You Only Need 7 Ingredients for the BEST EVER Cottage Cheese Salad!

Fans of cottage cheese are going to fall in love with this amazing cottage cheese salad.

Cottage cheese is always good, whether you’re having it as part of a salad or having it as a dip with celery, carrots or another kind of vegetable crudité.

This recipe blends the cottage cheese with sour cream and mayo. The sour cream adds a tangy touch while the mayo adds a neutral creaminess to balance it all out.

The flavor-packed vegetables in this classic cottage cheese salad are tomato, onion, bell pepper, and cucumber. And then all that’s left is to add a little salt and pepper to taste.

You can add anything else you like, either to the vegetable mixture or to the seasoning. However, made exactly as it’s written, you’ll find this a delicious as well as healthy veggie and cottage cheese salad, which pairs beautifully alongside any protein you choose.

Why You’ll Love the Recipe:

Cottage cheese has a variety of uses. You can snack on it as it is, use it to top a baked potato or even make a cottage cheese salad because its creamy texture and mild flavor pairs beautifully with other salad ingredients. You’ll also love the fact you can make this from scratch in mere minutes!

How to Serve It:

Since it’s so neutral in flavor, with just the fresh salad vegetables and creamy, cottage cheese-based dressing, you can serve it alongside chicken, fish, steak, or another protein, or enjoy it on a bed of your favorite salad leaves.

Ingredients:

• Cottage cheese
• Minced sweet onion
• Mayonnaise
• Sour cream
• Cucumber 
• Tomato
• Green bell pepper
• Salt and black pepper, to taste

How to make Cottage Cheese Salad!:

Step 1. First, mash the cottage cheese with the mayo and sour cream in a large bowl.

Step 2. Next, add the vegetables and stir everything together.

Step 3. Season to taste with salt and pepper, stir once more, and serve.

It’s always worth knowing a great cottage cheese salad recipe, especially one as tasty and versatile as this one. The tangy appeal of cottage cheese pairs with healthy, crunchy salad vegetables to make a perfect no-bake side dish everyone will love.

BEST EVER Cottage Cheese Salad

Fans of cottage cheese are going to fall in love with this amazing cottage cheese salad. Cottage cheese is always good, whether you’re having it as part of a salad or having it as a dip with celery, carrots or another kind of vegetable crudité. This recipe blends the cottage cheese with sour cream and mayo. The sour cream adds a tangy touch while the mayo adds a neutral creaminess to balance it all out.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Course Salad

Cuisine American

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

• 2 cups cottage cheese
• ¼ minced sweet onion Vidalia or similar
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon sour cream
• ½ peeled chopped English cucumber
• 1 chopped de-seeded tomato
• ⅓ cup finely chopped green bell pepper
• Salt and black pepper to taste

Instructions

 

• First, mash the cottage cheese with the mayo and sour cream in a large bowl.
• Next, add the vegetables and stir everything together.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper, stir once more, and serve.

Can You Make It Ahead?

You can prepare this easy salad in advance. Just make sure you keep it in the fridge because it contains dairy.

Storage Instructions:

Keep leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator and use within 3 days.

Variations and Substitutions:

Add anything else you want to the basic recipe. Other vegetables, such zucchini, mushrooms or celery, would work. Or you can mix in some chopped cooked chicken or how about some cooked shrimp? Feel free to use a flavored cottage cheese instead of plain – pineapple or chive flavor cottage cheese would be so good.