One of my favorite high protein ingredients, cottage cheese! Today, we’re going to make 5 Quick Cottage Cheese Recipes that’ll hopefully help persuade you to give this ingredient another try. These healthy recipes are easy to make, macro friendly, and packed with flavor.
Hate the taste or look of cottage cheese? Don’t be! When added to other flavorful ingredients and mixed together you can’t taste it at all and it doesn’t look like cottage cheese. Some of my favorite things about cottage cheese?
- It’s cheap, around .02 cents per gram of protein
- It’s slow digesting since it has casein protein in it which will keep you full longer
- It goes great in both no bake and baked recipes
Recipes
All you need for these quick cottage cheese recipes is a bowl and something to mix them with.
PBS
If you like peanut butter then you’re going to love this one! Loaded with sweet tooth killing flavor and prepped in just minutes.
Add into your bowl 1/2 cup of fat free cottage cheese, 1 scoop of your choice flavor protein powder, 1-2 packets of your choice sweetener, and 1 tablespoon of peanut butter.
Make sure to choose a good tasting flavor protein powder as it’ll be the main flavor of your PBS recipe.
Mix all of those ingredients together until smooth.
You can it this as is or throw it in the freezer for a bit and it’ll taste even better!
Salsa
Not the prettiest recipe in the world but one of my favorite cottage cheese recipes ever! Did I mention you only need 2 ingredients to make it!?
Add into your bowl 1/2 cup of fat free cottage cheese and 6 tablespoons of your choice salsa.
Mix those together until your salsa is fully incorporated.
As a rule of thumb for this one for every 1/2 cup of cottage cheese you’ll need 6 tablespoons of salsa. You can also easily switch up the taste or heat by using a different salsas.
Don’t judge a book by it’s cover, this recipe is as delicious as it is quick!
Cinnamon Sweet
Sweet like cinnamon is now more than a song lyric, it’s your new favorite cottage cheese dessert recipe!
Add into your bowl 1/2 cup of fat free cottage cheese, your choice amount of ground cinnamon (I like 1/2 teaspoon), and 1-2 packets of your choice sweetener.
Mix those ingredients together thoroughly.
Make sure not to add too much cinnamon as it can quickly overpower the recipe.
The fridge or freezer for 10-20 minutes will give this one an ice cream feel!
Jello
Make use of those extra pudding packets in your cupboard while helping to beat your unhealthy cravings on your diet!
Add into your bowl 1/2 cup of fat free cottage cheese, 1/2 packet of your choice flavor fat free sugar free instant pudding, and 1-2 packets of your choice sweetener.
Mix those together until your pudding has thickened up.
The flavor you choose for your instant pudding will ultimately be the flavor of the recipe.
Want it to thicken up even more? Put it in fridge or freezer for a bit.
Sir Tuna
Another recipe where you shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover! This one is packed with protein and just enough kick to leave you satisfied.
Add into your bowl 1/2 cup of fat free cottage cheese, 1-2 teaspoons of some chili sauce (more if you want it more spicy), and 1 can of a drained tuna.
If you don’t like chili sauce you could also replace it with salsa in this recipe for a salsa tuna!
Mix all of those together until your tuna is broken up.
Pro tip? You can switch all of these cottage cheese recipes up by thinking outside the box! Add in fresh fruit or vegetables, nuts, spices, seasonings, and so on. Let us know some of your favorite combinations in the comments below.
How about some Cottage Cheese Pancakes next!?
5 Quick Cottage Cheese Recipes
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Ingredients
Cottage Cheese PBS
- ½ Cup Cottage Cheese - Fat Free
- 1 Scoop Protein Powder
- 1 Tablespoon Peanut Butter
- 1-2 Packets Sweetener
Cottage Cheese Salsa
- ½ Cup Cottage Cheese - Fat Free
- 6 Tablespoons Salsa
Cottage Cheese Cinnamon Sweet
- ½ Cup Cottage Cheese - Fat Free
- 1 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1-2 Packets Sweetener
Cottage Cheese Jello
- ½ Cup Cottage Cheese - Fat Free
- ½ Packet Instant Pudding - Fat Free Sugar Free
- 1-2 Packets Sweetener
Cottage Cheese Sir Tuna
- ½ Cup Cottage Cheese - Fat Free
- 1 Can Tuna - Drained
- 1-2 Teaspoons Chili Sauce - Sriracha
Instructions
Cottage Cheese PBS
- Mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl
Cottage Cheese Salsa
- Mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl
Cottage Cheese Cinnamon Sweet
- Mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl
Cottage Cheese Jello
- Mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl
Cottage Cheese Sir Tuna
- Mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl
Video
Notes
- Calories: 295
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Sodium: 619mg
- Carbs: 12g
- Fiber: 1g
- Sugar: 10g
- Protein: 44g
- Calories: 110
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Sodium: 860mg
- Carbs: 12g
- Fiber: 0g
- Sugar: 11g
- Protein: 14g
- Calories: 80
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Sodium: 410mg
- Carbs: 6g
- Fiber: 0g
- Sugar: 5g
- Protein: 14g
- Calories: 130
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Sodium: 1010mg
- Carbs: 18g
- Fiber: 0g
- Sugar: 5g
- Protein: 14g
- Calories: 173
- Fat: 2g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Sodium: 825mg
- Carbs: 9g
- Fiber: 2g
- Sugar: 8g
- Protein: 32g
Nutrition
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Do the cinnamon swirl version, chop up some apples and let it sit in the fridge for a little bit.
