Cottage Cheese Recipes for People Who Hate Cottage Cheese

Half of the Cottage Cheese Recipes team has always liked cottage cheese. The other half hated it her whole life, up until sometime in the spring of her 33rd year. Cottage cheese can be polarizing. You either love it, or you hate it. But take it from a former hater — when when you whip it up, it becomes something else entirely. Smooth, creamy, and neutral — a sneaky protein powerhouse that you can add to everything from creamy soups and main dishes to baked goods and desserts.

These are the recipes for people who want the protein, but not the curds. No spoonfuls straight from the tub, no tangy weirdness — just cozy, satisfying meals and snacks that happen to involve a whipped cottage cheese glow-up.

Whether you’re cottage cheese-curious or you’re already a fan, these high-protein recipes need to be added to your rotation.

🧁 Cottage Cheese Carrot Cake Muffins

Soft, spiced, and secretly packed with protein. These cottage cheese muffins taste like cake but eat like breakfast. The cottage cheese blends seamlessly into the batter, giving you a moist, tender crumb without needing oil or extra eggs.
→ Bake the muffins

🍨 Peach Cottage Cheese Ice Cream

This is the one that turns people. Creamy, scoopable, and sweet from real peaches, this cottage cheese ice cream is no-churn and ready in hours. The blended base gives it that soft-serve texture and over 20g of protein per serving.
→ Freeze a batch

🧄 Cottage Cheese Marry Me Chicken

Creamy, sun-dried tomato “marry me” sauce — but lighter, richer in protein, and secretly built on blended cottage cheese. This high-protein chicken dinner feels fancy but comes together fast with zero heavy cream in sight.
→ Try the chicken

🍕 Cottage Cheese Pizza Crust

This deep-dish style cottage cheese pizza crust is buttery, sturdy, and unexpectedly high in protein. It bakes up golden with crispy edges and a soft center — no yeast, no rise time, no trace of cottage cheese.
→ Build your pizza

🍫 Cottage Cheese Fudgesicles

Throw everything in a blender, freeze, and wait. These chocolatey cottage cheese popsicles taste like old-school fudge bars but pack in protein with no weird aftertaste. You’d never guess the base is cottage cheese.
→ Make a batch

🥗 Cottage Cheese Chicken Salad

A high-protein take on a classic, this creamy cottage cheese chicken salad is perfect for lunches, wraps, or scooping straight from the container. Blended cottage cheese gives you all the creamy texture with no mayo required.
→ Get the salad recipe

🍓 Cottage Cheese Fruit Pizza

A soft sugar cookie crust. A whipped cottage cheese frosting. A rainbow of fresh fruit. This is the high-protein dessert that doesn’t feel like it’s trying too hard. Make it for a crowd or snack on slices all week.
→ Build your pizza

🍒 Cherry Cottage Cheese Smoothie

This cherry cottage cheese smoothie is bright, sweet, and vanilla-forward — like a milkshake with a protein boost. It’s packed with over 20 grams of protein and blends totally smooth with no curds or clumps.
→ Blend it up

🍛 Cottage Cheese Butter Chicken

This butter chicken with cottage cheese skips the cream but keeps all the flavor. The blended sauce is silky, bold, and spiced just right — with a bump in protein and a shorter ingredient list.
→ Make the butter chicken

🥣 Cottage Cheese Potato Soup

Rich, cozy, and one-pot easy. This cottage cheese potato soup gets its creaminess from blended cottage cheese and vegetable broth — no cream or flour required. Perfect for cold nights or meal prep lunches.
→ Get the soup recipe

☕ Tiramisu Cottage Cheese Smoothie

Cold brew, cocoa, vanilla, and a smooth blended base make this tiramisu smoothie feel like dessert in a glass. Cottage cheese gives it an ultra-thick, mascarpone-ish vibe — minus the sugar crash.
→ Try it for breakfast

🥒 Cottage Cheese Ranch Pasta Salad

Your summer pasta salad just got a creamy upgrade. This high-protein ranch pasta salad swaps mayo for whipped cottage cheese — and you still get all the tang, crunch, and herb flavor you want.
→ Grab the recipe

🍞 Cottage Cheese Zucchini Bread

Soft, subtly sweet, and never dry. This zucchini bread recipe uses cottage cheese for a protein lift and perfect texture. It tastes like a treat but works for breakfast or snacking all week.
→ Bake a loaf

🌮 Cottage Cheese Chicken Enchiladas

Enchiladas, but smarter. Cottage cheese blends into the filling for a creamy, high-protein swap that no one will notice. Topped with sauce and cheese, baked to perfection — these are weeknight gold.
→ Get the enchiladas

🌽 Cottage Cheese Zucchini Corn Chowder

Light and summery, but cozy enough for fall. This chowder uses cottage cheese for creaminess and staying power, with fresh corn, zucchini, and a little spice to round it out.
→ Scoop the chowder

Each of these recipes has one thing in common: you’d never guess there’s cottage cheese in them. They’re smooth, flavorful, and high in protein — without any of the texture or taste that usually turns people off. Whether you’re into sweet, savory, cozy, or fresh, this list is full of low-key ways to work more protein into your meals… without it ever feeling like you’re eating cottage cheese.

Let us know which one surprised you the most. 🤍