Recipes with cottage cheese

A quick and scrumptious dinner that even your kids can help you make!

German cheese kuchen with a cottage cheese and cinnamon custard filling in a buttery biscuit-style crust. A traditional Kaeskuchen that chills for 4 hours before serving.

Light chicken broth studded with tender broccoli florets, carrot slices, and fluffy cheese dumplings. This comforting soup delivers homemade warmth in under an hour.

Quick microwave ground beef casserole layered with egg noodles, cottage cheese, sour cream, and sharp cheddar over a tomato beef base. Comfort-food weeknight dinner in 25 minutes.

Three-cheese tortellini filling with ricotta, mozzarella, and cottage cheese, seasoned with mace, thyme, and garlic. Makes 6 cups and freezes beautifully for up to 3 months.

Retro lime and lemon jello ring folded with cottage cheese, crushed pineapple, and walnuts, with a horseradish kick. A creamy molded salad unmolded and piled high with fresh strawberries.

A hearty ground beef and spinach casserole layered with cottage cheese and bubbly mozzarella in a rich tomato sauce with mushrooms. Like lasagna without the noodles.

Vegetarian lasagne made with TVP (textured vegetable protein) in a chunky tomato sauce, layered with cottage cheese and cheddar. A hearty, meat-free comfort food bake.

Layered noodle casserole with ground beef, tomato sauce, and a triple-cheese filling of cream cheese, sour cream, and cottage cheese. Old-school comfort food.

Versatile crustless seafood quiche with a blender custard of sour cream, cottage cheese, and Parmesan. Choose shrimp, crab, or salmon as your filling for an easy, elegant main.

Mostaccioli layered with Italian sausage tomato sauce, cottage cheese-marjoram mixture, and mozzarella. Baked pasta comfort in an hour.

Classic Italian lasagna with a homemade ground beef and tomato meat sauce, cottage cheese and egg filling, mozzarella, and Parmesan. Layered, baked, and worth every minute.

European-style buckwheat cake with a nutty almond sponge base filled and topped with cranberry cottage cheese mousse. A light, elegant layered dessert with old-world charm.

Crustless Greek spinach pie with cottage cheese, Parmesan, and nutmeg that forms its own crust from Bisquick as it bakes. A simplified spanakopita without the fussy phyllo dough.

Traditional German Kasekuchen made with sieved cottage cheese, sour cream, and raisins in a buttery cookie crust. A lighter, tangier European-style cheesecake.

Main dish potato salad with cubed ham, hard-boiled eggs, celery, and green onions in a cottage cheese and sour cream dressing with mustard. A hearty no-cook meal served cold on lettuce.

When in a hurry, try this scrumptious dish that's easy to prepare and will feed your appetite.

Prysnac (Serbian broccoli casserole): a slow-cooker custard packed with broccoli, eggs, cottage cheese, and American cheese. Old-world Serbian comfort food made hands-off in the crockpot.

This very old recipe is famous for the artistic, decorative sculpture arranged on top. The picture in the cookbook has the upper outer edge circled with a braid of dough and cut-outs of ducks arranged flat on the top.

Manicotti shells stuffed with water-packed tuna, nonfat cottage cheese, lemon, and dill, topped with a creamy yogurt-cottage cheese sauce and Parmesan. A high-protein, low-fat spin on stuffed pasta that's ready in an hour.

Mrs. Glick's potatoes, a grated potato casserole with roasted-garlic cottage cheese, scallions, and a sharp cheddar top. Lighter take on hash brown casserole with a creamy, tangy interior.

Carol's lasagna stacks six noodle layers with a triple-cheese mix of ricotta, cottage, and romano, plus mozzarella and a slow-simmered ground beef tomato sauce. The classic baked pasta done generously.

Easy lasagna made with a Bisquick batter instead of noodles, layered with ground beef, spaghetti sauce, zucchini, cottage cheese, and melted mozzarella. Feeds 15 in under an hour.

Hungarian cheesecake with sieved cottage cheese, sour cream, and lemon zest in a homemade pastry crust, layered with pineapple and raisins. A European-style baked cheesecake.

Austrian cheesecake made with sieved cottage cheese, whipped egg whites, golden raisins, and lemon zest on a shortbread crust. Lighter than New York style, with a soufflé-like crumb.

Try something new in the kitchen with this succulent dish that will have everyone asking for a second helping.

Triple-cheese crustless quiche featuring nutty Jarlsberg, cream cheese, and Parmesan in a buttery cream sauce custard. Makes two pies to feed a crowd at brunch.

Enjoy this creamy and smooth cheesecake that doesn't have sugar added, but still tastes delicious.

Ukrainian cheesecake made with sieved cottage cheese, lemon zest and folded egg whites for a light, custardy crumb that lives somewhere between a New York cheesecake and a souffle. Old-world Eastern European baking.

Delicious!! I have made it three times already! The first time I substituted minced onion with minced garlic - big mistake! WAY too much garlic. I have been making enough for two and freezing one. My family loves it!

Entertain company with this amazing casserole made with chicken, vegetables and a variety of cheeses.

Low-carb patty pan squash lasagna using thin squash slices instead of noodles, layered with spaghetti sauce, cottage cheese, mozzarella, and Parmesan. A gluten-free, veggie-packed comfort dish.

Classic bread machine cottage dill bread with triple the dill punch, creamy cottage cheese, and butter for a tender crumb that's perfect sliced thick for deli sandwiches.

Lime jello cucumber salad: a retro molded salad with lime gelatin, grated cucumber, sour cream, mayo, and cottage cheese. A classic Midwestern church-supper dish from the 1960s.