Cottage Cheese Toast

 

With just a few simple ingredients, you can create the best easy breakfast using cottage cheese and a few of your favorite toppings.

Ingredients:

For the toast base:

  • 1 slice bread of choice, ideally sourdough
  • cup cottage cheese
  • 1 teaspoon butter for frying on skillet, optional if not using toaster

Instructions:

  1. Toast or fry bread with butter in a small skillet.
  2. Top with cottage cheese
  3. Add toppings of choice (see variations below for inspiration).
  4. Eat immediately for best results.
cottage cheese toast
Instructions:
  1. Toast or fry bread with olive oil in a small skillet.
  2. Top with cottage cheese.
  3. Add toppings of choice (see below) and enjoy right away.

Variations:

1. Honey & Chili Cottage Cheese Toast

  • 1 teaspoon chili oil
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • or alternatively, use hot honey on top (I like Mike’s)

2. Bruschetta Cottage Cheese Toast

  • 1 tablespoon butter for frying the bread
  • ½ small garlic clove minced
  • ½ cup cherry tomatoes quartered
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • ½ teaspoon balsamic reduction
  • 1 pinch sea or pickling salt

3. Fig Jam & Honey

  • 1 tablespoon fig jam (I like Bonne Maman)
  • 1 teaspoon honey (optional

4. Veggie-Packed Cottage Cheese Toast

  • 1 clove garlic rubbed on toast
  • 5 slices cucumber
  • 2 slices tomato or more depending on toast size
  • 1 tablespoon pickled red onion
  • 1 wedge lemon juiced
  • ¼ teaspoon fresh dill
  • 1 pinch salt, sea salt or pickling salt

Tangerine & Coconut Cottage Cheese Toast with Honey

  • 1 small clementine segmented
  • ¼ teaspoon lemon zest
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • 1 teaspoon toasted coconut flakes
  • 1 pinch sea or pickling salt

Strawberry Jam Cottage Cheese Toast

  • 1 tablespoon strawberry jam mixed into the cottage cheese
  • 2 tablespoon fresh strawberries roughly chopped

Hot Honey Peaches & Cream

  • ¼ cup fresh or canned peaches diced
  • 1 tablespoon hot honey (I like Mike’s) or another sweetener of choice