This savory cottage cheese toast has sourdough bread piled high with high protein cottage cheese, a delicious cucumber and tomato salad, then drizzled with a sweet balsamic glaze and is the perfect recipe for breakfast, lunch, or dinner!

Balsamic glaze drizzled over a tomato cucumber cottage cheese toast on sourdough bread.

Do you feel like the vegetable portion of your plate is simply the one you just have to get through before you can enjoy the other foods? If so, know that it doesn’t need to be that way!

If there’s one truth that I fully believe as a dietitian, it’s that you should not need to suffer through eating your fruits and vegetables. Instead, we need to find recipes that present them in creative and delicious ways to not only help you enjoy them more but also have you coming back for seconds!

If this sounds like a good plan to you, then you need to try this savory cottage cheese toast. A high protein cottage cheese toast piled high with perfectly seasoned tomatoes and cucumbers then drizzled in a sweet balsamic glaze. It’s so good, it will even have you wanting to eat vegetables for breakfast!

tomato and cucumber mix on cottage cheese toast then drizzled with balsamic glaze.

Why you’ll love this recipe:

You’ll absolutely love this cottage cheese toast because it’s:

Perfect for all meals and snacks: This recipe can be enjoyed at breakfast, lunch, dinner, or as a snack! If you are looking for a way to eat more veggies at breakfast, this is the toast for you!
Topped with delicious vegetables: Eating vegetables has never been easier than when they are piled high on a cottage cheese toast.
High in protein: This recipe contains over 20 grams of satisfying protein that will help keep you full for hours. If you want to boost the protein even more, you can mix chickpeas or chicken into your bruschetta mixture or serve your toast with a hard-boiled egg on the side.
A balanced meal: You want to include a carb, a protein, and a color on your plate for a balanced meal. Here, we have the carb with our sourdough toast, the protein from our cottage cheese, and then the color from our tomato and cucumber mixture!

This is my newest way to serve cottage cheese on toast. If this recipe doesn’t look like one you’ll enjoy, then I know you’re going to love one of my other cottage cheese toast ideas!

Honey Cottage Cheese Toast (2 ways!)

Rosemary Cottage Cheese Toast with Eggs

Ingredients:

You’ll just need a few ingredients to make this easy bruschetta cottage cheese toast including:

Cottage cheese: I used Good Culture Cottage Cheese but you could use your preferred brand.
Sourdough Toast: could also use whole grain bread
Grape Tomatoes: Or a finely diced roma tomato.
Cucumber: Optional but it adds a nice crunch.
Fresh Basil: Necessary for our tomato bruschetta mixture.
Seasonings: Garlic salt and Dried Italian Seasoning
Balsamic Glaze: to drizzle on top

The process:

One of the best parts of cottage cheese toast recipes is how easy they are to make. This recipe is ready in minutes, all you need to do is:

Chop your tomatoes and cucumber. I cut them into quarters but you want to be sure to cut them small enough to help them stay on your toast and make it easier to eat.
Chop your basil then add your tomatoes, cucumber, basil, and seasonings to a small bowl and mix until well combined.
Lightly toast your bread then spread evenly with cottage cheese toast. Top with your tomato mixture and drizzle with the balsamic glaze. Enjoy!

LTN Note: Depending on the size of your bread, you may need to add another piece of toast to fit all of the cottage cheese and tomato mixture. Or, you can enjoy the mixture on the side.

Swaps & Substitutions:

There are plenty of ways to serve this recipe exactly the way you like it including:

Change your bread:
Add more protein: Serve a larger portion of cottage cheese or add proteins like chickpeas, chopped chicken, or diced hard-boiled egg to your tomato mixture. You can also serve this savory toast alongside a grilled piece of salmon or chicken to boost the protein at your overall meal.
Make it with whipped cottage cheese: If you prefer a smooth cottage cheese texture then you can simply blend your cottage cheese in a blender or food processor before you add it to your toast.
Customize your veggie toppings: I personally love to add cucumber for the crunch but you could omit the cucumber and enjoy this as a traditional tomato bruschetta. You could also add other veggies or flavors like chopped artichokes, pepperonicini peppers, and more.

And more!

cottage cheese on toast with tomatoes and basil

Recipe FAQ:

Can I meal prep this recipe?
1. Unfortunately, this is not a good recipe to fully assemble for meal prep as your toast will get soggy. If you want to meal prep cottage cheese toast, I recommend prepping the tomato mixture ahead of time and then assembling your toast when you are ready
What other cottage cheese toast ideas are there?
1. If you are looking for other recipe ideas, you may like this honey cottage cheese toast or cottage cheese toast with rosemary and eggs.

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Author: Lauren Twigge