Source: OlegD, AdobeStockCottage cheese is one of the main ingredients in any healthy diet. It's great for making breakfasts, dinners, or desserts! Plus, it's easy to work with even for beginner cooks, and it's affordable and accessible. Here are 20 delicious recipes!
1. Cottage Cheese Casserole with Rice Flour
Source: aroma-avenue.ruPerhaps the most popular healthy recipe of all.
You will need: 500g cottage cheese, 3 tbsp rice flour, 2 eggs, 30g dried fruit, sweetener to taste.
Preparation: Pour boiling water over dried fruit for 5 minutes, then drain and chop. Whisk eggs with sweetener until fluffy. Add cottage cheese and rice flour, then blend everything until a smooth, creamy consistency is achieved. Add dried fruit, transfer the mixture to a baking dish, and bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius.
2. Baked Apples with Cottage Cheese
Source: eda-land.ruThis treat will delight even children who are difficult to get used to a healthy diet.
You will need: 4 apples, 150g cottage cheese, 2 tbsp honey, 1 handful walnuts.
Preparation: Wash the apples, cut off the tops, and carefully core them. Blend cottage cheese with honey, fill the apples, and sprinkle with chopped nuts. Place them in a baking dish, add water up to 1 cm, and bake everything in the oven for 20 minutes at 190 degrees Celsius.
3. Healthy Syrniki with Semolina
Source: fotoxcom.ruWe recommend using low-fat cottage cheese, but not completely fat-free.
You will need: 200g cottage cheese, 30g semolina, 50g regular or rice flour, 1 egg, 5g baking powder, sugar substitute.
Preparation: Whisk cottage cheese with egg, baking powder, and sugar substitute. Add semolina and let the mixture sit for 10 minutes. Form syrniki, coat them in flour, and fry on both sides in a pan with minimal oil.
4. Lazy Vareniki with Cottage Cheese and Rice Flour
Source: beautylunch.ruServe them with sour cream, yogurt, honey, or jam to taste.
You will need: 200g cottage cheese, 3 tbsp rice flour, 1 egg, 1 pinch salt.
Preparation: Blend all ingredients or knead the dough by hand. Form small balls or roll out and cut into "sausages". Cook the lazy vareniki for 3-4 minutes in boiling salted water.
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5. Healthy Cottage Cheese Muffins
Source: kartinkin.netOptionally, sprinkle the muffins with nuts, chocolate, almond flakes, or coconut flakes.
You will need: 140g cottage cheese, 50g corn flour, 35g rice flour, 40ml milk, 2 eggs, 30g raisins, 6g baking powder.
Preparation: Pour boiling water over raisins for 5-10 minutes and drain. Whisk eggs with cottage cheese using a blender, add milk, then add both sifted flours with baking powder. Mix the dough, add raisins, spoon into muffin molds, and bake the healthy muffins in the oven for 25 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius.
6. Salad with Cottage Cheese and Radishes
Source: lifehacker.ruFor such salads, granular cottage cheese is best.
You will need: 100g radishes, 1 cucumber, 200g cottage cheese, 4 green onion stalks, spices and yogurt.
Preparation: Slice cucumbers and radishes thinly, and finely chop the green onions. Mix the salad, season to taste, and dress with yogurt.
7. Lavash Khachapuri with Cottage Cheese and Cheese
Source: wikifoto.ruOf course, this is far from original khachapuri, but it turns out delicious and healthy.
You will need: 150g lavash, 400g cottage cheese, 1 egg, 45g hard cheese, 1 bunch herbs.
Preparation: Whisk cottage cheese with egg, add chopped herbs, and season to taste. Cut a sheet of lavash and place half in a baking dish – something like a pie crust. Top with cottage cheese, sprinkle with grated cheese, and cover with the remaining lavash. You can brush the top with egg yolk if desired. Bake for 20-25 minutes in the oven at 200 degrees Celsius.
8. No-Bake Cottage Cheese Cheesecake
Source: pirog.infoUnlike classic cheesecake, it's not fatty and low-calorie.
You will need: 100g oat flakes, 250g apple puree, 20g peanut butter, 20g honey, 250g cottage cheese, 60ml milk, 6g gelatin.
Preparation: Grind oats into crumbs and mix with 50g apple puree, peanut butter, and honey. Press the base into a springform pan and refrigerate. Soak gelatin in milk for 10 minutes, then heat until dissolved.
Separately whisk cottage cheese with the remaining apple puree, pour in the dissolved gelatin, and mix everything again. Spread the mixture over the oat base and leave the cheesecake in the refrigerator overnight.
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9. Cottage Cheese Casserole with Chicken
Source: foodddy.ruIf you wish, replace chicken with turkey fillet using the same principle.
You will need: 400g cottage cheese, 2 eggs, 500g chicken fillet, 120g onion, 150g bell pepper, 70g olives, 20g parsley, spices.
Preparation: Mix cottage cheese with egg and spices. Finely chop chicken and onion and fry in a pan. Chop parsley, bell pepper, and olives. Place 2/3 of the cottage cheese mixture in a baking dish, then layer chicken, olives, parsley with bell pepper, and the remaining cottage cheese. Bake the casserole in the oven for 45 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius.
10. Healthy Cottage Cheese Waffles
Source: dvnovosti.ruFor lucky owners of an electric waffle maker, this recipe is a real find.
You will need: 120g cottage cheese, 50g each of regular and rice flour, 1 egg, 0.5 tsp baking soda, 120ml kefir, 0.5 tsp stevia, vanilla.
