High-Protein Cottage Cheese Toast
⏱ 10 min💪 42g protein per serving🔥 ~520 cal🍽 2 slices (1 serving)
Cottage cheese toast went viral as a sweet thing, but savory is where it belongs. Whipping the cottage cheese for 30 seconds turns it from lumpy curds into something that spreads like cream cheese, and it carries almost twice the protein. With smoked salmon on top you are at 42g before you sit down, and the only appliance involved is a toaster.
Ingredients
- 2 slices seeded or high-protein sandwich bread
- 3/4 cup (6 oz) low-fat cottage cheese
- 2 oz cold-smoked salmon
- 1/4 avocado, thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp hemp hearts
- 2 tbsp thinly sliced red onion
- 1 tsp capers, drained
- 1 tsp everything bagel seasoning
- Fresh dill, lemon wedge, and cracked black pepper, to finish
Instructions
- Toast the bread darker than you normally would. Whipped cottage cheese is wet and a pale slice goes limp within a minute.
- Blend the cottage cheese in a small food processor or blender for 30 seconds, scraping down once, until it is glossy and completely smooth.
- Spread the whipped cottage cheese thickly on both slices, all the way to the edges, and press the hemp hearts into the surface.
- Drape the smoked salmon over the top in loose folds, then add the avocado, red onion, and capers.
- Finish with everything bagel seasoning, dill, cracked pepper, and a hard squeeze of lemon, and eat within a few minutes.
- For prep ahead, whip a full tub of cottage cheese and keep it in a jar in the fridge for 4 days. Assembly then takes two minutes on a weekday.
Tips
- Salt the cottage cheese before you spread it. Low-fat cottage cheese tastes flat on its own, and a pinch of salt with the lemon is what makes it read as a savory spread.
- No blender? Skip the whipping and spoon the curds on straight, but drain the tub in a fine mesh strainer for five minutes first so the liquid does not soak the toast.
- Swap the salmon for two jammy eggs, a spoon of chili crisp, or sliced tomato with olive oil. The whipped base and the dark toast are the parts worth keeping.
FAQ
- How much protein is in cottage cheese toast?
- The base alone runs about 28g for two slices with three-quarters of a cup of cottage cheese. Smoked salmon and hemp hearts push this version to 42g.
- Can you whip cottage cheese without a blender?
- An immersion blender in a tall cup works just as well. A whisk does not, since the curds break down but never turn smooth, so drain them and spread as is instead.
- Which cottage cheese is best for toast?
- Small curd 2% or 4% blends smoothest and tastes best. Nonfat whips thinner and can turn watery on the toast, so drain it first if that is what you have.
- Can I make this ahead?
- Whip the cottage cheese ahead and refrigerate it up to 4 days, but assemble the toast right before eating. Built toast goes soft in under ten minutes.
