Spinach and cottage cheese are two nutritious and versatile ingredients that can be used to create a variety of delicious dishes. When combined, they make a flavorful and protein-packed meal that is perfect for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Whether you are looking for a quick and easy weeknight meal or a special dish to impress your guests, there is a spinach and cottage cheese recipe out there to suit your needs. From savory casseroles to refreshing salads, this combination offers endless possibilities for creating delicious and satisfying meals.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
STUFFED SHELLS WITH SPINACH, RICOTTA, AND COTTAGE CHEESE
This is one recipe that my family never gets tired off. Works great all the time! I like to serve this with toasted Italian bread and salad. Leftovers can be used for lunch.
Provided by basementbakery
Categories Main Dish Recipes Pasta
Time 1h25m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add shells and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, 7 to 8 minutes; do not overcook. Drain and rinse shells with cold water.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Place frozen spinach in a microwave-safe bowl and add water. Heat in the microwave for 4 minutes. Stir and allow to cool. Squeeze spinach dry and transfer to a large bowl.
- Add cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, Parmesan cheese, onion, egg, garlic, oregano, basil, nutmeg, salt, and pepper to the bowl with the spinach and mix well.
- Pour and spread 1/2 to 3/4 cup pasta sauce evenly over the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish. Fill each cooked pasta shell with spinach mixture and arrange, filled-side up, in the baking dish, keeping 1/2 inch between shells. Carefully pour remaining sauce on top of shells and sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top. Cover the pan loosely with aluminum foil.
- Bake in the preheated oven until hot and bubbly, about 40 minutes. Serve hot.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 512 calories, Carbohydrate 68 g, Cholesterol 56.5 mg, Fat 13.9 g, Fiber 7.4 g, Protein 28.6 g, SaturatedFat 6.7 g, Sodium 1016.6 mg, Sugar 14 g
COTTAGE CHEESE SPINACH LASAGNA
I love this recipe. I got the original recipe from my sisterhood cookbook and changed it to make it even healthier. Terrific with a green salad and crusty Italian bread.
Provided by mandabears
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h30m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray a 13x9 pan with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, combine the mozarella cheese, eggs or egg substitute, cottage cheese or ricotta cheese, spinach, salt, oregano and pepper.
- Mix well.
- In the prepared pan, layer 1/2 cup sauce, 1/3 of the uncooked noodles and 1/2 of the cheese-spinach mixture.
- Repeat the layers.
- End with sauce on top.
- Pour the 1 cup of water around the edges of the lasagna.
- Cover tightly with aluminum foil.
- Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven.
- Let stand covered for at least 15 minutes.
COTTAGE CHEESE SPINACH SALAD
Even folks who don't care for spinach enjoy this distinctive salad. The creamy dressing is a bit sweet, and cottage cheese assures that this dish is extra hearty and satisfying. We love the unusual combination of ingredients.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Lunch
Time 10m
Yield 10 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a large serving bowl, layer half of the spinach, cottage cheese and pecans. Repeat layers. In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. Drizzle over salad; toss to coat.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 121 calories, Fat 6g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 7mg cholesterol, Sodium 257mg sodium, Carbohydrate 13g carbohydrate (11g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 5g protein.
ITALIAN SPINACH-COTTAGE CHEESE PIE
A quick and easy dish to serve as a main course or side, this spinach and cottage cheese pie also works great for or and brunch with its egg base. Get your protein and veggies all in one recipe. Great for those watching carbohydrate intake, as well.
Provided by Sarah Meedel
Categories 100+ Breakfast and Brunch Recipes Eggs
Time 45m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch pie plate.
- Combine cottage cheese, spinach, mozzarella cheese, eggs, red peppers, Parmesan cheese, and oregano in a bowl. Pour into the prepared pie plate.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the center of the pie is set, 35 to 50 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 136.4 calories, Carbohydrate 5.6 g, Cholesterol 96.1 mg, Fat 5.6 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 15.4 g, SaturatedFat 2.7 g, Sodium 487.9 mg, Sugar 3.5 g
EGG-WHITE OMELET WITH SPINACH AND COTTAGE CHEESE
This yolkless omelet packed with spinach and low-fat cottage cheese is a healthy start to the day.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Breakfast & Brunch Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In a medium bowl, whisk together egg whites and 1 tablespoon water; season with salt and pepper, and set aside.
