Cottage cheese recipes are back again and we’re starting them with a high protein twist on a classic, mashed potatoes made with cottage cheese! This recipe is great for volume eaters, made with simple ingredients, and easy on the budget.

We’re going to start this one by preparing our potatoes, I’m using a 5 pound bag. You can scale this below in the recipe card to make more or less and use whatever choice potato you want here. Idaho, russet, sweet potato…

The first thing you’ll want to do is to wash them all, even if you’re peeling them. Washing them helps prevent cross contamination so make sure to clean them good!

Another thing you’ll need to do is to choose to keep the skin on or remove it. Personally, I’ll either leave it on or go 50/50. I like the texture of the skin plus it gives you some extra fiber and nutrients. This makes me curious, do you guys leave your potato skin on or off? Drop it in the comments!

Cooking Your Potatoes

Moving on, choosing your method for preparation. I’ll either bake, boil, or microwave them.

To bake them? Poke them with a fork a few times and put them onto a baking sheet. Place them into the oven on 425F/218C for around 50-55 minutes.

To boil them? Cut your potatoes in half and throw them into a pot filled with enough salted water so that it’s around an inch over the top of your potatoes. Bring it to a boil, drop your temp to low/simmer, and pull it off the heat after your potatoes are tender. This should take around 15-20 minutes.

To microwave them (maximum speed/single serving)? Poke them with a fork and put 1-2 of them at a time into the microwave for 5-6 minutes depending on how powerful your microwave is.

Cottage Cheese Mashed

While your potatoes are cooking you’ll want to add 1 1/2 cups of cottage cheese into a food processor or powerful blender followed by an optional 1-2 scoops of an unflavored protein powder. I’ve honestly used a subtle vanilla flavored protein powder here with no regrets.

Process or blend those until smooth.

Place your potatoes into a bowl once they’re done and get a quick forearm workout in by lightly mashing them up.

Continue by adding in 1/2 cup of a high protein milk or milk substitute, 3 tablespoons of butter, 1 teaspoon of black pepper, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, 5 teaspoons of minced garlic, and anything else you want! Some of my other favorite ingredients to add to these cottage cheese mashed potatoes?

Endless Variations

• Grated parmesan
• Taco seasoning
• Herbs
• MORE GARLIC!!!

Mash all of those up together.

For our last step, dump in your smooth cottage cheese mix and get one more quick forearm workout in. You’ll know your cottage cheese mashed potatoes are done when they look like this…

If your mashed potatoes come out too dry you can add in a little bit more milk until you reach your desired texture.

P.S. I like to top mine with some chives!

Pro tip? You can add even more protein to these cottage cheese mashed potatoes by adding in a cooked lean meat like ground beef or turkey, rotisserie chicken, and so on. I’ll usually go with a pound of 93/7.

Make a slow cooker meal prep like our Chicken Pot Pie recipe to pair these with for maximum gains!