Pizza Cottage Cheese Grilled Cheese

Introducing pizza cottage cheese grilled cheese. This recipe is so good! Even cottage cheese haters will love this recipe. This grilled cheese is full of protein and so dang good. It makes a great vegetarian lunch or dinner. It is ready in 15 minutes with minimal clean up!

Cottage cheese is the best! For more yummy cottage cheese recipes try my air fryer blueberry cottage cheese toast or my cottage cheese tomato soup.

Why you'll love this recipe

It is easy to make.

It's made with healthier ingredients.

The recipe is vegetarian, high in protein and can be made gluten free.

This grilled cheese makes the perfect lunch or dinner.

It is delicious!

Instructions

Mix together buffalo sauce.

Add filling to grilled cheese.

Cook until browned on each side in a skillet over medium heat.

Dig in!

Ingredients

• cottage cheese - the star of the show here, this adds lots of protein to our recipe
• tomato sauce
• basil
• red pepper flakes
• garlic powder
• bread
• sundried tomatoes - for extra pizza flavor

Storage instructions

I do not recommend prepping this grilled cheese ahead of time because it will get soggy but you could store the extra grilled cheese for up to 24 hours in a sealed container in your fridge.

Equipment

You just need your your skillet and a stove top for this recipe.

Recipe FAQS

What does cottage cheese taste like?

Cottage cheese reminds me of mozzarella or ricotta.

Substitutions

• basil - can be subbed with parsley
• cottage cheese - can be subbed with mozzarella

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Pizza Cottage Cheese Grilled Cheese

Kristi

This Pizza Cottage Cheese Grilled Cheese is a delicious healthy grilled cheese recipe.

5 from 3 votes

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 12 minutes mins

Course dinner

Cuisine American

Servings 1

Calories 340 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 2 pieces bread of choice
• ~1 tablespoon fresh chopped basil
• 2-3 heaping tablespoons cottage cheese
• 2-3 tablespoons tomato sauce
• 2 sundried tomatoes - finely chopped
• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
• pinch red pepper flakes
• 1 tablespoon oil or butter I prefer butter

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Instructions

 

• Spread tomato sauce on one piece of bread and cottage cheese on the other side. Add basil to one piece of bread and sundried tomatoes to the other piece. Sprinkle over garlic powder and red pepper flakes. Close sandwich.
• Heat oil or butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add grilled cheese and cook for 4-5 minutes each side until bread is crisped and browned to your liking.
• Slice into grilled cheese and enjoy.

Notes

This makes 1 grilled cheese.

I prefer cooking the grilled cheese in butter because it gets crispier but olive oil works too!

Nutrition

Calories: 340kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 10gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 5mgSodium: 247mgPotassium: 132mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 172IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 32mgIron: 0.4mg

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