Cottage Cheese Egg Salad

Cottage cheese egg salad is a fresh, delicious, and higher protein egg salad, sure to be a huge hit every time you serve it!

This cottage cheese egg salad is a fun egg salad variation. We use blended cottage cheese in place of mayonnaise, which creates a delicious dish that’s also higher in protein. I hope you’ll enjoy this dish as much as we do!

Let’s talk about our eggs!

I love eggs and they’re such an awesome keto food choice! Although I grew up on a dairy farm, we never had chickens. But my grandparents lived just down the road from us and my grandma always had lots of chickens. This meant we always had a great supply of farm fresh eggs. Eggs are low in calories and carbs, but incredibly rich in nutrients. They’re also a wonderful source of both protein and good fat. Another great thing about eggs is the many ways you can prepare them and incorporate them into dishes. For this dish, we’re using hard boiled eggs. I boiled my eggs in a saucepan on the stovetop since I needed to make a larger batch. When I want to make a small batch of hard boiled eggs, I use my Dash rapid egg cooker, one of my favorite small kitchen appliances!

What other ingredients go into this cottage cheese egg salad?

For this dish, instead of mayonnaise, we’re using cottage cheese as the base for our creamy dressing. I recommend using full fat cottage cheese. We then add Dijon mustard, dill pickle juice, lemon juice, dried chives and dill, salt, and pepper. You substitute with yellow mustard if you’d like, or you can use spicy brown if you’d like to add a spicy element. If you’d rather, you can also use dill relish in place of the pickle juice. Is so, you’ll want to make sure there is no added sugar. Also, you can substitute parsley in place of the chives or dill if you’d like. After making your egg salad, you can try it and add more salt and pepper to taste. I like to a blender to blend my dressing until it’s smooth. If you’d like a chunkier dressing, you can always skip this step.

What are some ways I can serve this cottage cheese egg salad?

You have some great low carb options for serving this dish. It’s delicious eaten just as it is from a bowl. Another great choice is to serve it as the filling for a lettuce wrap or atop some lettuce or spinach. If you’d like a more traditional sandwich, you can use your favorite keto bread. I also like to make sandwiches using chaffles and keto English muffins. You can add some lettuce, or top your sandwich with sliced avocados or tomatoes, or even sliced red onion if you’d like. Another fun option is to serve egg salad and use keto crackers or chips for dippers. You can also use raw vegetables as dippers. Some great choices include broccoli, cauliflower, celery, cucumbers, sliced bell peppers, and sliced radishes. You can also use sliced cheese or meats such as pepperoni or salami as dippers.

Need some more delicious egg salad dishes? Here are a few of our favorites!

Keto Curried Egg Salad

Keto Horseradish Egg Salad

Smoky Keto Egg Salad

Sour Cream and Chive Keto Egg Salad

Helpful Hints:

*If you’d like, you can add the cottage cheese without blending it.

*I recommend giving your egg salad a try and adding more salt and pepper to taste.

Main Kitchen Equipment and Utensils:

• Large mixing bowl
• Blender
• Measuring spoons

Splash of Encouragement:

***He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 1 John 2:10***