Description
California-Inspired Cottage Cheese Bowl: Fresh, Spicy, and Packed with Summer Flavor. This bowl is creamy, crunchy, spicy, and indulgent while being wholesome and packed with protein.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½–1 cup cottage cheese (full-fat or 2%; for dairy-free: mashed silken tofu or thick soy yogurt)
- Optional: ½ cup sushi rice or riced cauliflower for extra volume
- ½ cup shredded imitation crab (surimi) or lump crab meat
- ½ avocado, diced (sprinkle with lemon or lime juice to prevent browning)
- ⅓ cup cucumber, diced or julienned
- 1 tsp (or more!) sriracha
- Soy sauce or tamari
- Toasted sesame seeds
- Pickled ginger
- Crushed seaweed snacks or nori strips
Instructions
- Dice avocado and cucumber.
- Lightly salt cucumber, let it sit 5 minutes, then pat dry to remove excess water.
- Shred imitation crab sticks by hand, or check lump crab for shell pieces.
- Optional: add rice or cauliflower rice to your bowl first. Fluff it, and drizzle lightly with rice vinegar (if using sushi rice).
- Spoon cottage cheese over base, spreading or making a small well.
- Arrange crab, avocado, and cucumber in separate sections over cottage cheese.
- Drizzle sriracha over the top. Add a splash of soy sauce/tamari, sprinkle sesame seeds, and crush seaweed snacks on top.
- Optional: mix sriracha into cottage cheese for a spicy marbled effect.
- Add pickled ginger on the side as a palate cleanser.
Notes
- This bowl is perfect for a sunny lunch, light dinner, or picnic treat.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Lunch
- Method: No-Cook
- Cuisine: Californian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 5g
- Protein: 25g
- Cholesterol: 30mg
Keywords: Cottage Cheese Bowl, California Inspired, Healthy Lunch, Summer Recipe