Cottage Cheese Salad (2024)

What’s Cottage Cheese?

Cottage cheese is fresh cheese also known as curdled cheese.

It doesn’t have a strong cheese flavor, it’s fresh and liquid as yogurt but with lumps of curdled milk.

It’s a high-protein dairy product that you can use in sweet or savory recipes.

Is Cottage Cheese Good For You?

Yes, cottage cheese is a healthy ingredient made naturally with skimmed milk.

It has no added sugar or salt, and it’s high-protein, low-fat, and perfect for replacing high-fat or high-carb ingredients like Bechamel in lasagna.

Is Cottage Cheese Keto?

Cottage cheese is a keto-friendly cheese which means you can have cottage cheese in small amounts like in a salad dressing or to top up an omelette and boost the protein.

It contains 11 grams of net carbs per cup, but you will not eat one cup at once on a keto diet. One typical serving contains 1.9 grams of net carbs.

It’s, therefore, definitely in the low-carb range and perfect for people with diabetes looking for more proteins.

How To Make Cottage Cheese Salad

All you need to make this delicious and refreshing salad with cottage cheese are:

Ingredients

• English Cucumber – Or any other fresh cucumber like Lebanese or Telegraph cucumber.
• Tomatoes – Any sort of tomato works, but I like Roma the best. Cherry tomatoes are also great.
• Hard-Boiled Eggs – Follow my recipe to make perfect hard-boiled eggs.
• Red Onions – While you can use regular onions, red onions bring the best taste to salads.
• Celery Stalks – Fresh celery stalks are very healthy vegetables. Discard the leaves if there are any.
• Dill Pickles
• Cottage Cheese – Feel free to use low-fat cottage cheese to decrease calories, it won’t change the amount of protein in the recipe.
• Apple Cider Vinegar or lemon juice
• Mayonnaise, sour cream, or Greek yogurt if preferred for more protein and less saturated fat.
• Yellow Mustard – The classic American mustard.
• Fresh Parsley – classic Italian parsley or curly parsley.
• Garlic Powder
• Paprika
• Salt

Boiling The Eggs

First, boil your eggs you can use my tutorial on how to boil eggs in an air fryer to make this step faster.

Preparing The Fresh Veggies

First, peel the cucumber and cut them into 0.4-inch cubes (1 cm). Do the same for the remaining vegetables: celery and tomatoes.

Next, cut the hard-boiled eggs into quarters.

Finally, finely chopped dill pickles and red onion.

Place all the cut ingredients above in a large bowl. Set aside while preparing the dressing.

Cottage Cheese Dressing

In a bowl, stir cottage cheese, mayonnaise, apple cider vinegar, yellow mustard, parsley, paprika, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.

Pour the cottage cheese sauce over the previous bowl and stir to combine.

Season to taste with more salt and pepper if desired.

Storage Instructions

You can store this salad in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. The best way to keep it is without dressing.

Only pour the dressing when ready to eat the salad.

Add-Ons

Feel free to accommodate the salad by adding some of the below ingredients for more flavors:

• Green Onions
• Bell Peppers
• Olives

Allery Swaps

Below I listed some options to make this recipe even if you have some food allergies.

• Low-Fat – Use low-fat cottage cheese and swap the mayonnaise for plain yogurt.
• Dairy-Free – There are tasty dairy-free cottage cheese options at the grocery store.
• Egg-Free – Use egg-free mayonnaise and skip the boiled eggs. You can replace boiled eggs with 1/2 cup of cooled, steamed cauliflower floretsor 1/2 cup of olives or diced Emmental cheese.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I Have To Peel The Cucumber?

No, you can absolutely keep the cucumber skin for extra fiber.

But, I find the cucumber skin hard to digest and thick. So I recommend peeling cucumbersfor the best texture.

Can I Use Low-Fat Or Dairy-Free Cottage Cheese?

Absolutely, any cottage cheese variety works in this recipe.

Can I Make Vegan Cottage Cheese Salad?

Yes, skip the egg in the recipe, replace it with olives or bell pepper, and use vegan cottage cheese and vegan mayonnaise in the dressing.

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