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Taco-seasoned ground beef paired with all your favorite taco toppings and served on top of creamy cottage cheese makes for a delicious and filling lunch or dinner meal prep.

Three glass bowls are filled with cottage cheese, cooked ground beef, pico de gallo, shredded cheddar cheese, and avocado slices.

If there’s one thing I have in common with Gen Z, it’s a strong love of cottage cheese and the courage to pair it with almost anything.

When I saw cottage cheese taco bowls going viral, I knew it was going to become my new lunch meal prep obsession.

It has all my favorite taco flavors, but the cottage cheese makes it super creamy. It also provides extra protein, which helps me hit my daily intake goal.

Ingredients

A packet of taco seasoning, four roma tomatoes, three jalapenos, an avocado, a white onion, a lime, 1 lb ground beed, a block of sharp cheddar, a large container of cream cheese, and four single serve Cholula packets.

  • Cottage cheese – I like 4% cottage cheese because it brings all the flavor. No-fat or 2% works just as well.
  • Ground beef – I use 85/15, but you can use 90/10 for less fat. Substitute ground turkey to make it even leaner.
  • Taco seasoning – Use your favorite packaged taco seasoning or a homemade blend.
  • Toppings – I like fresh pico de gallo, avocado, cheddar cheese, and hot sauce on mine.

Tips

  1. Top black beans to add fiber and some slow carbs to this dish.
  2. Instead of ground beef, you can substitute shredded chicken, ground turkey, or even tofu.

Two glass single serving pyrex bowls filled with cottage cheese, cooked ground beef, diced tomato, diced onion, diced and sliced jalapeno, shredded cheddar cheese, and sliced avocado.

For more Mexican inspired recipe ideas, try my OG taco bowl meal prep or a spicy chicken taco lunch box. Need a low-carb meal? You can’t go wrong with steak fajitas with cauliflower rice!

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Cottage Cheese Taco Bowl

Three glass bowls are filled with cottage cheese, cooked ground beef, pico de gallo, shredded cheddar cheese, and avocado slices.

A protein-packed, creamy cottage cheese taco bowl meal prep that’s perfect for lunch or dinner.

  • Author: Jessica Pinney
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 4

Ingredients

.5 lb ground beef

1.5 tablespoons taco seasoning

4 roma tomatoes

1 small white onion

3 jalapeños

1 lime

pinch salt & pepper

3 cups cottage cheese

1/3 cup cheddar cheese, shredded

1 avocado

Instructions

Brown ground beef in a large skillet. Prepare and cook taco seasoning packet according to instructions. When finished cooking, remove taco seasoned ground beef from heat and set aside.

Dice tomato, onion, and jalapeño. Add to a mixing bowl and toss with salt, pepper, and juice from the lime. Set aside.

Divide cottage cheese evenly among three meal prep containers. (I use pyrex glass bowls with lids.)

Top each with the ground beef, cheese, and vegetables.  (If using avocado, I recommend slicing and adding them right before consuming to avoid browning.)

Seal each bowl with a lid in store in the fridge up to 4 days.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 bowl
  • Calories: 401
  • Fat: 22.5 g
  • Carbohydrates: 16.6 g
  • Fiber: 3.5 g
  • Protein: 33.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 84.4 mg
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