Honey Cottage Cheese Toast (2 ways!)
With 26 grams of protein, this easy honey cottage cheese toast can be made two ways for a high protein, satisfying breakfast that has the perfect blend of sweet, savory, and slightly spicy flavors.
Cottage cheese toast has taken the internet by storm, and for good reason! As high protein breakfast without the eggs, cottage cheese toast can be made in a variety of ways and feature fun and unique ingredients that you may otherwise avoid at breakfast time.
This easy honey cottage cheese toast can be made in two ways: as plain honey cottage cheese toast OR dressed up to hot honey cottage cheese toast with the addition of one simple ingredient.
*If you are looking for a hot honey recipe, then you’ll love my easy 2-ingredient hot honey!
No matter how you choose to make it, this easy cottage cheese toast recipe is the perfect blend of sweet and savory flavors. With minimal ingredients and just about zero clean up, I can almost guarantee it will become one of your favorite high protein breakfasts to reach for!
Why you’ll love this recipe:
You’ll absolutely love this cottage cheese toast with honey because it is:
The perfect blend of flavors: Sweet, savory, and possibly spicy all piled onto one delicious piece of toast.
A high protein breakfast: I used Daves Killer Bread Cinnamon Raisin Bagels (12 grams of protein) and topped it with Good Culture Cottage Cheese (14 grams of protein) for an easy 26 grams of protein at breakfast without needing any eggs. Swapping out brands may change the protein content slightly.
Only three ingredients: Just honey, cottage cheese, and cinnamon raisin bagels are all you will need. If you choose to make this as a hot honey cottage cheese toast then you’ll just need one more ingredient, red pepper flakes!
Easy to make with minimal clean up: If you can put bagels in the toaster, you can make this recipe! It’s a perfect breakfast for college kids or anyone who is in a hurry in the morning.
Basically what I’m saying is, “say hello to your new favorite breakfast!”
Ingredients:
Depending on which recipe you choose to make, you’ll only need three or four ingredients including:
1) To make plain honey cottage cheese toast:
Daves Killer Bread Cinnamon Raisin Bagels: These bagels pack 12 grams of protein and have just 6 grams of added sugar.
Good Culture Cottage Cheese: This is my personal favorite cottage cheese at the moment. You can use your preferred brand of cottage cheese but it may change the total protein content of this recipe slightly.
Honey:
1) To make hot honey cottage cheese toast:
Good Culture Cottage Cheese (or preferred brand)
Honey
Red Pepper Flakes: this is what give this cottage cheese toast a little spice! If you don’t have red pepper flakes, you could substitute it out for a drizzle of sriracha.
The process:
This cottage cheese toast with honey truly could not be easier to make. All you will need to do is:
1) To make plain honey cottage cheese toast:
Toast your bagels until they reach your desired level of toasty.
Evenly distribute your cottage cheese over each bagel half.
Drizzle your honey over each half. Enjoy!
2) To make hot honey cottage cheese toast:
Follow the steps above then sprinkle on your red pepper flakes. Enjoy!
That’s it! All you will need is a toaster, a plate, and a spoon to scoop your cottage cheese with.
Swaps & Substitutions:
Because this cottage cheese toast recipe is so simple, the sky is really the limit on which swaps and substitutions you would like to make! Some tasty suggestions could be:
Swap your bread: try a fun sweet bread or swap it out for a whole grain bread
Blend your cottage cheese: blended cottage cheese will give the mouthfeel of cream cheese and could pair better with the bagel.
Add fruit: You can serve fruit on the side or top your toast with sliced bananas or pears.
Add some crunch: chocolate chips, chopped nuts, or granola could be a delicious crunchy addition.
And more!
Recipe FAQ:
Do I have to use a cinnamon raisin bagel?
No, you don’t HAVE too. This recipe would also be great on a whole grain bread or sourdough toast. I do think the cinnamon raisin bagels (or bread if you had it) enhance the cottage cheese with honey flavor and I highly recommend you try it!
What if I don’t like the texture of cottage cheese?
Not a cottage cheese texture fan? Not a problem! Simply add your cottage cheese to a blender or blender cup and blend until smooth. Blended cottage cheese will mimic the texture of cream cheese or yogurt and spread smoother onto your bagel.
What are the macronutrients in this recipe?
The nutrition facts for this recipe were calculated with MyFitnessPal and are: 444 calories, 68 grams of carbohydrates, 8 grams of fat, and 26 grams of protein. I used whole milk cottage cheese and you could lower the calories and fat content by choosing low fat cottage cheese.
Easy Honey Cottage Cheese Toast (2 ways!)
Ingredients
Instructions
- Toast your bagel then evenly divide your cottage cheese over the two halves.
- Evenly drizzle your honey over the two halves. Enjoy!
- Toast your bagel then evenly divide your cottage cheese over the two halves.
- Evenly drizzle your honey over the two halves then sprinkle your red pepper flakes, adding more if desired. Enjoy!
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