Baked Cottage Cheese Breakfast Bowl

This high protein breakfast pudding can be made either sweet or savory! It makes one generous serving that leaves your body nourished and satisfied for hours.

Baked Cottage Cheese Breakfast Bowl

Makes 1 serving

Base Mixture:

½ cup cottage cheese (4% fat)

1 large egg

1/4 cup almond flour

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

A pinch of salt

Sweet Additions:

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

1-2 tablespoons allulose honey or sugar free maple syrup (or 6 drops monkfruit extract)

1/4 cup strawberries (chopped), or blueberries, fresh or frozen

Savory Additions:

1/4 cup ham, or cooked sausage, bacon or broccoli (chopped)

2 tablespoons shredded cheese

Freshly ground black pepper to taste

½ teaspoon chopped herbs

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease one large oven-safe ramekin or small baking dish; set aside.

In a bowl, whisk together the base mixture of cottage cheese, egg, almond flour, baking powder, and salt until smooth.

If making sweet, whisk in your sweetener of choice and vanilla. Then gently fold in the fruit.

If making savory, add the meat or chopped broccoli, cheese, pepper and herbs to the base mixture and stir to combine.

Pour the mixture into the greased ramekin and bake for 25-30 minutes until set and lightly golden on top. Cool for about 10 minutes before serving.

Nutritional Information per serving: Varies, depending on additions to base mixture. Base mixture is 330 calories, 9.7 g carbohydrate (2 g dietary fiber, 5.2 g sugars), 22.8 g total fat (5.6 g saturated fat, 0 g trans fat), 201 mg cholesterol, 607 mg sodium, 255.6 mg calcium, 229 mg potassium, 2 mg iron, 141 IU Vit A, 24.3 g protein. Net carbs per serving: 7.7 grams.

Photo and recipe by Kathy Sheehan, copyright 2026

All rights reserved. Please do not duplicate without the author’s permission.