10 Cottage Cheese Recipes for People Who Hate Cottage Cheese
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click and purchase, we may earn a small commission. Read our full disclosure.You don’t hate cottage cheese. You’re just using it wrong. These 10 cottage cheese recipes turn it into creamy lasagna, pizza crust, taco spaghetti and even strawberry crunch ice cream bars. No plain bowl required.
Start with the cottage cheese lasagna if you need convincing. The cottage cheese Alfredo and dill pickle chicken salad blend the texture completely, and the cottage cheese pizza packs 21 grams of protein into each slice. Then there are strawberry crunch ice cream bars. Yes, really. You’d never know it’s in there.
These 10 hater-approved recipes use cottage cheese in sauces, fillings, crusts and dessert. Nine savory, one sweet. Done.
Why you’ll love these cottage cheese recipes
- 10 recipes, zero plain bowls of cottage cheese
- 9 savory recipes and 1 strawberry crunch dessert
- 21 grams of protein per slice in the cottage cheese pizza
- 1 ingredient, blended into sauces, fillings, crusts and ice cream
10 Hater-Approved Cottage Cheese Recipes
This Cottage Cheese Lasagna is a twist on a comfort food classic. With layers of oven ready noodles, rich and flavorful cottage cheese spinach filling, this lighter version of traditional lasagna has everything you'd expect from this beloved meal. The whole family is guaranteed to have dancing taste buds after the first bite.
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This one pot Sausage and White Bean Soup is full of delicious flavors using only pantry staples. This hearty soup is filled with fresh veggies, creamy white beans, rich pork sausage and cottage cheese for some added protein and creaminess.
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Taco Tuesday meets spaghetti night with this unique and delicious Taco Spaghetti. Made with rich ground beef, high-protein noodles and taco seasoning, even picky eaters will love this easy meal.
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These Rotisserie Chicken Enchiladas are the perfect weeknight dinner. Made with seasoned rotisserie chicken, red enchilada sauce and a cheesy cottage cheese filling, these high protein enchiladas are packed with flavor.
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This Cottage Cheese Pizza has a high protein dough that can be turned into any type of pizza. It comes out soft on the inside with crispy edges, melty mozzarella and turkey pepperoni for a classically delicious pizza, perfect for busy nights.
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This Cottage Cheese Egg Salad makes the perfect lunch or post workout snack. This low calorie, high protein version has all the flavor, texture and creaminess you'd expect from a classic egg salad recipe. Turn into egg salad sandwiches, add to a salad or eat right out of the bowl.
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This Cottage Cheese Alfredo sauce is a high protein version of everyone's favorite cream sauce with 17 grams of protein per serving. Made with cottage cheese, milk and fresh parmesan cheese, this is every bit as delicious and rich, but not as heavy as a traditional sauce.
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This Dill Pickle Chicken Salad recipe is creamy, flavorful and full of delicious dill pickles for pickle lovers. Made with rotisserie chicken and a high protein cottage cheese dressing, this is great recipe to make when you need something quick, easy and filling.
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This Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad is a high protein macro-friendly take on classic elote with charred corn, tender pasta, cotija cheese, and a creamy chili-lime dressing that ties it all together. It's fresh, bold, and ready in under 30 minutes.
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These Cottage Cheese Ice Cream bars taste like strawberry crunch bars. A graham cracker crust topped with cottage cheese ice cream and a crunchy cookie topping, this high protein dessert has everything you love about traditional ice cream but made in your own kitchen.
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