Cottage Cheese Lox Toast

This quick and easy breakfast is packed full of protein and has many fresh flavors! It is great for those busy mornings when you just need a quick but nutritious breakfast.

They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and honestly, I have to agree with what they say. I notice that when I eat a balanced, high protein breakfast, it sets me up for success for the rest of the day. I have more energy and am less likely to snack on junky things as the day goes on. The opposite is true when I eat a high carb or sugary breakfast. I crash not far into the day. A Balanced meal is important.

Although, some mornings, I don’t have time (or let’s be real the desire) to make an in-depth breakfast but I know I still need a nutritious meal that is also delicious. That is where this cottage cheese lox toast comes into play.

This cottage cheese lox toast is full of protein from the cottage cheese and the smoked salmon. But you also have delicious and fresh flavors coming from the tomato, purple onion, capers and dill.

This cottage cheese toast perfectly embodies and delicious and nutritious breakfast. Let’s make it together and start our days off well!

Why You Will Love Cottage Cheese Lox Toast

This breakfast truly is so easy to bring together. The ingredients used don’t need much done to them. They just need a slicing here and there but other than that are low maintenance. They come already prepared for you.

While the ingredients in this cottage cheese lox toast don’t require much work done to them, you can ensure that this breakfast is still healthy and nutritious. It is made with simple ingredients that don’t have a bunch of additives and are natural, whole foods.

There is a way you can add a personal touch to this breakfast. The bread options for the toast are endless. Whether it is a thick slice of homemade sourdough bread, an everything bagel, or a seeded bread, the list goes on and on. Choose your favorite that would make this breakfast even better than it already is! Homemade sourdough is my personal bread of choice.

Tips to Make the Best Cottage Cheese Lox Toast

• Toast your bread well – Adding the cottage cheese onto the toast will make it a bit soft. I like to toast my bread two to three times to make it nice and crispy, so it still remains crispy after the cottage cheese goes on. I also like to let my bread cool a bit after it is toasted to make sure it stays crispy.
• Purple onions in ice water – After you slice the purple onions thinly, try adding them into a bowl of ice water for a bit. This will help them be extra crispy while cutting the zing a bit.
• Small curd cottage cheese – I find that small curd cottage cheese works better than large curd cottage cheese for this toast because the small curd cheese is softer and creamier.
• Olive oil – After the tomatoes are added on top of the cottage cheese, try adding a small drizzle of olive oil along with salt and pepper to bring out extra flavor.

FAQs

Is lox raw salmon?

Lox is never cooked but it is cured. The curing process takes about several weeks as it sits in a salty brine to make it safe to eat. The creaminess of the cured salmon makes it a great texture for on top of a toasted bagel.

What are capers?

Capers are one of the garnishes but also necessities for a good lox toast. They are actually edible flower buds that come from the caper bush. They are pickled and add a delicious tangy flavor.

Is cottage cheese lox toast healthy?

Cottage cheese lox toast is fully of omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins, and protein making it a very healthy meal!

Ingredients

Cottage Cheese – I find that small curd works best but if the flavor of large curd is something you prefer more, then go for it!

Salmon “Lox” – at your local grocery store, you should be able to find “lox” salmon. Lox salmon is cured in salt rather than being smoked. Typically, lox is made with salmon belly.

Slicing Tomato – you will get great juiciness from a good heirloom tomato or tomatoes on the vine.

Purple Onion – purple onions have a crispiness and a slight zing to them that adds so much flavor to this toast.

Capers – don’t be afraid of capers. They add a saltiness yet more savoriness to this cottage cheese lox toast.

Fresh Dill – adding a garnish of fresh dill to the top of your cottage cheese toast helps tie all the flavors together.

Tools You May Need

• Cutting board
• Sharp/serrated knife
• Toaster

How to Make Cottage Cheese Lox Toast Step-by-Step

To start, cut a thick slice of your bread of choice and pop it in the toaster to get nice and crispy.

While the bread is toasting, prepare the ingredients. Do this by thinly slicing the tomato and purple onion and removing the tops of the dill from the stem.

Once the bread is toasted according to your liking, spread on a generous layer of cottage cheese. Making it even throughout the toast and spreading it flat.

On top of the cottage cheese, lay the thinly sliced tomatoes as well as sprinkle with a bit of salt and pepper (and a bit of olive oil if desired). This will help bring out the juices of the tomato slices and add extra flavor!

Next, add on the thinly sliced purple onion. These will add zing to the cottage cheese lox toast.

Followed by the salmon “lox”, capers, and garnish of dill.

Enjoy immediately!

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