- In a medium nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium-high. Add spinach, and season with salt and pepper; cook until wilted and tender, 1 minute. Add egg whites; cook until nearly set, using a flexible heatproof spatula to pull sides of omelet toward center as uncooked egg whites run underneath, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Dollop cottage cheese on top of omelet, sprinkle with Parmesan, and season with salt and pepper. Gently slide omelet onto a serving plate, folding it over on itself by tipping skillet slightly.
HEALTHY SPINACH & COTTAGE CHEESE LASAGNA
An easy, quick, and healthy vegetarian lasagna that substitutes cottage for ricotta. It's from Martha Rose Shulman's column in the New York Times, "Recipe For Health". MAKE AHEAD: The lasagna can be assembled up to a day ahead of time, covered with plastic and refrigerated. Replace the plastic with foil before baking. It can also be frozen for up to a month.
Provided by blucoat
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 50m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 375°F Oil a 2-quart baking dish or lasagna dish. Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
- Place the cottage cheese in a food processor fitted with the steel blade, and blend until smooth. Add 1/2 cup of the tomato sauce, and blend until smooth. Scrape into a bowl.
- Wash the spinach, and wilt in a large frying pan over high heat in the water left on the leaves after washing. Transfer to a colander, rinse briefly and squeeze out excess water. Chop fine (by hand or in a food processor), then stir the spinach into the cottage cheese. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- When the water comes to a boil, salt generously and add enough lasagna noodles to cover the surface of the baking dish (for my rectangular dish, that's three lasagna noodles). Boil just until the pasta is flexible, about two or three minutes for no-boil lasagna. Using tongs, remove the pasta from the water, and drain on a clean dish towel. Spread a thin layer of tomato sauce on the bottom of the baking dish, and top with a layer of noodles. Top the noodles with a third of the cottage cheese mixture. Use a spatula to spread it evenly over the noodles. Top with 1/2 cup of the tomato sauce, and spread in an even layer. Sprinkle on 2 tablespoons of the Parmesan.
- Repeat these layers two more times, using up the cottage cheese/spinach mixture but retaining tomato sauce and Parmesan for the top layer. Cook one more batch of lasagna noodles, and top with the remaining tomato sauce and Parmesan. Sprinkle on the bread crumbs, and drizzle on the olive oil. Cover tightly with foil, place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes until bubbling. If you wish to brown the top, uncover and continue to bake until the top just begins to color, about five minutes. Remove from the heat, allow to sit for five to 10 minutes, and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 151, Fat 5.5, SaturatedFat 2, Cholesterol 9.9, Sodium 746.5, Carbohydrate 14, Fiber 3, Sugar 5.6, Protein 13.1
COTTAGE CHEESE IN SPINACH GRAVY(PALAK PANEER)
Make and share this Cottage Cheese in Spinach Gravy(Palak Paneer) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Pavithra Mahesh
Categories Asian
Time 35m
Yield 2-4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Remove the stems from the spinach,blanch them in hot water and grind them into a fine paste.
- Add butter in a heavy bottomed vessel and add cumin seeds and let them splutter. Add finely onions and green chili saute them till light brown. Don't burn them.Mean while shallow fry cottage cheese cubes in 1 tbsp of oil slightly brown.
- Add ginger garlic paste and fry further for 3 minutes. Add red chili powder and coriander powder and combine well.
- Blend the tomatoes,add the tomato paste and let it cook for 5-6 min on medium heat. Add the spinach paste and let it cook further for another 4-5 minute.
- Add the fried cottage cheese(paneer) cubes and combine. Cook covered on low heat for 3 minute Add the spinach water and salt and cook on medium heat for 10-12 minute.
