Cottage Cheese Recipes

Cottage cheese is one of the cheapest, most protein-dense foods in the grocery store, with about 25 grams of protein per cup. The catch for many people is the texture. Almost every recipe here solves that by blending it smooth first, which turns it into a neutral, creamy base for breakfasts, wraps and desserts.

What cottage cheese can do

• Become bread: the viral two-ingredient cottage cheese flatbread.
• Make eggs fluffier: cottage cheese egg bites taste like the coffee-shop kind.
• Replace flour (mostly): cottage cheese protein pancakes.
• Turn into dessert: cheesecake and cookie dough.

Buying tips

Check the label: sodium varies a lot between brands, from about 300 to 900 mg per cup. Small-curd blends a little smoother, but any curd size works once it goes in the blender.

How to use cottage cheese in recipes

• Blend it for smooth sauces, batters and desserts: cottage cheese alfredo, high protein mac and cheese, cottage cheese ice cream.
• Bake it into crisp or golden things: cottage cheese chips, cottage cheese flatbread, cottage cheese bagels.
• Layer it like ricotta: cottage cheese lasagna.
• Fold it into eggs: cottage cheese scrambled eggs and cottage cheese egg bites.
• Spread it: cottage cheese toast in five minutes.

Cottage cheese nutrition

A cup of 2% cottage cheese has about 25 grams of protein, 190 calories and a good amount of calcium. Most of its protein is casein, which digests slowly and helps keep you full. Sodium varies widely by brand, so compare labels if you eat it daily.