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High Protein Cottage Cheese Meals, Dips and Desserts

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Cottage cheese can do a lot more than sit in a bowl with fruit. Blend it into taco mac, chocolate pudding, queso, pasta sauce and even Big Mac pizza, and the texture disappears while the protein sticks around. That’s the point.

If texture is the problem, start with Marry Me Chicken Pasta or Taco Mac and Cheese. Both turn cottage cheese into a creamy sauce, and they deliver 58g and 39g of protein per serving. The chocolate pudding hits 32g. Yes, actual pudding.

These 10 recipes cover dinner, lunch, dips and dessert with 7g to 58g of protein per serving. No plain bowls. Done.

A smiling woman in a bathroom holds a phone and wears earrings resembling bowls of cottage cheese. Text reads: If you still hate cottage cheese, you’re using it wrong. 10 hater approved high protein cottage cheese recipes.

Why you’ll love these cottage cheese recipes

  • 10 recipes, zero plain bowls of cottage cheese
  • 7g to 58g of protein per serving across the full lineup
  • 7 full meals, 2 party dips and 1 chocolate dessert
  • 25-minute Marry Me Chicken Pasta for the fastest full dinner

10 High Protein Cottage Cheese Meals, Dips and Desserts

Taco Mac and Cheese

Cheesy taco mac with 39g of protein per serving. The cottage cheese melts right into the sauce, so picky eaters never have to know.
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Pudding in a pudding cup with a spoon with some on it and berries on top.

Protein Pudding

Chocolate pudding with 32g of protein per serving. Blend it smooth, chill it and call dessert handled.
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Slices of pizza laid out with toppings in small bowls around.

Big Mac Pizza

All the Big Mac flavors on one crispy pita with 33g of protein. The cottage cheese keeps the sauce creamy and adds an easy protein boost.
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Turkey Taco Bowl

A loaded turkey taco bowl with 43g of protein, fresh toppings and a creamy cottage cheese crema.
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A bowl of Sausage and White Bean Soup with leafy kale in a savory broth, garnished with red pepper flakes. A spoon rests in the bowl, with a small dish of spices nearby.

Sausage and White Bean Soup

Cozy sausage, kale and white bean soup with 35g of protein per bowl. Cottage cheese adds the creamy finish.
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A large skillet full of creamy pasta with sun dried tomatoes and basil strips on top and spoon for serving.

Marry Me Chicken Pasta

Creamy sun-dried tomato chicken pasta with 58g of protein per serving, ready in 25 minutes.
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Spinach dip in a serving dish topped with green onions and a piece of crusty bread dipped in surrounded by more bread cubes and carrot slices.

Cottage Cheese Spinach Dip

A cold, creamy spinach dip with 7g of protein per serving. Blend the cottage cheese smooth, then pile on the chips and veggies.
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Cottage cheese dip loaded with olives, bell peppers, cheese and taco seasoning with crunchy crackers dipped in it in a bowl.

Chilled Cottage Cheese Queso

Taco-seasoned queso dip with 16g of protein per serving. It is chilled, creamy and seriously scoopable.
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A bowl of taco spaghetti with meat sauce, topped with shredded cheese and chopped herbs, sits on a table with a fork. Nearby are bowls of grated cheese and extra herbs for garnish.

Taco Spaghetti

Taco night meets spaghetti night in one skillet with 43g of protein per serving.
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Lasagna cut into 12 squares with 2 out and plate nearby.

Cottage Cheese Lasagna

Classic lasagna flavor with a cottage cheese filling and 22g of protein per serving.
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