Cottage Cheese Omelette

Enrich your Sunday brunch with this creamy, protein-packed dish.

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Cottage cheese has become a popular ingredient for recipes and food hacks all over the internet. It’s used in both baking and other styles of cooking to boost the protein and texture quality of all kinds of dishes, from pancakes and muffins to lasagna. Who would’ve thought that curdled milk could be so versatile?

This cottage cheese omelette is a great way to enjoy creamy cottage cheese with decadent egg and fresh herbs. It’s a simple and wholesome recipe that you can whip up on weekday mornings or add to a bigger buffet on the weekend. Whether you go big or small, this golden brown omelette can shine like a star on your dining table. It’s cheesy, fluffy, and tender, with just the right amount of salt, pepper, and green onions.

If you want to upgrade your morning meal with classy-but-quaint diner fare, this is the way to go. Pair it with some skillet-style Home Fries and you’ve got a WOW-worthy menu in the making!

Is This Cottage Cheese Omelette Healthy?

Since it’s full of protein, this omelette can be a great way to start the day full and energized. Cottage cheese is also rich in calcium and this recipe is gluten-free and sugar-free, too.

Creating A “Fully Loaded” Cottage Cheese Omelette

While this omelette is topped with a light smattering of green onions, you’re more than welcome to add even more color to it! Consider adding tomatoes, red onion, spinach, mushrooms, or broccolini. For more protein, you could add Sautéed Corn with Bacon. You could even stuff savory Breakfast Potatoes in there, complementing the creamy cottage cheese nicely. Choose a meat or veggie and make some different versions ’til you find your favorite!

INGREDIENTS

3 large eggs
5 tablespoons cottage cheese
2 teaspoons whole milk
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
2 pinches black pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil
1 tablespoon chopped green onions

INSTRUCTIONS

Whisk

Combine eggs, some cottage cheese, milk, and seasonings.

Cook

Cook the egg mixture, add remaining cottage cheese, and fold.

Serve

Garnish with green onions and serve hot.

Devour!

FAQs & Tips

How to Make Ahead and Store

A cottage cheese omelette is best enjoyed warm and fresh, but if you want to pack it for lunch or something like that, keep the omelette, cottage cheese filling, and toppings in separate containers until it’s time to eat. This will help everything stay fresh and not get too soggy. Reheating this omelette is not generally advised as it could make it dry and rubbery.

The Secret to a Soggy-Free Omelette

For the portion of cottage cheese that remains to be stuffed inside the omelette, it’s a good idea to drain it lightly to get rid of excess liquid. This helps to avoid making a soggy omelette that breaks apart easily.

Make it Even Cheesier!

Who says that cottage cheese has to steal the whole show? If you’d like, you’re more than welcome to add another kind of cheese to the mix. Some good options would be feta, mozzarella, or cheddar. These would also make it more ooey-gooey to balance out the fluffy cottage cheese.

Serving Suggestions

Other than the stuffing options mentioned above, this cottage cheese omelette goes great with a wide array of sides. My favorites are Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Apples and Roasted Carrots. For even more sweetness, try a side of Fruit Salad, Coconut Granola, or Chia Seeds in Yogurt.

For a creamy drink to match the dish, whip up a Coffee Smoothie, or try an Avocado Smoothie Bowl with Cashew Cream. (My mouth is watering just thinking of such a combo.)