1–2 minutes
Yum! Most people would think the combo of taco meat and cottage cheese sounds disgusting. But in reality, it is actually quite delicious.
I’m in perimenopause, and my estrogen levels are dropping. I need to increase my daily protein intake. Using lean ground beef or turkey for tacos helps, as does cottage cheese.
Ingredients needed:
- Ground beef or ground turkey (lower fat percentage – I use 93%.)
- Salt and pepper
- Cottage Cheese – Full fat
- Taco seasoning – Store bought or homemade
- Toppings – lettuce, shredded cheese, avocado, chopped onion, salsa, cilantro
Adaptations:
- Eat over rice or quinoa.
- Make it into a taco salad
- Use it as a dip with protein chips like Quest or tortilla chips.
- Serve it as a taco in a corn tortilla
- Add corn and/or black beans while you are cooking the meat.
- Enjoy as nachos with the toppings
Taco Cottage Cheese Bowl
Taco Cottage Cheese Bowl
From: Believe in the Magic Traci Diary
Adaptations:
-Eat over rice or quinoa.
-Make it into a taco salad
-Use it as a dip with protein chips like Quest or tortilla chips.
-Serve it as a taco in a corn tortilla
-Add corn and/or black beans while you are cooking the meat.
-Enjoy as nachos with the toppings]
Ingredients
- 1 pound of ground beef or ground turkey
- Salt and Pepper, to taste
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup full-fat cottage cheese
- 2 Tbsp. taco seasoning
- 1/4 cup Water
- lettuce
- shredded cheese
- avocado
- chopped onion
- salsa
- cilantro
- black olives
Additional toppings:
Directions
1. Heat a skillet to medium-high heat.
2. Add the meat to the pan. Season with salt and pepper. Cook the meat for 5 to 7 minutes or until completely browned. (Internal temperature 160 degrees)
3. Season the cooked meat with the taco seasoning. Add the water.
4. Cook for 5 minutes.
5. Add a fourth of the meat to a bowl. Top with the cottage cheese. Microwave for 1 minute or until the cheese is melted.
6. Remove from the microwave. Add any extra toppings to the bowl.
7. Enjoy!
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