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Warm Lemon Garlic Cottage Cheese Dip

A creamy, bubbling baked cottage cheese and mozzarella dip with bright lemon, mellow roasted garlic and a parmesan crust, scooped up with cool, crunchy cucumber and carrot sticks.

Warm Lemon Garlic Cottage Cheese Dip

Ingredients

  • 1½ cups340 gCottage cheese, 2%
  • 2 oz60 gPart-skim mozzarellashredded
  • 2½ tbsp grated15 gGrated Parmesan
  • 3 cloves9 gGarlicminced
  • 1⅛ tsp5 gOlive oil
  • 1½ tbsp20 gLemon juice
  • 2 tsp4 gLemon zest
  • ½ tsp1 gBlack pepper
  • ¼ tsp0.5 gCrushed red pepper
  • 1 medium15 gGreen onionsthinly sliced
  • 1 medium (8 in.)300 gCucumbercut into sticks
  • 4 medium250 gCarrotspeeled and cut into sticks

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
  2. Warm the olive oil in a small skillet over low heat, add the garlic and cook for 1 to 2 minutes until fragrant but not browned; remove from the heat.
  3. In a blender or food processor, blend the cottage cheese, the cooked garlic with its oil, the lemon juice, the lemon zest and the black pepper until smooth.
  4. Stir the mozzarella into the blended cottage cheese mixture and spread it in a small baking dish.
  5. Sprinkle the parmesan over the top and bake for 15 to 18 minutes, until bubbling at the edges and lightly golden.
  6. While the dip bakes, cut the cucumber and the carrot into sticks and chill them.
  7. Let the dip rest for 5 minutes, then top with the green onion and the red pepper flakes.
  8. Serve the warm dip with the cucumber and carrot sticks for dipping.

Contains: Milk.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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