Cottage Cheese and Avocado Toast

This cottage cheese avocado toast is wholesome, delicious and simple to make using a handful of ingredients. It’s low in fat, high in protein, perfect for breakfast, lunch or as a satisfying snack. The post includes tips and variations to help you create your perfect avocado cottage cheese toast.

See also avocado ricotta toast and avocado feta toast!

This cottage cheese avocado toast features a delicious combination of tangy, curdy cottage cheese and creamy, sweetish avocado served on top of perfectly toasted slices of robust bread. Easy to make and so much more interesting than plain avocado toast!

This toast with avocado and cottage cheese is low in saturated fat (but high in beneficial fats thanks to the avocado), high in protein and fibre. Healthy and delicious!

Cottage cheese avocado toast ingredients and substitutions

• Cottage cheese: I recommend using the full-fat variety for maximum creaminess.
• Avocado: Make sure it’s ripe – soft, creamy and easy to mash.
• Bread: I recommend using good quality, hearty bread. I chose wheat-and-rye sourdough bread, but you can use your favourite variety. Delicious also with easy spinach bread.
• Chives: Add freshness and flavour (see also cottage cheese egg muffins with chives). You can use scallions/green onions instead, but I recommend chopping them quite finely.
• Seasoning: A combination of sea salt and black pepper. I also used red pepper flakes for a bit of gentle heat, added flavour and colour (cayenne pepper or freshly ground multicoloured peppercorns are good alternatives).
• Garnish: I used microgreens, which add flavour, texture, a nutritional boost and visual appeal, but alfalfa sprouts (used sparingly) are a good alternative. You can also use watercress or arugula/rocket leaves, instead.
• Butter: You can use extra virgin oil instead or omit these ingredients altogether.

Step-by-step recipe instructions

1.Mash avocado: Place the avocado flesh in a shallow bowl and mash roughly using a fork (the mixture doesn’t need to be perfectly smooth).

2. Add cottage cheese: Add the cottage cheese, chives, salt and pepper to taste. Stir gently until thoroughly incorporated. Taste the mixture and adjust the seasoning as needed. Set aside.

3. Toast bread: Butter the bread thinly (including the edges), or sprinkle with a little olive oil, and toast in a non-stick pan over a medium heat for a few minutes until lightly browned (butter side down). Turn the slices over and toast for 1-2 more minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside for a few moments until cool enough to handle.

• TIP: Alternatively, simply toast the bread in a toaster (butter or oil are optional).

4. Assemble: Divide the cottage cheese avocado mixture between 3 slices of bread, sprinkle the red pepper flakes over the top and garnish with the microgreens. Enjoy!

Another way to make avocado cottage cheese toast

This toast with cottage cheese and avocado can also be made by creating separate layers of these 2 ingredients rather than combining them as I have done.

If you prefer this alternative method, I recommend that you stir the chives into the cottage cheese. Spread this mixture over the toast then add a layer of mashed avocado (or vice versa), top with seasoning and garnish.

You can, of course, slice the avocado instead of mashing it, but you will be limiting yourself as to the type and number of toppings you might want to use (they’ll easily fall off). Sliced avocado is fine to use if you want to serve this recipe simply as it is, without any extras.

Variations

This recipe is delicious just as it is, but there are lots of different ways to serve it, depending on what ingredients you have on hand as well as personal taste. Consider making the following variations:

1. Meat: Place a slice of ham, smoked salmon or bacon on top of the toast then top with the cottage cheese and avocado filling and garnish. Alternatively add chopped bacon into the mixture.
2. Eggs: Use a fried or poached egg as a topping. Alternatively add slices of hard-boiled egg before garnishing.
3. Vegetables: These can be sliced tomatoes or halved cherry tomatoes, sliced or cubed cucumber or radishes, as well as chopped red pepper. You can also place a large lettuce leaf on top of the toasted bread then add the cottage cheese avocado mixture. Alternatively, use lettuce leaves instead of the bread for a low-carb alternative (as I have done in salmon lettuce wraps). Pickled or roasted vegetables, such as peppers and tomatoes, can also be used.
4. Seeds: Sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds.
5. Sauces: You can give your avocado cottage cheese toast a Mediterranean twist by drizzling a little pesto over the top and serving it with tomatoes and olives (try sun-dried tomato pesto). A tablespoon of avocado mayo stirred into the mixture will produce a more intense avocado flavour.

Top tips

• For best results use a ripe, creamy avocado and full fat cottage cheese.
• You will need similar amounts of cottage cheese and avocado flesh.
• I prefer to combine these ingredients before assembling the recipe, but you can keep them separate if you prefer (see post for details).
• Leftover avocado cottage cheese mixture can be refrigerated in an airtight container (to minimise discoloration) for several hours (it doesn’t taste the same the next day so I recommend using it up the day it was made). If the top turns a little brown just give the mixture a stir before using.
• Not suitable for freezing.

Related recipes to try next

• Avocado Ricotta Cheese Toast
• Sardines on Toast Polish-Style
• Fluffy Cottage Cheese Egg Muffins

See also these other easy, delicious breakfast recipes including more breakfast recipes with vegetables!

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