Easy Avocado Cottage Cheese Dip Recipe (Cafe-style)
This avocado cottage cheese dip is incredibly creamy and super easy to make. Just mix together a couple of avocados and some cottage cheese, and throw in some lemon juice, fresh or dried herbs from your garden or (grocery store 😉) This simple recipe takes just 5 minutes in a food processor, and is perfect for entertaining, as a spread for sandwiches or as an easy veggie, cracker or tortilla chips dip.
Have you tried making avocado dips before? While guacamole might be your go-to, this creamy cottage cheese version is even better.
As my readers know, I love cottage cheese. Growing up in a Latvian household, there was always cottage cheese in the fridge. So take this as my Latvian take on guacamole, not quite the same as the herbs are different and there is that cottage cheese…but really, you have to try this dip. It’s super delicious and goes with absolutely everything.
And if you do want to adjust this avocado cottage cheese dip recipe to make a guacamole dip, you can substitute coriander/cilantro leaves for the dill and add some lime and chili, and you are good to go 😉
With my Baltic heritage, I grew up often having open-faced sandwiches for breakfast or lunch – usually with cottage cheese. So if you are looking to include more protein rich recipes, try my Cottage cheese avocado toast and my shrimp and avocado toast recipe. They are two of my favorites.
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Why you will love this recipe:
- Quick and easy – a handful of simple ingredients and your dip is done in less than 5 minutes
- Incredibly Versatile: Works as a dip for raw veggies crackers or tortilla chips, a spread for sandwiches or wraps, or even as a topping for baked potatoes
- Change the herbs to change the flavor for any dish
- Makes a great tv or superbowl dip
- Delicious on your breakfast toast
- Easy to make ahead
Ingredients for Avocado Cottage Cheese Dip Recipe
- 2 ripe avocados, peeled and pitted
- 1 cup cottage cheese (full-fat works best but you can use low-fat cottage cheese as well)
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 – 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 small garlic clove, minced
- 4 tablespoons fresh herbs such as chives, dill, green onion or cilantro finely chopped
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Additions and Substitutions
- Garlic clove – You can also use 1/2 – 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- Fresh herbs – if you want a Baltic/Scandinavian flavor, use fresh dill or chives
- For a Mexican/guacamole flavor, add some cilantro and a pinch of red pepper flakes and substitute lime for lemon juice.
- Dried herbs – you can use dried dill as well, just substitute about 1 teaspoon dried dill for every tablespon of fresh dill.
Equipment
- Food processor
- Sharp knife
- Medium bowl
If you like this avocado and cottage cheese dip recipe, you might also like these naturally sweetened blueberry cottage cheese muffins or these 3-banana cottage cheese muffins topped with my creamy cottage cheese frosting. Yum!
How to Make Avocado Dip with Cottage Cheese
This dip is sooo easy to make.
- Cut one half of an avocado in smaller pieces if you would like a chunky dip.
- In a food processor, blend 1 1/2 avocados, cottage cheese, lemon juice and zest and garlic until smooth.
- Transfer to a large bowl and fold in the chives, dill or whatever fresh herbs you are using. I like to use 2 tablespoons of fresh dill, one tablespoon of spring onion and one tablespoon of chives or parsley for that Baltic flavor, but you can use fresh cilantro for a classic guacamole flavor.
- Season with salt and black pepper.
- Your Avocado cottage cheese dip is done 😋
How to serve Cottage Cheese with Avocado Dip
- Serve as a dip for veggies, tortilla chips or bread sticks.
- Toast some denser bread and cut it up to use as bread sticks. I used a sourdough with grains bread or a dark rye bread. This denser bread makes for great breadsticks, as they stay fairly stiff and don’t flop over with the weight of the cottage cheese and avocado dip.
- Use as a spread on sourdough bread or Rye bread or in a wrap for a tasty lunch or dinner.
- Cut up some veggies and toast and serve with the dip on a cutting board for a lovely cafe-style lunch.
Storage
- Make ahead and refrigerate for up to 2 days in advance.
- Cover with cling wrap and have the dip actually touch the dip to prevent the dip from browning.
- Do NOT freeze.
Easy Cafe-Style Avocado Cottage Cheese Dip Recipe
Equipment
- 1 Food processor
- 1 Sharp knife
- 1 Cutting board
- 1 medium bowl
Ingredients
- 2 ripe avocados peeled and pitted
- 1 cup cottage cheese full-fat works best but you can use low-fat cottage cheese as well
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice or lime juice if using cilantro herbs
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest or 1 teaspoon
- 1 small garlic clove minced (or 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder)
- 2 tablespoons fresh herbs such as dill chives, green onion or fresh cilantro finely chopped
- 2 tablespoon fresh dill chopped
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cut one half of an avocado in smaller pieces if you would like a chunky dip.
- In a food processor, blend 1 1/2 avocados, cottage cheese, lemon juice, and garlic until smooth.
- Transfer to a medium bowl and fold in the chives, dill or whatever fresh herbs you are using.
- Finally, stir in the chunks of avocado. You’ll want to do this last, so the chunks don’t fall apart.
- Season with salt and black pepper.
Notes
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- Make ahead and refrigerate for up to 2 days in advance.
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- Cover with cling wrap and have the dip actually touch the dip to prevent the dip from browning.
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- Do NOT freeze.
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- Serve as a dip for veggies, tortilla chips or bread sticks.
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- Toast some denser bread and cut it up to use as bread sticks. I used this sourdough with grains bread. This denser bread makes for great breadsticks as they stay fairly stiff and don’t flop over with the weight of the cottage cheese and avocado dip.
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- Use as a spread on sourdough bread or Rye bread or in a wrap for a tasty lunch or dinner.
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- Cut up some veggies and toast and serve with the dip on a cutting board for a lovely cafe-style lunch.
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Out and About
This avocado cottage cheese dip goes really well with a rye or sour dough bread, either as a spread or as a simple dip. I toasted slices of one of my favorite breads, Vital Rye from AG Bakery and cut them up into finger sized pieces, easy for dipping.
