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COTTAGE CHEESE, DONE PROPERLY

Cottage cheese is the cheapest protein in the dairy aisle and the most misused. Cold from the tub it's a punishment; blended, baked or seasoned it carries protein into food you'd actually order. These recipes do the second thing.

~11g PROTEIN / 100G~98 KCAL / 100G 13 RECIPES BELOW

Nutrition values are estimates per serving.

Cottage Cheese Honey Toast — high-protein recipe with 21g protein

Cottage Cheese Honey Toast

Sweet toast with 20 grams of protein hiding in it.

21g protein · 310 kcal · 5 min

Savory Cottage Cheese Bowl — high-protein recipe with 30g protein

Savory Cottage Cheese Bowl

No cooking. Salty, creamy, and 30 grams of protein.

30g protein · 260 kcal · 4 min

The Huge Tuna Plate — high-protein recipe with 42g protein

The Huge Tuna Plate

No cooking, maximum volume, evening-proof.

42g protein · 390 kcal · 8 min

Cottage Cheese Snack Plate — high-protein recipe with 32g protein

Cottage Cheese Snack Plate

The 9pm plate that saves the day's numbers.

32g protein · 330 kcal · 6 min

Loaded Cottage Baked Potato — high-protein recipe with 28g protein

Loaded Cottage Baked Potato

A loaded potato where the loading works for you.

28g protein · 400 kcal · 12 min

Chocolate Cottage Mousse — high-protein recipe with 28g protein

Chocolate Cottage Mousse

Blended cottage cheese turns into chocolate mousse. Really.

28g protein · 250 kcal · 5 min

Cottage Cheese Scramble — high-protein recipe with 33g protein

Cottage Cheese Scramble

The creamiest scrambled eggs you've made, secretly high-protein.

33g protein · 330 kcal · 7 min

The Cottage Power Box — high-protein recipe with 35g protein

The Cottage Power Box

Assembly-line lunch: no stove, 35 grams of protein.

35g protein · 430 kcal · 10 min

Chicken Broccoli Alfredo — high-protein recipe with 52g protein

Chicken Broccoli Alfredo

Creamy alfredo from cottage cheese — nobody will know.

52g protein · 610 kcal · 22 min

Protein Mac and Cheese — high-protein recipe with 50g protein

Protein Mac and Cheese

Blended cottage cheese makes mac that hits 50 grams.

50g protein · 640 kcal · 20 min

Tuna Stuffed Peppers — high-protein recipe with 36g protein

Tuna Stuffed Peppers

Cold, crunchy, creamy — and the plate is mostly pepper.

36g protein · 320 kcal · 10 min

Big Veggie Frittata — high-protein recipe with 28g protein

Big Veggie Frittata

Six eggs, a pile of veg, four giant slices.

28g protein · 330 kcal · 22 min

Strawberry Cheesecake Jar — high-protein recipe with 25g protein

Strawberry Cheesecake Jar

Cheesecake flavor, zero baking, 25 grams of protein.

25g protein · 290 kcal · 8 min

QUESTIONS THAT COME UP

Is cottage cheese actually good for building muscle?

It's mostly casein — the slow protein. About 11g per 100g, cheap, and it works while you sleep. The texture is the only real objection, and blending fixes that.

What about the German/US difference?

US cottage cheese is curdier; German Hüttenkäse (körniger Frischkäse) is the same thing under another name. Quark works in every blended recipe here.