Avocado Cottage Cheese Dip (High-Protein Guacamole)

Avocado cottage cheese dip in a blue and white ceramic bowl with red pepper flakes and olive oil set in a ceramic plate full of colorful chips.

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Avocado Cottage Cheese Dip (High-Protein Guacamole)

This High-Protein Avocado Cottage Cheese Dip is a blended, creamy dip ready in 5 minutes. A healthy twist on guacamole with 5g of protein per serving. Gluten-free, vegetarian.

Prep Time5

Cook Time0

Total Time5

Course: Appetizer, Dip, Snack

Cuisine: American, Indian-American Fusion, Mexican-American

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegetarian

Servings:

Calories: 107kcal

Author: Vaishali

Equipment

Blender

Ingredients

2 avocados large
1 cup low fat cottage cheese
3 cloves garlic peeled
8-10 sprigs cilantro
1 serrano pepper
1 lemon juiced, about 2 tablespoon juice
Salt and fresh cracked black pepper to taste
Red pepper flakes for garnish, optional
Extra virgin olive oil for garnish, optional
Chips to serve

Instructions

Wash the cilantro and serrano pepper. Take the stem off from the pepper.
Peel the garlic. Cut the avocados in halves, discard the pits, and scoop out the avocado into your blender jar.
Add all the other ingredients to the jar and blend until smooth. You can break the stems of the cilantro into half.
Pro tip: If your blender struggles, add ingredients in this order: cottage cheese first (bottom), then avocado, then remaining ingredients. This helps blades grab ingredients more easily.
Take the dip out in a serving bowl. Sprinkle some red pepper flakes and drizzle extra virgin olive oil. Serve with chips of your choice or crudités.

Notes

Avocados - use large avocados. I prefer to buy Hass avocados whenever possible.
Cottage Cheese - use your favorite brand, whatever fat content and curd size you like. This recipe will work great with all different kinds of cottage cheese. I have used low fat cottage cheese.
Serrano pepper - can be medium to hot. Use jalapenos for lower heat and remove ribs and seeds to lower the heat level even more.

For a chunkier texture, skip the blender and mash the avocado, cottage cheese and other ingredients together just like you would do it for making guacamole.
If the dip is too thick to blend, you can add a teaspoon of olive oil or a splash of water to loosen it up a bit.
Parsley - instead of cilantro, you can use parsley
Spice level - use thai chili pepper to take the spice level up or use a jalapeno instead of the serrano to lower the spice leve
Gluten free - this recipe is naturally gluten free
Red pepper flakes - sprinkle a pinch of red pepper flakes for garnish and a kick
Extra virgin olive oil - you can also drizzle some good quality evoo on the dip. We are loving the Graza drizzle oil these days
Seasoning - you can add garlic powder and/or onion powder to the dip as well

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