The Best Cottage Cheese Recipes To Support Healthy Eating
Today I am sharing some of the best recipes using cottage cheese. Cottage cheese is a great source of extra protein and a great low-fat cheese option to help make your family meals and recipes tasty and healthy. I’m sure you will enjoy this list of delicious cottage cheese recipes.
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Is Cottage Cheese Good For You?
Cottage cheese is one of those healthy food options that everyone should make a part of their diet. This is because it is high in protein and low in calories.
It always helps you to feel full. It provides essential nutrients and some great health benefits, as well as some great weight loss benefits.
Studies have shown that cottage cheese can cause muscle gain as well as fat loss, which will help you to lose weight more quickly. It also helps to maintain bone health.
Cottage Cheese Benefits To Lose Weight
Losing weight is primarily about burning more calories than you are taking in.
Cottage cheese helps to burn fat while preserving muscle so your body will use it for energy rather than storing it as excess body fat.
It’s also a great source of high-quality protein, and will help you feel full and satisfied for longer periods of time.
Cottage Cheese Benefits To Support Muscle Growth
If you eat cottage cheese as an accompaniment to your breakfast or lunch, it can help you build muscle during exercise.
Most athletes know that eating a source of lean protein after exercising is vital for muscle growth, and cottage cheese makes a perfect choice.
How Is Cottage Cheese Made?
Many people might think that cottage cheese takes a long time to make, but really it doesn’t. Cottage cheese is made by adding acid to pasteurized milk.
This acid causes a separation in the milk solids from the whey.
After this, it’s cut into pieces, and then the whey will drain from the curds. This is how cottage cheese is made and it’s not rocket science.
Cooking With Cottage Cheese
Why Use Recipes Containing Cottage Cheese?
When you are using cottage cheese in recipes, you are adding something that is low in calories but also filling. You may find that you need to add a little cottage cheese to a recipe to help add some substance to it. Using cottage cheese in recipes is a smart way to fill you up without adding too many extra calories.
Healthy Cottage Cheese Recipes
Cottage Cheese Scrambled Eggs by The Schmidty Wife
I love adding cottage cheese to scrambled eggs. I feel as though it’s a filling way to eat eggs. For this recipe you need large eggs and low-fat cottage cheese.
Sweet Potato Fajita Cottage Cheese Bowls by One Sweet Mess
It’s safe to say that cottage cheese can be added to a variety of recipes, including this one. For this recipe, you will need olive oil, sweet potato, onion, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, jalapeno, cottage cheese, salsa, salt and pepper and cilantro.
Waldorf Salad Recipe With Cottage Cheese by April Go Lightly
I love Waldorf Salad, but especially love it when cottage cheese is added. For this recipe, you will need grapes, chicken breasts, cottage cheese, raisins, walnuts, celery and apples.
Egg Casserole by Celebrating Sweets
You can’t go wrong by adding cottage cheese to egg casserole. It helps hold things together and adds more nutrients and vitamins to the meal. For this recipe, you will need eggs, cottage or ricotta cheese, butter, and cheddar.
Healthy Crack Chicken Recipe by My Crazy Good Life
I think crack chicken is so scrumptious, but adding cottage cheese to it makes it a little healthier! For this recipe you will need chicken breast, turkey bacon, cottage and cheddar cheese, Greek yoghurt, garlic powder, onion powder, pepper, parsley and dill.
Cottage Cheese Corn Bread by Natalies Health
Again, adding cottage cheese to something like cornbread adds sustenance! You may love this recipe. For this recipe you will need corn flour, corn meal polenta, baking powder, baking soda, pinch of salt, eggs, maple syrup, vanilla extract, melted butter, Greek yogurt or sour cream and cottage cheese.
Buffalo Chicken Zucchini by Confessions Of A Fit Foodie
Add a little deliciousness to your table by cooking up this Buffalo Chicken Zucchini. So good. For this recipe, you will need salt, pepper, garlic powder, zucchini, boneless chicken Greek yogurt, small curd cottage cheese, shredded cheddar, hot sauce and green onion.
Open-Faced Heirloom Tomato Sandwich by Belly Full
Mmm! Fresh tomatoes in a recipe equal something amazing. For this recipe, you need reduced fat cottage cheese, herbs, tomatoes, bagel, red onion, and black pepper.
Spinach Artichoke Cottage Cheese Frittata by Rhubaribans
When you have spinach, artichoke, and cottage cheese, you make a frittata.
Savory Cottage Cheese Recipes
South West Cottage Cheese Muffins by Hungry Hobby
If you’ve never had cottage cheese in muffins, this is the recipe to try it with.
Healthy Buffalo Chicken Taquitos by Confessions Of A Fit Foodie
Buffalo chicken is an excellent meal to have after a busy day. A great meal to use cottage cheese in.
Cottage Cheese Kale And Smoked Salmon Frittata by Super Golden Bakes
I would call this meal using cottage cheese a very savory meal. Give it a try, you may just fall in love with this salmon frittata recipe.
Cottage Cheese Pancakes With Oats by The Worktop
I haven’t had pancakes in forever, I can’t wait to make these using cottage cheese.
Healthy Caesar Dressing by The Foodie And The Fix
I really enjoy making my own salad dressing. I’ve never made it using cottage cheese though.
Zucchini Enchilada Skillet by Confessions Of A Fit Foodie
Frying up some zucchini in a recipe is well worth it. I can’t wait to try this recipe.
Healthy Buffalo Chicken Roll Ups by My Crazy Good Life
I have told you how much I love buffalo chicken, I want to try it as a rollup. So yummy!
Cottage Cheese Alfredo Chickpea Pasta by Skinny Fitaliscious
This is one recipe that I’ve never made but can’t wait to do so.
Gluten Free Banana Bread by Shrimp Salad Circus
Everyone needs a little banana bread in their life. I love this recipe because it’s gluten-free.
Crustless Red Onion and Courgette Quiche by Slimming World
Everyone needs a good recipe for quiche. This is my go-to recipe.
Making all of these recipes that include cottage cheese gets me super excited. Cottage cheese is a very slimming choice! You can eat lots of it and not suffer from overeating too many calories. Which one of these recipes will you try first? Let me know in the comments!
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Angela Milnes is a Qualified Early Years Teacher who has specialised in teaching. She has a wealth of experience teaching young children and adults. Angela has also taught cooking classes and loves to share both family recipes and easy instant pot recipes here on The Instant Pot Table. Follow her on Pinterest!
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