Fall Recipes with Cottage Cheese (High-Protein)

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By Lee Funke

9/29/2025

If there is one trend I’m holding on to into fall and winter, it’s cottage cheese. Not only do I eat it weekly, but I absolutely love cooking and baking with it! Whether I’m blending it up and replacing Greek yogurt or heavy creamy or adding a scoop into my mac and cheese to add creaminess and protein, I love it and I’m not afraid to show it!

Since I’ve been on this cottage cheese kick for quite some time, I thought I’d round up my favorite FFF cottage cheese recipes that speak fall flavors. Think pumpkin cheesecake and hot fall dips for game day.

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Cottage Cheese Dinner Recipes

It has been so fun testing cottage cheese in more savory ways. I mean, blend it up and you can make a high-protein pizza crust for gosh sakes!

  • Cottage Cheese Pizza
  • Cottage Cheese Gnocchi
  • Cottage Cheese Taco Lasagna
  • Cottage Cheese Pizza Bowls
  • Creamy Tomato Orzo Pasta
  • Cottage Cheese Mac and Cheese
  • One-Pot Lasagna Pasta
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High-Protein Cottage Cheese Desserts

If you haven’t tried blending you cottage cheese to replace Greek yogurt or heavy cream, you’re missing out! We came up with a high-protein dough recipe that’s basically 1:1 blended cottage cheese and flour, and we’ve been making so many variations of cinnamon rolls!

  • Cottage Cheese Pumpkin Cheesecake
  • Protein Monkey Bread
  • PB Chocolate Cottage Cheesecake Cups
  • PB Chocolate Chip Protein Cinnamon Rolls
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Cottage Cheese Breakfast Ideas for Fall

  • Cottage Cheese Baked Eggs
  • Cottage Cheese Carrot Cake Muffins
  • Cottage Cheese Breakfast Biscuits
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Cottage Cheese Appetizers

While I’m not a huge football girlie, I do love to hose and you can’t go wrong with a dip to share. Have you tried a hot cottage cheese dip yet? SO GOOD.

  • Cottage Cheese Buffalo Chicken Dip
  • Cottage Cheese Ground Beef Queso
  • Whipped Cottage Cheese Pizza Dip
Square deep-dish pepperoni pizza in a pan, surrounded by bread slices, grated cheese in a bowl, and a small plate of pepperoni slices on a light surface. - 9