Cottage Cheese Bread Recipe. High Protein

Cottage Cheese Bread Recipe

Cottage cheese bread. I have been hard at work these past couple days developing the high protein bread that would group most of the assets I have been looking for in my diet staples: high protein, high fiber, lower carbs, super healthy and super delicious. I am thrilled with my last batch: my two besties, to each of whom I brought a mini loaf for sampling, absolutely loved it and slathered almond butter and cream cheese. Gluten-Free to boot. My cottage cheese bread is a keeper!

And I am including complete nutrition information, courtesy of my newfound AI friend.

Why Cottage Cheese?

Like Greek Yogurt, also used in my cottage cheese bread recipe, it is not just high protein but a complete protein. Complete protein is the operative term here.
Amazing the renaissance the humble cottage cheese is currently enjoying. Much more than a passing fad, it seems to be here for keeps! Inexpensive, highly nutritious, incredibly versatile, easy to use, widely available. Do you remember Malcolm Gladwell’s groundbreaking book “The Tipping Point,”? In it, Gladwell uses the resurgence of Hush Puppies shoes in the mid-1990s as a key example of a “tipping point”. Likewise, cottage cheese has become the Hush Puppies of the Eating and Cooking Space. Not just confined to seniors: That wretched stigma seems to have been left behind for good, and good riddance too! The hungry young Insta crowd has discovered cottage cheese, and is tinkering with it everywhere, from breads to pancakes to burgers to ice cream and everything in between. Needless to say, I am a life member of the club, and I thinker with it constantly and get fantastic results.

The Quality Protein Challenge

Lately I have been much more mindful of making quality protein choices that add up to 80-90 grams a day. Getting to this ideal number is proving somewhat harder than I thought. And I mean, protein that doesn’t come with the high costs of cholesterol, excessive fat and calories, like the obvious ubiquitous super high protein steak, burgers etc
Of course we could supplement our protein intake with some of the great protein powder selection we find on the market. But that too took me a lot of trial and error. I find the malted taste – or the beany taste – and the pungent odor of many protein powders quite objectionable. Many of them derail and drown out the good clean flavors (yogurt, fruit, berries etc) we anticipate from our breakfast smoothies or muffins.
I think you will greatly enjoy the protein powder I have settled on in this recipe and the variations on it. Grass Fed Whey Protein. Complete protein, completely neutral and no aftertaste whatsoever.
For a vegan protein option, Ora Unflavored Protein Powder comes out on top as far as flavor and nutrition are concerned. Collagen and beef gelatin (NOT FLEISHIK: denatured therefore 100% pareve) are also rich in protein and completely unflavored. Still, you will do your own shopping around to end up with your favorite protein powder supplement.

Cottage Cheese Bread Rolls

The mixture is easily shaped into rolls. The rolls split well, for sandwiches and for toppings. 

Both loaves and rolls freeze very well.

Ingredients

This is my basic recipe, and I will suggest some variations and let you tinker with it some more.

Makes 20 slices.

• 2 cups cottage cheese 2% fat
• 1 cup Greek yogurt 2%
• 2 cups unblanched almond flour
• 1 cup mixed chopped nuts and/or seeds (I love this mix superseed
• 1 cup milk, soy milk or other plant milk of your chance
• 1/2 cup Tahini paste or olive oil
• 1/4 cup psyllium
• 1/2 cup whey protein powder or other unflavored vegan protein powder of your choice
• 1 cup nutritional yeast
• 4 Eggs

Instructions