Ingredients · Dairy & fermented

Cottage cheese

Close to 18g of slow-digesting casein protein in half a tub, for under 150 calories.

Portion: half a tub (150g)
Typical price: about £1.50 for a 300g tub £
In season: Year-round
On this site: 6 recipes

Nutrition per portion

Approximate values per half a tub (150g)
Calories	149 kcal
Protein	18g
Carbohydrates	5.1g
– of which sugars	4.5g
Fibre	0g
Fat	6.5g
– of which saturates	4.1g
Calcium	120mg
Iron	0mg
Salt	0.9g

Buying & storing

Full fat tastes markedly better than reduced
Give it savoury company: black pepper, chives, tomatoes on toast
Own-brand tubs are half the price of the trendy ones

Keep it well: Fridge and eat within a few days of opening; give it a stir before serving.

Sensible swaps

quark
ricotta

Reach for it when the week brings:

Put it to work

Recipes that use cottage cheese

Cottage cheese & oat pancakes

Blender pancakes from oats, eggs and cottage cheese; 24g protein and no flour in sight.

20 min 24g protein

Cottage cheese power bowl with roasted tomatoes

Warm roasted vine tomatoes and butter beans over lemon-pepper cottage cheese and toast.

25 min 25g protein

Cottage cheese scrambled eggs on rye

Eggs scrambled with cottage cheese folded through; extra protein, extra silk, same pan.

10 min 26g protein

Roast squash & spinach polenta bake with cottage cheese

Soft-set polenta enriched with cottage cheese and spinach, baked under caramelised butternut squash, melted cheddar and toasted pumpkin seeds.

65 min 33g protein

Whipped cottage cheese & warm cherry toasts

Thick dark rye toast piled with lemony whipped cottage cheese, warm cherries simmered in tart cherry juice and toasted pumpkin seeds.

15 min 18g protein

Spinach & butter bean sweet potatoes with cottage cheese

Soft baked sweet potatoes split and filled with garlicky butter beans and wilted spinach, topped with lemony cottage cheese and toasted pumpkin seeds.

60 min 28g protein