This cottage cheese fruit salad combines high protein fresh cheese and colorful summer fruits. It's a simple no-cook breakfast or snack, and comes together in just 5 minutes!
Salads don't always have to be savory and if cooking is feeling a bit too much, this cottage cheese with fruit is such a go-to for me on a higher symptom day. No cook time? Check. Minimal hands-on prep? Check. High protein? Definitely check!
Just like with my cottage cheese smoothie, this cottage cheese salad gives us a good protein source, with roughly 25-28 grams per cup (Healthline) and the fruits provide vitamins and fiber. Plus it's easy to customize with low histamine fruits of your choice.
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Ingredients
All the ingredients and their quantities are set out in the recipe card below.
Some notes on a few of them:
- Cottage cheese - I like to use a higher fat cottage cheese (usually 4%) as it has a richer creamy taste and texture. Low fat versions can also be used, but I tend to find they have more of the acidic 'tang' and can be more watery.
- Fruits - as I love this cottage cheese fruit salad in the summer months, I tend to use what's in season, such as peaches, blueberries and pomegranate. There are lots of other options though, perhaps apples, blackberries, cherries, melon or tangy redcurrants!
How to Make Fruit Salad with Cottage Cheese
This recipe is super simple, and we make it without jello or cool whip, so it's only 5 simple ingredients of cottage cheese and fruit with a dash of maple syrup. No fancy kitchen equipment required!
All the instructions are in the recipe card below, but these step by step photos should help guide you.
Step 1: Add cottage cheese
Spoon the cottage cheese into your bowl or onto a plate (image 1).
Step 2: Add fruit
Add the diced fruit to the bowl, drizzle with honey and garnish with fresh mint leaves to serve (image 2).
Recipe Tips and Notes
- Blend the cottage cheese. Not a fan of the cottage cheese texture? If you don't love the lumps, simply blend for about 20-30 seconds until smooth.
- Pick seasonal fruits. Fruits in season are typically more affordable, so choose things like peaches in summer and apples in the colder months.
- Add some toppings! A sprinkle of cardamom is always delicious, or add some suitable nuts, seed or a nut or seed butter.
Frequently Asked Questions
Sure! My savory cottage cheese bowl has lots of veggie toppings and herbs too.
Definitely! Simply spoon the cottage cheese into a container (I tend to use smaller glass jars), then top with your fruits and honey.
Cottage cheese is considered a fresh cheese. In terms of histamine, it isn't rated on the SIGHI list for mast cell disorders, but is on the 'well tolerated' section of the SIGHI elimination diet for histamine intolerance. As always, a low histamine diet is quite individual, so only try if you know you tolerate well.
I don't suggest to freeze it. Best to make it fresh as it's so quick to do.
More Cottage Cheese Recipes
Cottage cheese is so versatile, so you can enjoy it in savory dishes such as my cottage cheese chicken, as well as sweet recipes such as my blueberry cottage cheese bowl. Some more ideas:
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📖 Recipe
Cottage Cheese Fruit Salad
Ingredients
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 1 peach or nectarine stone removed, diced
- ¼ cup blueberries
- 1 tablespoon pomegranate seeds
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup or honey, adjust amount to taste
- mint leaves for garnish
Instructions
- Spoon the cottage cheese into your serving bowl or plate. If you prefer a smooth texture, you can blend the cottage cheese and so whip it to remove the lumps.
- Add the peach, blueberries and pomegranate seeds, or fruit of choice, to top the cottage cheese. Drizzle over maple syrup (or honey) and garnish with fresh mint leaves.
Notes
- If the lumpy texture of cottage cheese isn't for you, then simply whip it in your blender for 20 seconds or so for a smooth texture.
- You can also top the salad with other add-ins, including pumpkin seeds, hemp seeds, ground flax, suitable nut or seed butter, low histamine nuts or my low histamine muesli for some crunch.
- Nutritional information is auto-generated and should be understood to be an estimate.
- cottage cheese isn't rated on the mast cell disorders list, but is given as 'well tolerated' on the SIGHI elimination diet for histamine intolerance list. Only use if known to tolerate well.
- if you choose to use different fruits and are low histamine, then it's likely best to avoid strawberries and kiwi as they are higher histamine (both score 2 on the SIGHI list), as well as citrus fruits.
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