Looking for recipes with cottage cheese? These 34 cottage cheese recipes cover breakfast, smoothies, dips, breads, sides, dinner, and dessert!
Vanilla Bean Banana Cheesecake Smoothie by Recipe for Perfection
Recipes with Cottage Cheese
After making a really fabulous cottage cheese smoothie that tasted like cheesecake, I decided to find out just what else cottage cheese could do.
As it turns out, cottage cheese can go in all kinds of recipes. You can use it in breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert recipes, plus smoothies, dips, and bread.
I tend to buy cottage cheese in large packages, so there’s often a cup or so left in the bottom that I’d like to use up. This list of recipes using cottage cheese is meant to solve that problem. Now, if I have leftover cottage cheese, I just check this list for ideas of what to do with it.
Let’s start our list of recipes with cottage cheese in the same way that we start our day: with breakfast!
Breakfast Recipes Using Cottage Cheese
Cottage cheese adds a protein burst to breakfast dishes.
Oatmeal Cottage Cheese Pancakes by Life Is But A Dish
- Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Protein Pancakes
- Cottage Cheese and Egg Breakfast Muffins
- Cheese Blintzes with Apricot Lemon Jam
- Lemon Poppy Seed Cottage Cheese Pancakes
- Avocado Toast
- Oatmeal Cottage Cheese Pancakes with Strawberry Chia Jam
Smoothie Recipes Using Cottage Cheese
Cottage cheese adds a delightfully smooth, rich, cheesecake-like flavor to all kinds of smoothies.
Roasted Peach Smoothie by A Cookie Named Desire
Savory Dip Recipes Using Cottage Cheese
Whether whole or blended, cottage cheese dips double down on flavor and protein. Pair these with your favorite crackers, chips, or one of the bread recipes below!
Healthy Roasted Garlic Crema by An Edible Mosaic
Bread Recipes Using Cottage Cheese
These unique bread recipes are sure to bring rave reviews. Who doesn’t like crescent rolls?
- Cottage Cheese Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls
- Onion Dill Bread
- Cottage Cheese Crescent Rolls
- Buttermilk Cottage Dill Bread
Side Dish Recipes Using Cottage Cheese
Cottage cheese lends a creamy, rich texture to baked noodle dishes.
Creamy Baked Noodles by The Kitchen Is My Playground
Main Dish Recipes Using Cottage Cheese
The possibilities are endless when it comes to dinner options! Whether it’s pasta, quiche, or quinoa, cottage cheese adds cheesy goodness to your meal.
Crock Pot Lasagna by A Cedar Spoon
- Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Shells
- Open Faced Tomato Sandwich
- Low Carb Mock Lasagna
- Crustless Smoked Sausage and Spinach Quiche
- Triple Cheese Chicken Pasta Bake
- Creamy Spinach Pasta
- Quinoa Lasagna
- Tuna Power Bowl
- Crock Pot Lasagna
Dessert Recipes Using Cottage Cheese
No list of recipes with cottage cheese would be complete without delicious desserts! You’ll be sweet on cottage cheese once you try these parfaits, cupcakes, and more.
Cantaloupe Cupcakes by Cupcake Project
- Orange Pie with Almond Crust
- Pumpkin Cheesecake Dip
- Healthy Candy Corn Parfait
- Peach Crisp Parfait
- Strawberry Raspberry Cream Pops
- Cantaloupe Cupcakes
Alli Smith
I would love to try several of these recipes. I’m a fan of cottage cheese, so I’m sure all of these would be tasty. The cantaloupe cupcakes look amazing.
Eloise
I want a cantaloupe cupcake, those are making my mouth water, I’m afraid to say I’m drooling all over the place now! yum!
Pam
My husband loves cottage cheese so we always have it around. I should start trying some of these recipes.
Jenn
This is a great list of recipes. I love cottage cheese, but rarely think to add it to recipes. I’ll have to try a few of these.
Jenn @ EngineerMommy
I love cottage cheese just as it is right out of the container. These recipes also sound really delicious and interesting. I’d love to try afew of these this weekend!
Jeanine
Confession: I’ve never had cottage cheese before! The texture has always scared me off! These all look great though and I would so be willing to try just about all of them!
Vera Sweeney
These are amazing recipe ideas!! I love eating cottage cheese, but being able to change it up and having different combinations.
Rebecca Swenor
These all sound like great recipes with cottage cheese. We love cottage cheese and eat it just plain sometimes or with fruits. I will have to try the cottage cheese smoothie for sure. Thanks for sharing the recipes.
Sara
I love cottage cheese and it is full of protein! Some of these recipes will definitely be going into my regular rotation!
Sarah
What a cool list of recipes that have cottage cheese in them but look scrumptious. I will have to give some of these a try!
Bonnie @wemake7
I have never used cottage cheese in a recipe before. These are really great recipe ideas.
Kendall
I don’t like cottage cheese, but I have a feeling I wouldn’t mind it in these recipes! These look great! I would of never thought of cottage cheese to be a substitute option for anything!
Mimi Green
I’m not a fan of cottage cheese but I see several recipes that I would totally go for. Maybe its time that I give it another try.
Chubskulit Rose
I have never work with cottage cheese to be honest. This makes me want to give it a try as they all look delicious.
Censie Sawyer
Okay, I love that you also use cottage cheese for your smoothies. WE do this and when we tell people they sometimes freak out! I love cottage cheese with pineapple too. SO GOOD!!!