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Shake up your taco night with this fresh and flavorful Cottage Cheese Taco Bowl! Pack it with protein and all your favorite toppings for a satisfying meal. Swap traditional sour cream for creamy cottage cheese to add a light, tangy twist. Load it up with seasoned beef, crisp veggies, and zesty salsa for bold flavor in every bite. Customize your bowl for a quick weeknight dinner, a meal prep favorite, or a fun DIY taco bar experience.

Create more fun and delicious recipe for taco night with my Mexican Beef and Rice Skillet, Taco Hashbrown Casserole and Mexican Street Corn Deviled Eggs. Discover more ways to use cottage cheese with my Cottage Cheese Queso and Cottage Cheese Alfredo recipes.

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Ingredients
How to Make a Taco Bowl
Substitutions
Store the Leftovers
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Ingredients

Find below the list of ingredients I used to make my Cottage Cheese Taco Bowl recipe. Feel free to add any veggies of flavors you may have, like pickled jalapeno slice, refried beans, or canned black beans.

Ground Beef
Taco Seasoning
Cottage Cheese
Grated Cheese
Fresh Tomato
Red Onion
Fresh Cilantro
Avocado
Fresh Lime
Green Leaf Lettuce

See recipe card for quantities.

How to Make a Taco Bowl

Someone adding taco seasoning to a frying pan of cooked ground beef.

Add the ground beef to a preheated skillet or frying pan on medium-high heat. Cook until fully browned and stir in the taco seasoning. Take off the heat when fully cooked.

Someone cutting thin sliced of red onion.

Chop up the cleaned head of lettuce. Thinly slice the red onion and cube the tomato. Have the avocado ready to go, but only prepare it when ready to serve, to prevent browning.

Someone adding a scoop of cooked taco beef to a serving bowl with lettuce.

Split the chopped green leaf in the bottom of two serving bowls or plates. Divide the cooked ground beef evenly between the two plates.

Someone adding a scoop of cottage cheese in a bowl with ground beef and lettuce.

Spoon the cottage cheese on top of the ground beef and chopped lettuce. Garnish the taco bowl with fresh cilantro, prepared tomato, red onion, grated cheese, and slices of avocado.

5. Serve with a fresh squeeze of lime juice to help create a type of dressing for the Cottage Cheese Taco Bowl when stirring it in with the cottage cheese.

Someone garnishing a cottage cheese taco bowl with red onion.

Substitutions

Ground Beef - Replace the beef with ground poultry, lentils, fried cubes of tofu, or a vegetarian meat substitute.
Greens - Swap out the green leaf for spinach, arugula, romaine or any blend.
Vegetarian - Customize your taco bowl by adding or removing veggies as you wish, with what you prefer, or have available. Add canned ingredients for ease, like corn kernels and/or black beans.
Jalapeños - Add pickled jalapeño slices to the salad for a nice heat.

Store the Leftovers

Refrigerate the cottage cheese, seasoned meat, and chopped vegetables individually to maintain freshness and texture. Assemble the bowls just before eating to keep everything crisp and flavorful. Enjoy within 2 to 3 days for the best taste and quality. Avoid freezing, as the cottage cheese and fresh veggies may lose their texture once thawed.

A cottage cheese taco bowl ready to eat.

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