Cottage Cheese Recipes: 15 High-Protein Meals With Calories and Protein

Each one is a single serving, made by a Solin member with Solin's AI. Within each meal, the recipe with the most protein for its calories comes first.

Breakfast

Recipe	What's in it	Calories	Protein
Spiced Cottage Cheese Oat Pancakes	Cottage cheese, eggs, rolled oats, cinnamon	569	63 g
Whipped Cottage Cheese with Berries	Cottage cheese, blueberries, raspberries, hemp hearts	440	47 g
Cottage Cheese Everything Bagel Bowl	Cottage cheese, smoked salmon, avocado, everything bagel seasoning	429	45 g
Protein-Packed Baked Eggs with Creamy Cottage Cheese	Eggs, cottage cheese, baby spinach, cherry tomatoes	478	50 g

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  Spiced Cottage Cheese Oat Pancakes

  Cottage cheese, eggs, rolled oats, cinnamon

  569 calories · 63 g protein

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  Whipped Cottage Cheese with Berries

  Cottage cheese, blueberries, raspberries, hemp hearts

  440 calories · 47 g protein

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  Cottage Cheese Everything Bagel Bowl

  Cottage cheese, smoked salmon, avocado, everything bagel seasoning

  429 calories · 45 g protein

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  Protein-Packed Baked Eggs with Creamy Cottage Cheese

  Eggs, cottage cheese, baby spinach, cherry tomatoes

  478 calories · 50 g protein

Lunch

Recipe	What's in it	Calories	Protein
Lemon-Dill Tuna Pasta with Cottage Cheese	Whole wheat penne, tuna, cottage cheese, dill, lemon	383	53 g
Middle Eastern Chicken & Cottage Cheese Power Bowl	Chicken breast, cottage cheese, chickpeas, za'atar	369	47 g
Turkey Cottage Cheese Avocado Bowl	Cottage cheese, sliced turkey breast, avocado, cucumber	435	54 g

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  Lemon-Dill Tuna Pasta with Cottage Cheese

  Whole wheat penne, tuna, cottage cheese, dill, lemon

  383 calories · 53 g protein

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  Middle Eastern Chicken & Cottage Cheese Power Bowl

  Chicken breast, cottage cheese, chickpeas, za'atar

  369 calories · 47 g protein

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  Turkey Cottage Cheese Avocado Bowl

  Cottage cheese, sliced turkey breast, avocado, cucumber

  435 calories · 54 g protein

Dinner

Recipe	What's in it	Calories	Protein
Lemon Herb Chicken with Cottage Cheese	Chicken breast, cottage cheese, asparagus, lemon	324	43 g
Cottage Cheese Pasta with Roasted Tomatoes	Whole wheat penne, cottage cheese, cherry tomatoes, basil	406	45 g
Turkey Lasagna with Cottage Cheese	Ground turkey, lasagna noodles, cottage cheese, marinara	513	54 g
Cottage Cheese Pizza with Roasted Vegetables	A crust of cottage cheese and eggs, marinara, mozzarella, peppers	561	56 g

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  Lemon Herb Chicken with Cottage Cheese

  Chicken breast, cottage cheese, asparagus, lemon

  324 calories · 43 g protein

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  Cottage Cheese Pasta with Roasted Tomatoes

  Whole wheat penne, cottage cheese, cherry tomatoes, basil

  406 calories · 45 g protein

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  Turkey Lasagna with Cottage Cheese

  Ground turkey, lasagna noodles, cottage cheese, marinara

  513 calories · 54 g protein

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  Cottage Cheese Pizza with Roasted Vegetables

  A crust of cottage cheese and eggs, marinara, mozzarella, peppers

  561 calories · 56 g protein

Snacks and desserts

Recipe	What's in it	Calories	Protein
Cinnamon Cottage Cheese with Berries	Lactose-free cottage cheese, raspberries, cinnamon	144	27 g
Silky Cottage Cheese Protein Mousse	Fat-free cottage cheese, chocolate whey protein, cocoa	182	33 g
Silky Cottage Cheese Protein Pudding with Berries	Nonfat cottage cheese, vanilla whey protein, raspberries	355	54 g
Cottage Cheese Protein Cheesecake with Mixed Berries	Cottage cheese, vanilla whey protein, egg whites, berries	521	64 g

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  Cinnamon Cottage Cheese with Berries

  Lactose-free cottage cheese, raspberries, cinnamon

  144 calories · 27 g protein

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  Silky Cottage Cheese Protein Mousse

  Fat-free cottage cheese, chocolate whey protein, cocoa

  182 calories · 33 g protein

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  Silky Cottage Cheese Protein Pudding with Berries

  Nonfat cottage cheese, vanilla whey protein, raspberries

  355 calories · 54 g protein

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  Cottage Cheese Protein Cheesecake with Mixed Berries

  Cottage cheese, vanilla whey protein, egg whites, berries

  521 calories · 64 g protein

You don't need these exact 15 to get a lot of protein. Of the newest 5,000 recipes in Solin's library, 267 use cottage cheese. We left out one whose calories didn't add up. Of the other 266, the typical recipe (the median) has 34 g of protein at about 400 calories. Nine in 10 have at least 25 g. And 233 of the 266 are breakfasts, so if mornings are where your protein falls short, start there.

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A cup of 2% cottage cheese has about 24 g of protein and 183 calories, going by USDA FoodData Central. For the calories, that's more protein than eggs give you, and 1% cottage cheese about matches plain nonfat Greek yogurt.

The higher the fat, the creamier it tastes and the less protein each calorie brings. Pick the one you'll actually eat.

You're not the only one. "It’s such a bomb food but I swear, I could never get over the chunky texture," one member of r/1200isplenty wrote. Here's what helps:

• Blend or whip it. A blender turns it smooth, and the curds are gone. That's how the whipped cottage cheese and the protein mousse work.
• Hide it in eggs. "You can’t really taste it but it improves the texture of the eggs," another member of r/1200isplenty wrote. The baked eggs do exactly that.
• Cook it into dinner. The pasta with roasted tomatoes blends it into the sauce, the turkey lasagna bakes it in, and the pizza mixes it with eggs to make the crust.
• Balance the salt with something sweet. Fruit, cinnamon or a little honey take the edge off a salty tub.
• Shop around. "Try different brands. There is a vast difference," one more member of that thread wrote. A different fat level can help too.

What's most popular with our members isn't browsing recipes like these. It's making their own. With Solin Prime, you tell Solin's AI what you're in the mood for, and it makes a high-protein recipe for it, as many times as you like. Craving pizza on a Tuesday? Ask for a high-protein one.