53 ways to eat cottage cheese…even if you hate cottage cheese

Over the past few years, cottage cheese has gone through a major rebrand. Instead of existing as a cliché “diet” food, paired with grapefruit or pineapple chunks, it’s become a staple in nearly every viral food video: Healthy brownies? A pizza bowl with 30 grams of protein? Homemade cheesecake ice cream? It’s all cottage cheese.

But there are still people in the comments who can’t get over the curds. If that’s you, we get it. That’s why our food and nutrition experts have found ways to hide the ZeroPoint food in things you already love. You’ll get all the nutritional benefits (protein, calcium, vitamin D, and more) without any of the taste or texture icks. Check out dozens of our favorite cottage cheese recipes—whether you’re cool with curds or not.