Create Healthy Cottage Cheese Recipes with Gay Lea #GayLeaMom

Feeling a little sluggish diet wise  after the holiday season?

Think”detoxifying” your systems with healthier recipe options would be a good idea after the great indulgence with food we all had this past month ? Not to worry, you are at the right place!

Let me show you how cottage cheese can jump start your journey to healthy life style  🙂

Gay Lea’s Nordica cottage cheese is packed with protein and calcium so it makes a great option for lots of recipes. It is made from 100% Canadian diary milk and provides 15 gms of protein in 1/2 cup that is low in fat! Nordica cottage cheese is also gluten and nut free!

Loaded Cottage Cheese Baked Potato Topping

Do you love loading all kinds of flavors onto your baked potato, but don’t like the calories or grams of fat that comes with it? Luckily, there is a healthier way to add flavor to your baked potato! Take a look below at one of the healthy cottage recipes that we came up with. You can whip up a batch of Loaded Cottage Cheese Baked Potato Topping, perfect for piling on flavor to your potato without the guilt. Making your own Loaded Cottage Cheese Baked Potato Topping is easy, and a batch can be made in just minutes. It offers flavor that the whole family is sure to love, so keep reading to learn how to make a batch of your own!

Ingredients

1 cup of cottage cheese
¼ cup of shredded cheese (cheddar works great!)
2 tablespoons of bacon bits
1 teaspoon of Italian seasoning
Pinch of salt and pepper to taste

To make your mixture even healthier, feel free to use a low fat variety of cottage cheese as well as a low fat variety of shredded cheese. Bacon bits will also contain less fat and calories than crumbled bacon. Making substitutions such as these keep the topping tasting great while offering a healthier alternative. As always, if one of the above ingredients doesn’t appeal to you, you can omit it from the recipe.

Directions

1. Begin by placing the cottage cheese in a mixing bowl.

2. Add in the cheese and bacon bits, and stir well until distributed.

3. Slowly add in the Italian seasoning. You can add as little or as much as you wish in order to get the desired flavor.

4. Taste. Add salt and pepper to your liking. Mix well one last time.

5. Use right away or chill until ready to use. To use your Loaded Cottage Cheese Baked Potato Topping, spoon a tablespoon onto your baked potato in place of traditional toppings. There will be no other prep of your potato necessary, as everything you need is right in the mixture!

Following this recipe will give you enough topping for 3-4 small potatoes. Your topping will take the place of traditional sour cream and other toppings which tend to drown your potato in fat and calories. It is easy to make, tasty, and is sure to become a family favorite!

Give this easy and inexpensive baked potato topping a try! You will find that you won’t be able to enjoy a baked potato without it.

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****Disclosure: I am part of the Gay Lea Ambassador Campaign with Mom Central Canada and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own****