Cottage Cheese Taco Bowl (Low-Carb)

My Cottage Cheese Taco Bowl is a low-carb and excessive protein bowl meal impressed by a cottage cheese bowl that went viral on Tik Tok! And I’m recommending a wide range of totally different sauces that kick up the flavour of the cottage cheese bowls and don’t add many carbs!

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This Cottage Cheese Taco Bowl is my model of  a viral recipe that had candy potatoes and scorching honey, and I knew these elements wouldn’t be successful with a lot of my readers. So I experimented with Kara to make a cottage cheese bowl with taco elements that was low in carbs!

And we liked the bowl meal we got here up with that has perfectly-seasoned taco meat, cottage cheese, diced avocado, and diced cherry tomatoes! Kara and I each appreciated this plain, however it kicked up the flavour much more once we drizzled it with some type of sauce that goes properly with tacos. So on this publish I’m recommending a couple of choices for sauce, and all of them solely add a couple of carbs if you happen to use a average quantity.

And whether or not you drizzle with sauce or eat it as you see it within the images, this cottage cheese bowl meal is low in carbs, excessive in protein, and gluten-free. And you can also make the meat for Weekend Meals Prep after which take pleasure in this bowl meal a couple of instances throughout the week! I hope you attempt it quickly.

What elements do you want for this recipe?

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What meat did we use for the Cottage Cheese Taco Bowl?

We made the bowl meal you see in these images with one pound of lean floor beef which has 9% fats. You would use higher-fat floor beef or floor turkey on this recipe if you happen to want.

What zero-carb scorching sauce did we use?

We tried this cottage cheese bowl with each Inexperienced Tabasco Sauce (affiliate hyperlink) and Cholula Sizzling Sauce (affiliate hyperlink) and each had been good. These are a each scorching sauces with zero carbs, however use any low-carb number of scorching sauce you favor.

What cottage cheese did we use?

For the Cottage Cheese Taco Bowls I extremely suggest you employ full fats Good Tradition Cottage Cheese (affiliate hyperlink). Not solely is that this model additional creamy and flavorful, it’s additionally decrease in carbs and better in protein than most different cottage cheese.

How low in carbs are the Cottage Cheese Taco Bowls?

For those who use the elements on this recipe and make 4 bowls, every can have 7 internet carbs and 36 grams of protein. For those who make the elements into 3 servings as proven within the images, every bowl has 9 internet carbs and 48 grams of protein. (Kara and I began out with the bigger dimension bowl, however each of us felt it was extra we’d eat at one time.) I’m tagging this recipe as Keto, however for strict Keto you could need to use barely fewer tomatoes.

Learn how to make the low-carb Cottage Cheese Taco Bowl:

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1. Warmth olive oil, add floor beef, and break aside. (I really like the Hamburger Meat Chopper (affiliate hyperlink) proven within the picture, however it’s also possible to simply break meat aside with a turner.
2. Cook dinner over medium warmth, turning usually, till floor beef is browned.
3. Then add Kalyn’s Taco Seasoning Combine (or bought taco combine), zero-sugar scorching sauce, Spike Seasoning (affiliate hyperlink) or Salt Free Spike Seasoning (affiliate hyperlink), and water.
4. Cut back warmth and let meat simmer till water is evaporated, stirring a couple of instances.
5. (You would make this with thawed Sluggish Cooker Taco Meat or On the spot Pot Taco Meat when you have that within the freezer.)
6. Measure out cottage cheese. I like to recommend Good Tradition Cottage Cheese (affiliate hyperlink), however use the model you favor.
7. Minimize tomatoes in half, and reduce avocado into medium-sized items..
8. (For those who’re not going to eat all of the taco bowl elements instantly, solely reduce up as a lot tomato and avocado as you’re going to make use of.)
9. Whereas the meat is scorching, shortly assemble bowls with floor beef, diced tomatoes, chopped avocado, and cottage cheese.
10. Serve instantly along with your favourite topping for tacos or one of many sauces talked about under.

What sauce may you employ to drizzle on the taco bowls?

We thought the taco bowl meal was scrumptious similar to you see it within the images. However Kara and I additionally liked it with a easy sauce or dressing drizzled over the elements. Under are some issues we tried. All these will add solely 2 or 3 internet carbs if you happen to restrict the serving dimension.

• We liked the easy Salsa Ranch Dressing we made by mixing collectively equal components Tempo Picante Sauce (affiliate hyperlink) and bought Ranch Dressing within the Magic Bullet or meals process0r. This has simply barely over 1 carb per tablespoon.
• The opposite sauce we liked was Cholula Cremosa Sauce, Cilantro Lime (affiliate hyperlink), which was tasty and has only one carb per tablespoon.
• The primary time we labored on the recipe we liked it with Cafe Rio Salad Dressing, with only one carb per tablespoon.
• My recipe for Southwest Ranch Dip can be scrumptious with the flavors on this bowl, and it’s additional low in carbs, with solely 2 carbs in one-fourth cup!
• Individuals who like Ranch Dressing on their taco salad may take pleasure in this with my home made ranch, with about 1 carb per tablespoon.
• Roasted Pink Pepper Aioli with Garlic has only one carb per tablespoon.
• When you’ve got one other kind of low-carb bought dressing that’s good with taco salad, that may even be scrumptious on these bowls.

Need Extra Concepts for Bowl Meals?

You possibly can try Bowl Meals to see numerous different low-carb meals served in a bowl!

Low-Carb Food regimen / Low-Glycemic Food regimen / South Seaside Food regimen Strategies:
For those who make the Cottage Cheese Taco Bowl elements into 4 servings, every can have 7 internet carbs with 36 grams of protein. For those who make three servings, every can have 9 internet carbs and 48 grams of protein. This cottage cheese bowl meal ought to work for any section of the unique South Seaside Food regimen if you happen to use extra-lean floor beef, low-fat cottage cheese, and restrict the avocado.

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