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
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
Other healthy sandwich recipes
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Pizza Cottage Cheese Grilled Cheese
Ingredients
- 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
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.
Amanda says
"Instructions
Mix together buffalo sauce."
Buffalo sauce?
Kristi says
This was left in by mistake from another recipe, I just removed that line (:
Casey says
The recipe is vegetarian, gluten free, and high in protein << this recipe is NOT glutenfree if you use regular bread. You might want to correct that.
Kristi says
Thank you! This has been fixed
Liza says
This grilled cheese does not disappoint! It’s bursting with flavor. I’m so glad I found this recipe!!
Kristi says
Thank you Liza!!
celeste says
This was absolutely delicious!
Kristi says
Thank you celeste!!!
Barb says
This recipe is delish!