Cottage Cheese Ranch Dip
Blended cottage cheese stands in for sour cream in a herby ranch dip — thick, cool, and high in protein for crudités or chips.
Ingredients
- 250 g Cottage cheese
- 2 tbsp Dill
- ½ tsp Garlic powder
- ¼ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Onion powder (optional)
- ½ Lemon (optional)
- 1 Cucumber (optional)
- 2 Carrot (optional)
Method
- Blitz the cottage cheese with the garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and a squeeze of lemon until completely smooth.
- Finely chop the dill and stir it through the dip.
- Cut the cucumber and carrot into sticks for dipping.
- Scrape the dip into a bowl and serve cold with the vegetable sticks.
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About Cottage Cheese Ranch Dip
Ranch dip, in its most honest form, is a herb and spice mixture suspended in fat and tang—traditionally sour cream, here replaced with blended cottage cheese for a lower-calorie, higher-protein version that tastes nearly identical when fully smooth. Blending is key: cottage cheese blitzed until completely grain-free becomes almost indistinguishable from sour cream in mouthfeel, and the dill stirred through by hand keeps its colour and fresh flavour intact. Garlic powder and onion powder provide the familiar savoury base without raw onion harshness, and lemon juice adds lift.
This dip is cold, thick enough to coat a vegetable, and built to be served with crudités: cucumber and carrot sticks that provide contrast and a place to practice restraint. It's American in its bones but reasonable in its execution, a party dip that won't leave you feeling full from a handful. The herbal quality—that dill forward and bright—makes it as much about the vegetables as about the dip itself.
Cottage Cheese Ranch Dip: frequently asked questions
How many calories are in Cottage Cheese Ranch Dip?
A serving has about 73 calories — 7.7g protein, 4.6g carbs, 2.7g fat, 0.3g fiber. Figures are estimated from the ingredient amounts and will shift with your portions and brands.
Is Cottage Cheese Ranch Dip gluten-free?
Based on its ingredients, Cottage Cheese Ranch Dip has no gluten-containing components, so it's naturally gluten-free — as always, check that any packaged ingredients you use are certified gluten-free to be safe.
Do I need every ingredient to make Cottage Cheese Ranch Dip?
The core ingredients are essential, but you can leave out onion powder, lemon, cucumber — they're optional and mainly there for extra flavor or finish.
How many servings does Cottage Cheese Ranch Dip make?
This recipe makes 4 servings. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.