Pancakes, cheesecakes, dips, breads, mousses and … ice-cream? 17 mostly delicious ways with cottage cheese

<p>High in protein, low in fat, the 70s ‘superfood’ is having another moment. Its fans say you can do almost anything with it. But should you?</p><p>When I heard that cottage cheese was experiencing some kind of renaissance, my first thought was: “This is what comes of complacency.” I’d thought of cottage cheese as being safely extinct, but per capita consumption statistics show that, while it <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/183953/per-capita-consumption-of-cottage-cheese-in-the-us-since-2000/">fell slightly out of favour</a>, it <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/281140/weekly-consumption-of-cottage-cheese-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/?srsltid=AfmBOopxPS_Ji28iQW-HSz5ugO6YopbNwSYMTpHGOOqAxGLlEKCZp-w9">never really went away</a>. And now <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/dec/10/psst-cottage-cheese-is-cool-again-in-reluctant-praise-of-the-viral-food-trend">it’s having a moment</a>. Or the latest in a series of moments.</p><p>Cottage cheese allegedly owes its newfound fame to two things: a) claims that it’s a low-calorie superfood, packed with protein and calcium, and b) people on TikTok who have taken to making ice-cream with it.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/nov/02/pancakes-cheesecakes-dips-breads-mousses-and-ice-cream-17-mostly-delicious-ways-with-cottage-cheese">Continue reading...</a>