- Add heavy cream, garam masala powder and chopped cilantro and mix well.
- Reduce flame, cover and cook for 2 mts.
- Serve hot with flat breads or white rice.
COTTAGE CHEESE SPINACH SALAD
Great salad that is filling. Don't let the dressing scare you away. I thought it sounded a bit odd but this is now one of our favorites. It is from Taste of Home
Provided by Bens Mom
Categories Low Cholesterol
Time 10m
Yield 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a large serving bowl layer spinach and cottage cheese.
- In a small bowl, combine remaining ingredients.
- Drizzle over salad and toss to coat.
- If you are not planning to serve the entire salad only put dressing on what you plan to eat.
- The leftovers can be stored w/o the dressing on for later.
- I also used more horseradish as we like things to have a little bit of a bite to them.
COTTAGE CHEESE SPINACH SALAD
Steps:
- 1. In a large serving bowl, layer half of the spinach, cottage cheese and pecans. Repeat. 2. In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients, drizzle over salad and toss. 3. Serve!
SPINACH QUICHE WITH COTTAGE CHEESE
I don't normally like cooked spinach but I fell in love with this at first bite. Sooo good!
Provided by bettina
Categories 100+ Breakfast and Brunch Recipes Eggs Quiche
Time 1h10m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9 inch pie or quiche pan.
- Place spinach in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally until soft. Drain off any remaining liquid. Stir in green onions, eggs, cottage cheese and Cheddar cheese. Pour mixture into prepared pan.
- Bake uncovered in preheated oven for 45 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle with crushed croutons. Return to oven and bake for an additional 15 minutes, until eggs are set.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 231 calories, Carbohydrate 6.1 g, Cholesterol 131.1 mg, Fat 14.9 g, Fiber 1.8 g, Protein 19.1 g, SaturatedFat 8.4 g, Sodium 478.3 mg, Sugar 1.4 g
COTTAGE CHEESE SPINACH CHICKEN
Cajun-seasoned chicken breast stuffed with a cottage cheese and spinach mixture, then baked in butter. Serve with tossed salad, if desired.
Provided by POTLICKER
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Chicken Breast Recipes
Time 35m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Squeeze excess water out of thawed spinach; in a large bowl, mix spinach with onion and cottage cheese and set aside.
- Season chicken breasts with Cajun-style seasoning, then place 1/4 of cheese/spinach mixture in the center of each breast and fold in half. Secure with toothpicks and place in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking dish.
- Drizzle with melted butter and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 25 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and juices run clear.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 274.4 calories, Carbohydrate 7.5 g, Cholesterol 92.1 mg, Fat 10.4 g, Fiber 2.6 g, Protein 37.4 g, SaturatedFat 5.7 g, Sodium 1109.5 mg, Sugar 1.2 g
Tips:
- For the Classic Spinach Cottage Cheese recipe, be sure to use fresh spinach for the best flavor and texture.
- If you're using frozen spinach, thaw it completely and squeeze out any excess water before adding it to the recipe.
- Use a food processor or blender to quickly and easily chop the spinach and onion.
- Don't overcook the spinach; it should still be slightly wilted but still have some bite to it.
- For the Spinach and Cottage Cheese Stuffed Shells recipe, use a large, sturdy pasta shell that will hold the filling well.
- Be sure to cook the pasta shells al dente so that they don't become too soft when baked.
- Use a variety of cheeses in the filling for a more complex flavor. A combination of ricotta, Parmesan, and mozzarella works well.
- For the Spinach Cottage Cheese Casserole recipe, use a 9x13 inch baking dish to ensure that the casserole cooks evenly.
- Top the casserole with a generous amount of grated Parmesan cheese before baking for a golden brown crust.
Conclusion:
Spinach and cottage cheese are a delicious and versatile combination that can be used in a variety of dishes. From classic side dishes to hearty main courses, there's a recipe out there for everyone. With these tips in mind, you're sure to create delicious and satisfying meals that the whole family will enjoy.
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