Recipes / Snack
High-Protein Cottage Cheese Bowl (24g, 2 Ways)
By Md Z. Hasan · Updated August 4, 2026
3 min
Total time
1
Servings
24g
Protein
240
Calories
Cottage cheese has quietly become the easiest high-protein food to keep on hand — and on a GLP-1, that matters. This bowl gives you 24 grams of protein in about three minutes, no cooking, and it works sweet or savory depending on your mood.
Why this works on a GLP-1
Cottage cheese is unusually protein-dense for its volume, which is exactly what you want when your appetite is small — a lot of protein in a few soft spoonfuls. It’s gentle on the stomach, requires zero effort, and helps you chip away at your daily protein target even on days you can’t face a full meal.
Make it your own
- Blend it: puréed cottage cheese becomes a smooth base for fruit (sweet) or a veggie dip (savory).
- More ideas: see our roundup of high-protein snacks for a small appetite.
- Batch the savory version as a light lunch alongside the rest of your day’s protein.
Two minutes, twenty-plus grams of protein, and it fits whatever you’re craving — this is the snack to keep in rotation.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup (170g) low-fat cottage cheese
- — SWEET version —
- 1/3 cup berries or diced fruit
- 1 tbsp chopped nuts or a sprinkle of granola
- Drizzle of honey; pinch of cinnamon
- — SAVORY version —
- 1/2 cup cucumber and cherry tomatoes, chopped
- 1 tsp olive oil; everything-bagel seasoning
- Cracked pepper; fresh herbs if you have them
Instructions
- 1
Spoon the cottage cheese into a bowl.
- 2
For sweet: top with fruit, nuts, a drizzle of honey, and cinnamon.
- 3
For savory: top with cucumber and tomato, drizzle olive oil, and sprinkle everything seasoning and pepper.
- 4
Eat right away — no cooking, no cleanup.
Tips
- Texture bothering you? Blend the cottage cheese smooth first — it turns creamy, almost like a dip or mousse.
- Small appetite? This is protein-dense for its size, so even a half portion is a solid protein hit.
- Want more protein? Cottage cheese already brings ~20g on its own; a spoon of hemp seeds adds a few more.
Log this 24g toward your daily target
ProteinDose tracks daily protein on a GLP-1 — one-tap presets, photo and barcode scanning, Apple Health sync.(Our own iOS app — free to download.)
