For those exploring the ketogenic lifestyle, incorporating versatile ingredients can make all the difference. Cottage cheese emerges as a fantastic option, lending itself to a variety of dishes from breakfast to dinner. This article explores several keto cottage cheese recipes, providing options for pancakes, flatbreads, and quick breakfast bowls.
Keto Cottage Cheese Pancakes
These keto-friendly cottage cheese pancakes provide a healthy, delicious, and satisfying breakfast option. They are packed with healthy fats from almond flour and eggs, and proteins from cottage cheese.
Ingredients and Nutritional Information
These pancakes are gluten-free and contain no refined sugar. The cottage cheese used, such as KESO 4% fat, contains just 1.7g of carbs per 100g, making it suitable for a ketogenic diet. Nutritional information is estimated and can vary depending on the brands and specific ingredients used.
Preparing the Pancake Batter
To make these pancakes, you'll need:
- Cottage cheese
- Almond flour (finely-ground almonds, naturally high in fats, protein, and fiber, but low in carbs)
- Eggs
- Any granulated sweetener
- Baking powder
Place all the ingredients into a bowl and blend together using an immersion blender, a hand blender, a countertop blender, or even a food processor.
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Cooking the Pancakes
- Preheat your skillet over medium-low heat and grease it with a little butter.
- Measure out ¼ cup of pancake batter and pour it into the skillet. (It depends on what size pancakes you prefer to make.)
- Cook the pancakes for about 2 minutes on each side or until golden brown.
Ingredient Substitutions
- Coconut Flour: Technically, you can make keto cottage cheese pancakes with coconut flour instead of almond flour. However, the texture and taste will be completely different, and you’ll need much less coconut flour because it has much higher water absorption than almond flour.
- Cream Cheese: You can use full-fat cream cheese instead of cottage cheese, but you might need to adjust the amount, as the fat content in cream cheese is different from cottage cheese.
Keto Cottage Cheese Flatbread
This easy keto cottage cheese flatbread recipe is versatile enough for lunch or dinner. With a basic recipe, there’s plenty of room for creativity.
Ingredients and Preparation
Here’s the list of the ingredients and steps that you’ll need to make this easy keto cottage cheese flatbread recipe. Filled with garlic and your favorite Italian seasonings, this keto cottage cheese flatbread is perfect to eat for lunch or as a dinner side. All you have to do is mix the ingredients, roll out the dough, and then bake it.
Serving Suggestions
- Protein: Add some protein by sprinkling the top with shredded chicken or pulled pork.
- Herbs: You could also add fresh herbs on top.
Storing Leftovers
If you have leftover flatbread, I suggest storing it in an airtight food storage container in the refrigerator. To make the bread last the longest, I suggest freezing it. Once they are frozen solid, place them together in a freezer-safe food storage bag.
Keto Cottage Cheese Breakfast Bowl
This quick and straightforward breakfast idea is perfect for those mornings when you’re short on time but still want to adhere to your keto diet. It can be made in under 3 minutes!
Assembling the Bowl
- Base: Start with cottage cheese as your base. Cottage cheese is very keto-friendly. Picky eaters should be aware that most store-bought cottage cheese has a long list of weird ingredients and many contain added sugars. As with all dairy, try to find grass-fed and/or pasture raised. The cottage cheese, such as Good Culture double cream, per ½ cup, has 3g net carbs, 14g protein and 7g fat.
- Granola: Add keto-friendly granola. If you are being very restrictive on carbs (i.e. 10g net carbs per day) you may want to skip the granola and stick to toppings like chia seeds, cubes of avocado and a drizzle of MCT oil. Alternatively, you could also just sprinkle some roasted nuts and seeds on top.
- Berries: Top with a small amount of keto-friendly berries such as blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, or strawberries.
- Cream: Add cream for extra creaminess and fat content.
Ingredient Substitutions and Additions
- Dairy-Free: If lactose intolerant, swap the cottage cheese and cream for a dairy-free yogurt. Look for yogurts made from almond milk or coconut milk. Some brands are lower in carbs than dairy yogurt anyways.
- Other Toppings: Consider adding other toppings, but be careful to consider the total portion and only add a small amount of fruit.
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