Cottage Cheese Breakfast (With Grapefruit)

Name: Cottage Cheese Breakfast (With Grapefruit)
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 1 bananas; 1 cups cottage cheese; 1 cups grapefruit ((see notes)); ¼ cup chopped walnuts

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Four ingredients and five minutes are all it takes to put together this delicious Cottage Cheese Breakfast (With Grapefruit). It's a delicious and healthy way to start your day, and for me, it also satisfies the occasional dessert craving.

A small grey bowl with a silver spoon, filled with a cottage cheese breakfast (with grapefruit), is resting on a pink napkin.

A small second-hand cookbook on salads, purchased by my mother at a sidewalk sale in New York City in the early 1980s, inspired this recipe. For years, it was featured at many family dinners and lunches. I've continued to make it often over the years as a healthy breakfast, snack, or light lunch option.

If you're a fan of quick and easy recipes for lunch, dinner, or as a snack, try my goat cheese pizza with peaches, air-fried green beans, air-fried asparagus, or cornbread recipe with corn.

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Why you'll love this cottage cheese breakfast
Ingredients notes
Substitutions & variations
How to make a cottage cheese breakfast
Expert Tips
Recipe FAQS
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Cottage Cheese Breakfast (With Grapefruit)

Why you'll love this cottage cheese breakfast

A nutritious way to start the day - This high-protein breakfast, with added complex carbohydrates, is a great way to start the day. It will make you feel full and energetic all day long.
This is a great way to use overripe bananas - It's a refreshing change from the smoothies and banana bread one typically turns to.
Quick and easy—This breakfast takes only 5 minutes and four ingredients to assemble. You'll want to save this along with my quick kulfi recipe and easy mango kulfi recipes.
Customizable—This recipe is easy to customize to your palate. You can make sweet or savory cottage cheese bowls with your preferred ingredients.

Ingredients notes

ingredients for a cottage cheese breakfast are laid out on a white kitchen counter.

Bananas - I recently read on the media franchise eatthis.com that the riper the banana, the greater its nutritional value. This recipe is perfect for using ripe bananas that often go to waste.
Cottage cheese - Use full-fat cheese for a creamy texture in the breakfast bowls.
Grapefruit - Juicy, sweet, and tangy grapefruit adds a refreshing flavor to this breakfast.
Walnuts - These add nutritional value and a nice crunchy texture to the breakfast bowls.

Please see the recipe card at the bottom of this post for the complete list of ingredients, measurements, and recipe instructions.

Substitutions & variations

Use a different fruit - Add some crushed pineapple or your favorite berries to the bowls. Swirl my plum jam, blueberry compote, or raspberry sauce into the bowls.
Make it savory - Season the cheese with salt and black pepper and add some vegetables, like cucumber or tomato. Try topping with a sliced avocado and drizzle chili crunch for a slight kick.
Try different toppings - Add pumpkin seeds, granola, and coconut, or change the nuts. If you're a fan, use a sprinkle of cinnamon.
Add it to a toast or bagel - Instead of making bowls, top a whole-grain toast or bagel with cottage cheese and toppings.

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How to make a cottage cheese breakfast

A banana is being mashed in preparation for a breakfast bowl.

First step - Peel the banana and roughly mash it using a fork.

Cottage cheese and banana are being mixed for a b reakfast recipe.

Second step - Mix in the cottage cheese.

A breakfast bowl filled with a mashed banana and cottage cheese mixture is topped with grapefruit and chopped walnuts.

Third step - Scoop the cottage cheese mixture into a bowl and add grapefruit, bananas, and walnuts.

A cottage cheese breakfast is being eaten from a small grey bowl, with a silver spoon.

Fourth step - Mix everything and enjoy your cottage cheese breakfast.

Expert Tips

Use full-fat cottage cheese - This will make the bowls rich and creamy.
Always use ripe bananas - They should be yellow with a few specks of black and soft enough to mash.
Make it just before serving - Bananas tend to discolor, so making the bowls before serving is best.

Recipe FAQS

I'm not too fond of cottage cheese. Is there a substitute I can use?

If you don't like cottage cheese, try this recipe with ricotta or plain full-fat yogurt. Another great option is to blend the cottage cheese to a smooth consistency.

How do I store leftovers?

The leftovers can be stored in the fridge for up to 2 days. However, the bananas will discolor, and the grapefruit and cottage cheese will water. Since this recipe takes only 5 minutes to prepare, I suggest making a small amount and eating it fresh.

A cottage cheese breakfast (with grapefruit) is resting on a pink napkin on a green background.

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