carbs
- Absolutely Delicious!
Cottage Cheese Recipes
If you are looking for recipes with cottage cheese, you have to try the recipes below:
What To Eat With Cottage Cheese?
Cottage cheese is a simple ingredient that can be accommodated with almost anything. It can be enjoyed for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, as a snack, and even in drinks like my cottage cheese smoothie.
It’s delicious in savory meals as a cheese but also in sweet desserts and snacks.
But if you still wondering what to eat with cottage cheese, here are my favorite options.
- Crunchy Vegetables: Cottage cheese, as a dip or just plain, is delicious with cucumber, carrots, celery, bell pepper, and many other vegetables.
- Fresh Fruits: You can enjoy cottage cheese as a replacement to sugar-loaded whipped cream on strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, or apple slices, pear slices, and pineapple. Top it with some honey and it’s delicious!
- Cereal: Cottage cheese is a great addition to a bowl of cereal, granola, or puffed amaranth. You will love your cottage cheese breakfast bowls!
- Omelet: It’s delicious added to a Mexican Omelette.
- Lasagna: Cottage cheese can be used to replace other fresh cheese in lasagna recipes.
- Smoothies: Smoothies can be supercharged to make them the best post-workout snack by adding a few tablespoons of cottage cheese and a few drops of vanilla extract and maple syrup to the blender. Low-fat cottage cheese smoothies are my go-to snack after a workout!
- Desserts: You can make a delicious and easy sweet treat with cottage cheese, chocolate chips, a few crushed peanuts, a touch of almond butter or peanut butter, and some fresh fruits like raspberries. It’s a great alternative to Greek yogurt.
Cottage Cheese Nutrition
Cottage cheese is a delicious ingredient that contains the following macro and micronutrients:
It’s an ingredient rich in protein with more than 11 grams per 100 grams and it’s low in carbs, low fat, and has fewer than 100 calories.
As a result, it’s a great and easy way of increasing your protein intake.
Frequently Asked Questions
Cottage cheese on its own has a very mild flavor. You can make it amazing by incorporating cottage cheese in smoothies, in dips, or as a base for ice cream.
One word: delicious! The combination of cottage cheese and peanut butter is amazing. Adding a touch of maple syrup and fresh berries is even better.
While eating cottage cheese everyday is probably not going to hurt you, doctors and dietitians always recommend a variety of food to make sure the body gets all the different nutrients it needs.
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The BEST Cottage Cheese Recipes
Ingredients
- 2 cups Cottage Cheese
- ½ teaspoon Onion Powder
- 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- ⅛ teaspoon Pepper
- 1 teaspoon Dried Dill
- ¼ teaspoon Paprika
- 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
Instructions
- In a food processor, add all the ingredients.
- Blend until smooth, and place the dip in a shallow bowl. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or overnight, covering the bowl with plastic wrap.
- Serve with a drizzle of olive oil and fresh parsley or fresh dill on top. Dip in carrot, celery, or cucumber sticks as an appetizer or snack.
Storage
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days.
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.
Browse all my recipes with my Recipe Index.
I hope that you too find the recipes you love on Sweet As Honey!
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