This cottage cheese potato salad recipe is easy to make and a healthy choice. It's dressing is creamy, lower fat and has extra protein!
Cottage Cheese Potato Salad
Watching fat and cholesterol, but still want a rich creamy potato salad? Try making a simple cottage cheese dressing next time. It can be made very quickly in your blender or food processor, while the potatoes are cooking. Instead of adding empty calories, you will be adding a nutritious source of protein and calcium.
This was originally used in the recipe, as it does not seem to be currently available in markets, the recipe has been adapted to use regular cottage cheese.
Cottage Cheese Dressing
This potato salad with cottage cheese dressing teams up great with barbecue. It makes a nice contrast to the tangy and sometimes spicy flavors of the sauce. The easy potato salad recipe is also a great additional protein source for vegetarian family members who do eat dairy.
I used Hood's new savory Cucumber and Dill Cottage Cheese in this, so the cottage cheese itself had lots of flavor. If Hood products are not available in your area, you will need to add fresh herbs and seasonings to a good quality cottage cheese, in order to make sure your potato salad is flavorful. Another option would be to blend in a little cottage cheese in a flavorful creamy dressing like my Avocado Lime Ranch and use that to make pasta or potato salad.
I actually liked this creamy dressing so much, I will be trying another version for chicken or garden salad soon, only this time fully from scratch.
Potato Salad with Cottage Cheese Dressing
Ingredients
- 3 pounds potatoes baby red bliss
- 16 oz Cottage Cheese (one tub)
- 1 tablespoon fresh dill chopped
- ½ cup Italian dressing
- ⅔ cup scallions , sliced
- salt & pepper to taste
- ¼ cup chopped pickles or cucumber (optional)
Instructions
- Put a pot of water on to boil.
- Wash the potatoes and chop into bite size pieces.
- Boil until tender, then drain, but don't rinse, and set aside to cool.
- Add cottage cheese, dill and Italian dressing into blender. Pulse until smooth.
- Once the potatoes are cool, mix them together with the cottage cheese dressing, add scallions and stir until evenly mixed. (add the chopped cucumber or pickle, if using)
- Serve chilled.
Nutrition
Potato Salad Recipes
Here are a few more potato salad recipes you may enjoy.
- Instant Pot Potato Salad
- Southern Potato Salad
- Roasted Potato Salad with Dijon and Goat Cheese Dressing
- Easy Creamy Potato Salad
- Buttermilk Dill Potato Salad
Rebecca Swenor says
I don't eat dressing but I wonder what it would taste like with just the cottage cheese and no dressing? Thanks for sharing.
Our Family World says
I have never had anything like that but it sounds good.
Mary Beth Elderton says
Perfect! I've been on the look out for a potato salad--and maybe egg salad--that doesn't call for mayo. yummm!
Rosey says
Using cottage cheese for a dressing is such a good idea! I'd love to try this recipe!
Chelley @ A is For Adelaide says
This is such a unique idea! I've never thought about using cottage cheese in potato salad! I will have to try this for a BBQ this summer!
Katie says
Wow, just put the sauce mixture together to add to the potatoes. I thought I'd make it ahead and have it marinate the flavors. Here is the only problem, I CAN'T STAY OUT OF IT!!! lol. What a fantastic, delicious idea. Thank you.
Carlee C says
Surprisingly good. I didn't think the cottage cheese would go over well in potato salad but it did. A definite must try!