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TikTok is in its cottage cheese era, and we’re 100 percent here for it. It’s about time this dairy product rose from its sad standing as a notorious almond-mom diet food and was appreciated for all it can do.

After all, cottage cheese is quite good for you. It’s a nutrient-rich protein powerhouse, containing about 23 grams per cup, to be exact. It’s also a perfect blank slate for everything from ice cream to savory harvest bowls to creamy mac ‘n’ cheese – and the latest cottage cheese recipes circulating on TikTok are proof. You can cook it, bake it, freeze it, eat it plain, and you can make it sweet, savory, spicy, or somewhere in between.

All that to say, if you’re still eating cottage cheese plain out of the tub or with a dollop of canned fruit – or worse, not eating it at all because you don’t know what to eat with cottage cheese – we’re here to help. Keep reading to discover all the best answers for how to eat cottage cheese, including some of the most creative cottage cheese recipes on the internet. Then add cottage cheese to your shopping list, because you’re going to want to try some of these cottage cheese recipes.