Cottage cheese recipes seem to be in the rotation lately so we’re going to throw another one into the mix, a 2 minute High Protein Cottage Cheese Mousse made with 5 ingredients or less. It’s guaranteed to beat those cravings, has the perfect texture, and it can made with or without protein powder!

To make this, you’ll need a food processor or good blender. I’m using my mini food processor since I’m only making a single serving. If you plan to scale the recipe up to make more either for the next couple days or the family, use something bigger. I’ll drop a link to my mini one in the recipe card below, it’s super handy!

Add right into whatever you’re using, 1 cup of cottage cheese, 1 scoop of chocolate or vanilla protein powder which is optional and we’ll talk more about in a second, 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder if you’re making it chocolate, 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract, and 2 tablespoons of a sweetener. Honey or a sugar free syrup work great too!

You can use whatever cottage cheese you have. Full, reduced, or fat free ALL work great. The biggest thing to remember here is that the higher fat your cottage cheese is, the silkier your high protein cottage cheese mousse will be!

Pro tip? If your cottage cheese has a ton of liquid in it you can either strain it using a cheesecloth or add in 1/4 teaspoon of xanthan gum to your mix.

No Protein Powder

Making this without protein powder? No problem! Use these ingredients for a vanilla cottage cheese mousse:

• 1 Cup (226g) Cottage Cheese
• 2 Teaspoons (10ml) Vanilla Extract
• 2 Tablespoons (24g) Sweetener
• Lemon Zest (not too much!)

For a chocolate cottage cheese mousse?

• 1 Cup (226g) Cottage Cheese
• 4 Tablespoons (20g) Cocoa Powder
• 2 Tablespoons (24g) Sweetener
• 1 Teaspoon (2g) Instant Coffee

Whipped Cottage Cheese

After you’ve added all of your ingredients in, process or blend until everything is smooth. Continue processing or blending it for another minute after that. The entire process should take no longer than 2 minutes to get your whipped cottage cheese texture!

This is the part where you can add and lightly mix in whatever else you want for more texture. Nuts, chocolate chips, and so on. Think outside the box and you’ll never get bored!

Throw your cover back on or put into a container and place it in the fridge for 2-3 hours. This will allow your air bubbles to settle and the mousse to firm up which will give it even more of a “true” mousse texture.

Once ready to serve, top it with some whipped topping or cream and dark chocolate shavings (my personal favorite)!

If you’re meal/dessert prepping this, it’ll last in the fridge for a couple days. For the best results however, I’d suggest to eat it within 24 hours.

On the topic of cottage cheese and before we end this, what’s your favorite brand!? Drop it in the comments below!

Ready for your next meal prep? Try our Slow Cooker Chicken Salsa Verde!