Whipped Cottage Cheese
Meet the elevated sibling to humble cottage cheese – whipped cottage cheese. Through processing or blending, you’re doing two things – turning the texture from curd to creamy and adding air for a whipped and light consistency, similar to ricotta cheese. You can use this blended cottage cheese in a savory breakfast plate like I have here, or enjoy it with sweeter flavors.
The whipped version maintains the flavor of cottage cheese (and its desirable protein content) but has a smooth and creamy texture. If you don’t like the texture of cottage cheese, this might be the alternative you’re looking for!
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
What You’ll Love About Whipped Cottage Cheese
- Delicious, savory flavors
- High in protein
- Easy to make
- Made with simple ingredients
- Fun and different breakfast or lunch
- Incredibly versatile – so many ways to use it
Ingredients
- Cottage cheese – I prefer to buy and use full-fat cottage cheese (and dairy in general) as I feel it has the best flavor and is most satisfying, however, you can use any type of cottage cheese that you like.
- Cucumber – I recommend the small Persian cucumbers or English cucumbers or use whatever type of cucumber you like best.
- Tomatoes – Use whatever type of tomatoes would be the best quality. Outside of the summer, I typically stick with grape or cherry tomatoes. You could also use roasted grape tomatoes if you prefer. It would be delicious.
- Drizzles/Flavor – High-quality olive oil, chili crisp oil, flaky sea salt, freshly cracked pepper
- Egg – I recommend an egg with a runny yolk if you’re into that type of thing, fried egg, a soft-boiled egg, or even a poached egg are all great options. Or cook to your preference.
- Pita bread – I recommend making these air fryer pita bread for the best flavor and fresh crunch.
Emily’s Tip
I’m listing all the ingredients and showing how to make the full savory spread as it’s incredibly delicious and I think you should try it, but you can also leave the whipped cottage cheese plain, or serve it with fruit or honey for a sweet version. I share a number of ideas below!
How to Make Whipped Cottage Cheese
This is an overview on how to make the savory cottage cheese spread, the detailed instructions can be found below in the recipe card.
- Blend cottage cheese. Place cottage cheese in a blender or small food processor and blend/process until smooth.
- Cook egg. Cook the egg according to your preference. For this savory spread, I would recommend a fried egg, soft-boiled egg, or even a poached egg.
- Assemble savory spread. Spread blended cottage cheese on a plate or shallow bowl and arrange sliced cucumbers and sliced tomatoes over part of the cottage cheese mixture. Drizzle everything with olive oil and season with freshly cracked pepper and flaky salt. Place fried egg over the top and drizzle with chili crisp oil. Serve with pita bread.
FAQs
I do find it to be very similar – so much so that I would say you could use it interchangeably and it’s why I recommend using the cottage cheese with any of the ricotta toast toppings.
Given my nutrition AND Intuitive Eating background, I tend to say everything is healthy! 🙂 Some foods are more nutritious than others, but all food serves a purpose. A standard 1/2 cup serving of cottage cheese has 13g protein, 5g carbs, 5g fat, 110 calories, and zero added sugars. Because health is so individualized, it’s hard to say if this is good for YOU, but it certainly is a nutritious food in my opinion.
Storage
Store blended cottage cheese in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
How to Use Blended Cottage Cheese
You can use this blended cottage cheese recipe so many ways! Here are a few ideas:
- Toast – You can go sweet or savory by spreading the blended cottage cheese onto toast. Spread a layer onto hummus toast, avocado toast, or even a creamy peanut butter toast.
- Dips – This whipped cottage cheese dip is incredibly simple to pull together and is made with pantry staples in addition to the cottage cheese. You could also swap it for the Greek yogurt in this veggie dip. It could also be delicious used in this whipped lemon feta dip – swap out the cream cheese for cottage cheese, or part of it. And I’m even tempted to try swapping it out for the cream cheese in chili dip!
- Dessert – I’m not big on trying to turn nutritious foods into desserts, but I did see recipes for cottage cheese whipped with sugar-free jello or pudding mix. And of course, some people like to make ice cream out of cottage cheese. You could also swirl it with some jam or fruit preserves for a sweeter treat or top it with fresh fruit and a drizzle of honey, which is how I prefer a sweet version.
More Healthy Breakfast Recipes
If you like nutritious recipes like this one, you might also like some of these other healthy breakfast ideas:
Whipped Cottage Cheese Recipe
- Prep Time: 7 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 12 minutes
- Yield: 1 serving 1x
- Category: Breakfast
Description
One bite of this whipped cottage cheese and you’ll be obsessed! Serve with fruit or jam for sweet or with veggies and an egg for savory.
Ingredients
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- sliced cucumber, thinly sliced into half moons
- grape tomatoes, sliced in half
- olive oil
- salt and pepper
- fried egg (with runny yolk)
- chili crisp oil
- pita bread
Instructions
- Place cottage cheese in a food processor and process until it reaches a smooth consistency.
- Spread onto a plate and place sliced cucumbers and tomatoes around one edge. Drizzle everything with olive oil and season with freshly cracked pepper and flaky sea salt.
- Place fried egg on top and drizzle with chili crisp oil. Serve with toasted pita bread for scooping.
Equipment
Buy Now → Notes
- Nutrition facts are an estimate and are calculated with 1/2 cup cucumber, 1/2 cup tomatoes, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 egg, and 1 large pita bread. How you actually put this spread together will change the estimates.
Food styling and photography by Loren Runion.
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Love making a batch of the cottage cheese for easy breakfasts! The combo with eggs and chili crisp is incredible!
Isn’t it so fun? So glad you enjoy it!