Whipped cottage cheese everything-bagel dip
15 min · 11 g protein · 104 cals / serving
Cottage cheese whipped until silky with lemon and garlic, then finished with chives and a crunchy blanket of everything-bagel seasoning. It tastes like the best part of a loaded bagel, and a platter of crisp vegetables does the dipping.
Ingredients
- 2 cups cottage cheese (1%)
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 1 small clove garlic
- a few grinds black pepper
- 2 tbsp fresh chives, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp everything bagel seasoning, divided
To serve
- 1 large cucumber, cut into sticks
- 3 medium carrots, cut into sticks
- 2 bell peppers, cut into strips
- 1 1/2 cups sugar snap peas
Steps
- Blend the cottage cheese, lemon juice, garlic and pepper in a food processor or blender for 1–2 minutes, scraping down once or twice, until completely smooth and glossy with no curds left.
- Stir in the chives and half the everything-bagel seasoning, spread the dip in a shallow bowl, and scatter the rest of the seasoning over the top just before serving, so it stays crunchy.
- Serve with the vegetables arranged around it.
Good to know
No salt?
Cottage cheese and the seasoning are both salty already. Taste after blending; most people find it needs none.
How long does it keep?
The whipped base keeps 4 days covered in the fridge, and often firms up a little. Stir it before serving and add the seasoning topping fresh each time.
No everything-bagel seasoning?
Mix toasted sesame seeds, poppy seeds, dried minced onion, dried minced garlic and a little flaky salt in roughly equal parts.
Alternative
Per
- Calories
- 47
- Protein
- (45%)
- 5 g
- Fat
- (14%)
- 1 g
- Carbohydrates
- (41%)
- 5 g
- of which sugar
- 3 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 182 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. General guidance, not medical advice. Talk to your prescriber. How
As written, 627 kcal goes into the pot and 1332 g of ingredients comes out as about 1330 g of food: 47 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.