Preparation: Mash cottage cheese with egg, add kefir, then both types of flour. Add stevia, vanilla, and baking soda, and blend the mixture. Spoon the batter into the waffle maker and cook waffles for 4-5 minutes.
11. Healthy Salad with Beets and Cottage Cheese
Source: chefs-catering.ruCottage cheese pairs perfectly with sweet vegetables like pumpkin or beets.
You will need: 3 handfuls salad mix, 100g cottage cheese, 1 beet, 20g walnuts, 1 garlic clove, 1 lemon, 3 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp honey.
Preparation: Bake the beet in foil until tender, about 40 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius. Cut it into arbitrary pieces. Arrange beet slices and cottage cheese pieces on the salad mix, and sprinkle everything with chopped nuts. Mix olive oil, honey, crushed garlic, and lemon juice to taste, and drizzle over the salad.
12. Lavash Roll with Cottage Cheese and Tomatoes
Source: vosadu-li-vogorode.ruA delicious and low-calorie quick snack.
You will need: 1 sheet lavash, 150g cottage cheese, 1-2 tomatoes, 1 garlic clove, 2 basil leaves, 1 tbsp sour cream, spices, herbs.
Preparation: Mash cottage cheese with sour cream and season. Add finely chopped tomatoes, crushed garlic, and chopped basil with herbs. Wrap this filling in a sheet of lavash.
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13. Healthy Cottage Cheese Cookies with Bananas
Source: s30305725083.mirtesen.ruOptionally, mix candied fruits, nuts, dried fruits, and other additives into the dough.
You will need: 200g cottage cheese, 150g oat flour, 1 banana, 1 egg, 2 tbsp vegetable oil, 0.5 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp vinegar.
Preparation: Whisk egg with cottage cheese until smooth, add banana and whisk again. Then add baking soda quenched with vinegar and oil. After that – sifted flour. Knead the dough, drop cookies with a spoon onto parchment paper, and bake for about 20 minutes in the oven at 200 degrees Celsius.
14. Chicken Cutlets with Cottage Cheese
Source: povar24.infoA simple healthy dinner for the whole family – very satisfying, simple, and delicious.
You will need: 500g chicken fillet or turkey fillet, 250g cottage cheese, 1 egg, 4 sprigs of herbs, spices.
Preparation: Pass the fillet through a meat grinder and mix with cottage cheese. Add egg, chopped herbs, and spices to taste, and thoroughly mix the mince. Form small cutlets with wet hands, place them in a baking dish or on parchment paper, and bake for half an hour in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius.
15. Smoothie with Cottage Cheese and Cherries
Source: argumentrus.ruA quick 5-minute breakfast from readily available ingredients.
You will need: 220g frozen pitted cherries, 2 bananas, 100g cottage cheese, 100ml milk.
Preparation: Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. You can vary the consistency by adjusting the amount of milk.
16. Lavash Roll with Cottage Cheese and Banana
Source: sloosh.ruA sweet and dessert version of popular lavash snacks.
You will need: 1-2 sheets lavash, 2 eggs, 1 banana, 400g cottage cheese, coconut flakes, spices and sweetener.
Preparation: Set aside one yolk, and whisk the remaining egg white with the second egg. Add cottage cheese, spices, and sugar substitute, and mix until smooth. Spread the lavash with the cottage cheese mixture, arrange sliced bananas, and sprinkle with coconut flakes. Roll into a tight roll, cut in half, brush with the yolk, and bake in the oven for 25 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius.
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17. Cottage Cheese Soufflé with Yogurt
Source: aroma-avenue.ruIt will be especially delicious with homemade plain yogurt.
You will need: 180g cottage cheese, 15g cornstarch, 3 eggs, 2 tsp sweetener or honey, 80g yogurt.
Preparation: Separate the yolks and whisk them with cottage cheese, yogurt, cornstarch, and sweetener. Separately whisk cold egg whites until stiff peaks form and gradually fold them into the mixture. Spoon the mixture into molds and bake the soufflé in the oven for half an hour at 160 degrees Celsius.
18. Bell Pepper Stuffed with Cottage Cheese
Source: niftyrecipe.comA very unusual main dish that will diversify your diet.
You will need: 2 large bell peppers, 100g cottage cheese, 10g basil, spices.
Preparation: Cut the peppers in half and remove the stems and seeds. Mix cottage cheese with chopped basil and spices. You can add other ingredients to the filling to taste. Spoon the filling into the pepper halves and bake for 15 minutes in the oven at 200 degrees Celsius.
19. Fluffy Cottage Cheese Casserole with Chia Seeds
Source: hi-chef.ruAnother great way to use those healthy seeds!
You will need: 400g cottage cheese, 80g yogurt, 3 eggs, 25g chia seeds, 60g cornstarch, 2 pinches vanilla, sweetener.
Preparation: Blend cottage cheese, egg yolks, yogurt, sweetener, and vanilla. Add cornstarch and chia seeds, and mix. Separately whisk egg whites until fluffy peaks form and gradually fold them into the cottage cheese mixture. Pour the mixture into a baking dish and cook the casserole for 45 minutes in the oven at 170 degrees Celsius.
20. Cottage Cheese Raffaello
Source: pinterest.ruSimple homemade healthy candies are perfect with tea or a cup of coffee.
You will need: 300g cottage cheese, 5 tbsp coconut flakes, 50g almonds, 2 tbsp honey.
Preparation: Blend cottage cheese or rub it through a sieve. Mix with honey and 4 tablespoons of coconut flakes. Fold in finely crushed almonds. Form small balls with wet hands, roll them in the remaining coconut flakes, and place the candies in the freezer for 10-15 minutes.