That’s a great snack.
Love the website, bro! Keep up the good work; this has completely changed my meal prep!
Thanks Casey! Love it
Just want you to know that I eat sir tuna daily for lunch & love it! At first I was too eager to get to it so ate it right away. However now I’ve developed the ability to put it in the freezer 1/2-1 hour and let it turn real cold before eating. YUM! It surpasses your other CottageCheese dishes in my book.
Do you have any recipes for fudge?
Next I’ll try your Sriracha TUNA Chili recipe.
Thanks Kristin! I do have a fudge recipe! You can search for it on here and it’ll pop right up! 🙂
Just stumbled across this thread looking for ideas. Never would have thought to put some of those ingredients together but will definitely try them. I have made a lunch out of canned crab meat, cottage cheese, hard boiled eggs and some old bay.
My husband has been eating the tuna and cottage cheese for a while but never thought to spike it with sriracha! Now he loves it instead of it just being tolerable. I’ve watched a lot of your videos and I’m so excited I found your recipes. Your chicken chili is on the menu this week! Thank you for being awesome 🙂
Your PBS (minus sweetner) has become a staple of mine. In fact, I often eat it as my late evening snack / motivator to finish my workout for the day. Today, however, I put the 1/2 cup of cottage cheese, 1.5 tbsp of (home made) peanut butter, and scoop of chocolate powder along with a medium banana into a blender, a new *spin* for me. Magic! Thanks again for all the great tips. I love trying your recipes!
Just tried the PBS but only have ON gold cookies and cream. Not bad but I think the whey flavor didn’t’ do it any favors :p
A friend of mine alerted me of your awesome recipes. I have been struggling with low fat ways to make tuna salad. Last week I just had tuna and mustard. Good, but I get tired of eating it by the end of it.
I tried cottage cheese and tuna. Thanks for the great recipe! Creamy with no cottage cheese taste. I had to modify a little to hit my macros for the meal. I used two cans, but kept the cottage cheese the same. It was a good ratio for me, but may be too chunky for some. I did add a good serving of Sriracha and Old Bay seasoning. It needed a little salt to pull it together and I figured why not throw some old bay in it. I ate it like a prisoner on death row.
Thanks again! Looking forward to more recipes (and diving through all I have missed so far)
Love hearing stuff like this! Thanks a lot Jamie – appreciate the kind words/comment. Hope my recipes can continue to help ya. Let me know how everything else turns out (if you try anything else)!
Growing up my mom was a professional bodybuilder. She has many trophies including Ms. Mi. Anyway, as a kid my mom had me hooked on a salad. It was lettuce, cottage cheese, tuna and I THINK red vinaigrette dressing. I just started a diet 2 day’s ago. I no longer speak to my mother. So Im curious to know if you think Im right about the dressing? Definitely looking forward to trying some of these! I am a huge fan of cottage cheese!
That could definitely be it – do you remember the taste at all? Either way, I hope you like these too!
Great recipes! I also tried it with sugar free chocolate pudding and some chocolate whey. Turned out great! Thanks for the recipes!
Love that! Thanks for the feedback Ben. Appreciate it
Peanut butter mix is a great, cheap, quick go-to dessert! these recipes are basically opening up a whole new food group for me (cottage cheese)… with perfect macros. thanks again for all the great recipes, Derek!
No problem Mikey! Thanks for reading/trying!
Instead of just mixing them together, mix in a ninja/blender… comes out almost cheesecake texture 🙂 One of my fav go to protein foods 🙂
I do this sometimes too! My pudding/sludge recipe is made this way. Delicious. Thanks for the comment Lori