27 Surprising Cottage Cheese Recipes You’ll Love

Cottage cheese may be the most polarizing dairy product, so we don’t blame you if you’ve literally never thought about cottage cheese recipes before now. People tend to find its curdy texture either delightful or appalling. Either way, many of us have relegated cottage cheese to the tragically lame role of a bland but “healthy” snack to be topped with pineapple. But you know what they say: No time like a pandemic to explore the tremendous variety of delicious and creative cottage cheese recipes out there.

Okay, seriously, though: Cottage cheese is an awesome ingredient to have on hand right now—full of nutrition and surprisingly versatile (and therefore harder to get sick of). These mild, protein-packed curds can be used to make so many different things, from pasta and pancakes to dips and desserts.

Many of these cottage cheese recipes feature the ingredient prominently, while others cleverly camouflage it or transform its unusual texture altogether. You might even dare to serve some of these dishes to folks who fall in the “cottage cheese is appalling” camp.