There can be few things so culinarily devisive as cottage cheese (with the exception, perhaps, of a certain yeast extract). But love it or hate it, there's no doubt that cottage cheese is having a moment, right now. 2024 has seen the protein-packed soft cheese go viral on social media, with celebrities and influencers alike scooping, spreading and slathering it all over the place - even using it in pancakes and scrambling it into eggs.
However, we know to take nutritional social media trends with a pinch of salt - excuse the pun - and while we're sceptical about celebrity health hacks generally, could there be some legitimacy to this craze? Cottage cheese is a humble, affordable ingredient that promises to be packed full of protein, calcium and potassium, so it certainly appears, on the face of it, to be relatively healthy.
