Cottage Cheese with Herbs and Garlic
Zesty, fragrant cottage cheese with herbs and garlic! A tasty, wholesome dish that's perfect for those in-between seasons. It fills you up with vitamins and calcium! Great for a healthy, hearty breakfast, an afternoon snack, or simply as an appetizer. It's quick, simple, and made from everyday ingredients!
Cooking method
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Step 1:
Prepare all the ingredients. Use full-fat cottage cheese, ideally 9-18% fat. Homemade cottage cheese is best: its texture is more uniform, without grainy bits, and of course it's far better for you. Use any fresh herbs you like: I'm using cilantro, but dill, parsley, basil, green onion, and others all work great.
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Step 2:
Mash the cottage cheese with a fork. If you're using store-bought, it's best to press it through a fine sieve for a smoother texture.
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Step 3:
Salt the cottage cheese. I use plain sea salt, but you can use a seasoned salt too, such as Adyghe or Svan salt. At this point, those who like a little heat can add some pepper, and fans of bolder flavor can add other seasonings.
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Step 4:
Rinse the herbs well with hot water, then pat them dry with paper towels. Chop them finely - lately I've been cutting herbs with scissors, which is very handy. If you don't have fresh herbs, dried ones will do; there's plenty of dried dill, parsley, and onion available now. But the dish is healthier, of course, with fresh herbs.
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Step 5:
Add the minced garlic to the cottage cheese. I put the clove through a press, but you can also grate it or finely chop it with a sharp knife. You can substitute garlic powder for fresh garlic. Let the cottage cheese sit for a bit at room temperature, then serve.
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Step 6:
Delicious and good for you! Enjoy!
- This cottage cheese is wonderful for breakfast or an afternoon snack. It's delicious on its own, but you can also use it as a spread on bread or toast, as a filling for deviled eggs or stuffed tomatoes, and even as a filling for hand pies, puff pastries, and other baked goods. Enjoy!
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Cottage cheese, 40% fat - 466 kcal/100g
- Cottage cheese, 20% fat - 233 kcal/100g
- Cottage cheese, 18% fat - 226 kcal/100g
- Cottage cheese, 10% fat - 156 kcal/100g
- Nonfat cottage cheese - 75 kcal/100g
- Cottage cheese with sour cream - 260 kcal/100g
- Fruit cottage cheese - 147 kcal/100g
- Soft diet cottage cheese - 170 kcal/100g
- Vitalinia cottage cheese - 64 kcal/100g
- Danone Morning cottage cheese, no sugar - 91 kcal/100g
- Cottage cheese - 156 kcal/100g
- Garlic - 143 kcal/100g
- Salt - 0 kcal/100g
- Fresh cilantro - 25 kcal/100g
