Cottage Cheese Breakfast (26g Protein)

This Cottage Cheese Breakfast is the easiest diabetes-friendly, high-protein breakfast packed with 26 grams of protein for a refreshing morning packed with flavors. Plus, it’s also gluten-free, low-carb, and vegetarian.

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On hot summer days, all you want in the morning is a cold breakfast to refresh while keeping it nourishing and fulfilling. Sometimes a Protein Pancake or Protein Waffle is too warm! That’s why cottage cheese for breakfast is the best!

It’s cold, packed with proteins and so delicious when flavored with a pinch of simple ingredients. Plus cottage cheese is low-carb and perfect for boosting your protein in the morning on a low-carb lifestyle.

Ingredients and Substitutions

All you need to make it are:

• Cottage Cheese – Pick the variety that fits your diet the most. You can choose low-fat cottage cheese or dairy-free alternatives. Cottage cheese is keto-friendly.
• Plain Yogurt – Any plain yogurt works, including Greek yogurt, coconut yogurt, or soy yogurt. I like Greek yogurt for an extra boost of protein in the morning.
• Cinnamon – For more flavor.
• Vanilla Extract – For a perfect taste.
• Sweetener – You can use maple syrup or sugar-free maple-flavored syrup to keep the sugar to a minimum. You can also use granulated keto sweeteners like erythritol or allulose.
• Frozen Berries – Any berries taste great with cottage cheese I like to use a combination of strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and boysenberries.
• Toasted Coconut Flakes – Or shredded coconut.
• Peanut Butter – Or almond butter for less saturated fat and fewer carbs.

If you want to boost the protein profile of this recipe, you can add 1 to 2 teaspoons of:

• Protein Powder
• Collagen Protein Powder
• Cocoa Powder for a chocolate flavor

How To Make Cottage Cheese Breakfast Bowl

This is a sweet version of the classic cottage cheese bowl.

1. First, in a breakfast bowl stir cottage cheese, yogurt, cinnamon, vanilla, and sweetener or choice.
2. Next, chop nuts – you can use any nuts walnuts, almonds, pecans or hazelnuts taste awesome.
3. Top the bowl of cottage cheese with chopped nuts, toasted coconut flakes, and frozen berries.
4. Finally, drizzle fresh drippy peanut butter all over the bowl and serve your cottage cheese breakfast.

Allergy Swaps

If you have some food allergies, I listed some options for you below to adapt the recipe and enjoy this lovely cottage cheese breakfast.

• Dairy-Free – There are healthy dairy-free cottage cheese alternatives in store, pick one of these and stir in with dairy-free yogurt like coconut yogurt.
• Sugar-Free – Pick any sugar-free sweetener you love like allulose, erythritol, or sugar-free maple syrup.
• Nut-Free – You can top up the bowl with cereals like oats, puffed rice, amaranth, or quinoa. Also, seeds like pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds add a delicious crunch. Finally, swap the peanut butter with sunflower seed butter.

Storage Instructions

You can store the cottage cheese mixture – without any toppings for up to 3-4 days before serving. The time actually depends on the consumption limit date on your dairy product so have a good look at this when it comes to storing dairy.

Simply pack the mix in a sealed, airtight container in the fridge and serve in the morning with your favorite toppings.

Serving Suggestions

You can mainly add anything to cottage cheese, it can be sweet fruits, nuts, seeds, or even raw vegetables and smoked salmon if you like it savory.

Below are two ideas to top up a bowl of cottage cheese, sweet and savory toppings:

• Frozen berries or fresh berries if in season.
• Nut butter, like peanut butter or almond butter.
• Maple syrup or sugar-free syrup.
• Cereals – it can be low-carb cereals or oats or puffed cereals like puffed quinoa or puffed amaranth for healthy choices.
• Dark chocolate chips.
• Cinnamon

Add cottage cheese in a bowl with a pinch of salt, black pepper, garlic powder, and 1 or 2 tablespoons of chopped chives or green onion. Then, top it up with:

• Radish Slices
• Cucumber Slices
• Tomatoes
• Boiled Eggs – watch my tutorial on how to boil eggs in an air fryer.
• Olives

Frequently Asked Questions

Below are the answers to your most common questions about this recipe:

More Cottage Cheese Recipes

If you love cottage cheese,  try some of the recipes below: