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With just 4 simple ingredients, these easy cheese stuffed sweet potatoes are a cozy, high-protein meal that’s perfect for healthy meal prep or a quick weeknight dinner. Creamy cottage cheese, melted cheddar, and fresh green onions transform a naturally sweet baked potato into a satisfying comfort food that’s both nourishing and incredibly delicious.
Table of Contents
- Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Is a stuffed sweet potato with cottage cheese healthy?
- Ingredients
- Variations And Substitutions
- How To Make Cottage Cheese Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
- Rachel’s Tips For The Best Results
- How To Serve Cottage Cheese Sweet Potatoes
- Make Ahead Tips
- Storage and Reheat Tips
- Recipe FAQs
- More High Protein Sweet Potato Recipes You’ll Love
- High Protein Cheese Stuffed Sweet Potato Recipe
- Rachel’s Tips For The Best Results
- Make Ahead Tips
- Storage and Reheat Tips
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
If you haven’t tried cottage cheese in a hot potato before, you’re in for a treat! Cottage cheese melts and becomes so creamy, adding a savory protein boost to the sweetness of the potatoes without the heavy feel of traditional toppings. And here are some other reasons you’ll love this cheese stuffed sweet potato recipe:
- Healthy and Satisfying: Full of 21 grams of protein and 7 grams of fiber, the cottage cheese and sweet potato combo creates an easy meal that’s both healthy and filling.
- Comfort Food: It’s savory, a little bit sweet, and exactly what a “clean” comfort food should taste like.
- Easy Ingredients: It only takes four easy ingredients to make these delicious jacket sweet potatoes.
- Meal Prep: If you’re looking for a way to meal prep these protein sweet potatoes, you’re in luck. They’re incredibly easy to make ahead of time and pack for lunch or use for a quick weeknight dinner.
- Vegetarian: I love that you can still get high protein from this meatless sweet potato meal.
Is a stuffed sweet potato with cottage cheese healthy?
High in fiber, protein, vitamins, and minerals, sweet potatoes and cottage cheese are somewhat of a powerhouse when put together!
Health Benefits of Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes are considered a superfood because they’re packed full of fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C, manganese, and fiber, all essential nutrients for your body to function properly. A single sweet potato contains almost 400% of your daily vitamin A requirements! Orange and purple varieties of sweet potatoes are also rich in antioxidants.
Health Benefits of Cottage Cheese
Cottage cheese is high in protein, great for gut health, low in calories, and full of nutrients like calcium, B vitamins, and probiotics. It is also a great food choice for supporting weight loss, muscle growth, and gut health. For women who need calcium for bone health and low fat food choices for weight maintenance, cottage cheese turns out to be a great option!
Ingredients
These are the simple ingredients that make these cottage cheese sweet potatoes perfect for an easy make ahead lunch or light dinner.
Sweet potatoes or yams: Choose small sweet potatoes in any variety.
Low fat cottage cheese: When choosing cottage cheese, try to find an organic brand that is of good quality. I personally like a brand with probiotics like Good Culture or Nancy’s.
Cheddar cheese: I prefer to grate my own cheddar for this recipe to eliminate the anti-caking and clumping agents that are added to pre-shredded cheese. When it’s on sale, I also like to use grass-fed cheddar, but you can use any block you like.
Green Onions: I used green onions in this recipe because they have a more delicate flavor and texture than a white or red onion.
See the recipe card for full information on all ingredients and quantities.
Variations And Substitutions
- Cheese Swap: Try these with different types of shredded cheese for different flavors. Mozzarella, Colby Jack, gouda, or even a camembert would be delicious.
- Make this a bowl: You can also make this a bowl by cutting the sweet potatoes into cubes using a high quality sharp knife, then roasting the potatoes like in this Sweet Potato Meal Prep Bowls recipe.
- Add spices: Mexican spices like cumin, chili powder, and paprika, Italian spices like oregano and garlic, or Asian spices like ginger can all make your baked sweet potatoes have more depth of flavor.
How To Make Cottage Cheese Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
Step 1: Preheat your oven to 400°F.
Step 2. Bake your sweet potatoes for 40-50 minutes or until the inside is soft.
Step 3. Slice each sweet potato lengthwise, but not all the way through (see video).
Step 3. Press them open and add cottage cheese, shredded cheddar, onions, salt, and pepper.
Step 4. Place the loaded potatoes back into the oven for 10-12 minutes to melt the cheese until it’s bubbling.
Rachel’s Tips For The Best Results
- Shred your own cheese for an even more melty consistency. Plus you won’t be getting the anti-caking and clumping additives they add to pre-shredded bags of cheese.
- Make sure your sweet potatoes are done cooking by piercing them with a fork or knife. If the fork or knife goes in and comes out easily, they’re done!
- This hand crank grater can make shredding your own cheese easier, plus the kids love using it!
- Invest in some good unbleached parchment paper and a good quality non-toxic baking sheet for this recipe and all other recipes.
How To Serve Cottage Cheese Sweet Potatoes
Add toppings to customize these stuffed sweet potatoes and make them fun for the kids. Some really good ones are chopped jalapenos, a sprinkle of nitrate free bacon crumbles, or a dollop of homemade salsa. Here are a few more things you could add to your stuffed potato:
- Ground beef
- Diced avocado
- Corn
- Black beans
- Tomatoes
- Grilled vegetables
- Chickpeas
- Chicken
Make Ahead Tips
There are two ways you can make these sweet potatoes ahead of time.
The first way is to bake the sweet potatoes ahead of time without the toppings. Then, before eating, add the cottage cheese and other toppings and bake the second time. That way most of the work is out of the way, but you still get hot, ooey gooey potatoes right out of the oven.
The second way is to make the recipe all the way through, store them in the fridge, and then reheat when you’re ready to eat them. You can do this using a microwave or pop them back into the oven for about 10-15 minutes or until heated through.
Storage and Reheat Tips
Refrigerator: These cottage cheese sweet potato boats will keep in the refrigerator for up to 4 days in an airtight container.
Freezer: Freeze them for up to 2 months in an air tight container.
Reheat: To reheat, use the microwave in 10-15 second bursts until the sweet potato is warmed through and the cheese is melted. Or use the oven and bake from thawed for 10-15 minutes on 350°F or until warmed through.
Recipe FAQs
Is a jacket potato with cottage cheese healthy?
A jacket potato with cottage cheese is full of protein, fiber, vitamins and minerals that make it a healthy meal.
Does cottage cheese melt when you bake it?
Yes, cottage cheese melts when you bake it creating a deliciously healthy way to eat “clean” comfort food.
Is a jacket potato the same as a sweet potato?
The term “jacket potato” is actually one used in Great Britain when referring to a potato that has been baked low and slow, creating a crispy “jacket” from the potato skin on the outside. So a jacket potato can refer to a white potato or a sweet potato.
Did you try this Cottage Cheese Sweet Potato recipe? It would mean so much to me if you would comment and rate this recipe!
🩷Rachel
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 sweet potatoes or yams, small, scrubbed well
- 2 cups low fat cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup freshly shredded cheddar cheese
- 4 green onions, thinly sliced
- ½ tsp sea salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees f.
- Place your sweet potatoes on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 40–50 minutes, until soft inside, but not too mushy.
- Remove sweet potatoes from the oven once done.
- Carefully slice each one lengthwise, but not all the way through as shown in the video.
- Gently and carefully press the ends to open them up.
- Add toppings to each potato equally: sea salt & pepper, cottage cheese, green onions, and freshly shredded cheddar.
- Use a spoon or fork to gently mix everything into the soft flesh (don’t overmix—keep some texture).
- Return your stuffed sweet potatoes to the oven for 10-12 minutes, or just until your cheese is melty and bubbly.
- Serve while hot.
- Enjoy!
- Love, Rachel
Video
Notes
Rachel’s Tips For The Best Results
- Shred your own cheese for an even more melty consistency. Plus you won’t be getting the anti-caking and clumping additives they add to pre-shredded bags of cheese.
- Make sure your sweet potatoes are done cooking by piercing them with a fork or knife. If the fork or knife goes in and comes out easily, they’re done!
- This hand crank grater can make shredding your own cheese easier, plus the kids love using it!
- Invest in some good unbleached parchment paper and a good quality non-toxic baking sheet for this recipe and all other recipes.
Make Ahead Tips
There are two ways you can make these sweet potatoes ahead of time. The first way is to bake the sweet potatoes ahead of time without the toppings. Then, before eating, add the cottage cheese and other toppings and bake the second time. That way most of the work is out of the way, but you still get hot, ooey gooey potatoes right out of the oven. The second way is to make the recipe all the way through, store them in the fridge, and then reheat when you’re ready to eat them. You can do this using a microwave or pop them back into the oven for about 10-15 minutes or until heated through.Storage and Reheat Tips
Refrigerator: These cottage cheese sweet potato boats will keep in the refrigerator for up to 4 days in an air tight container. Freezer: Freeze them for up to 2 months in an air tight container. Reheat: To reheat, use the microwave in 10-15 second bursts until the sweet potato is warmed through and the cheese is melted. You could also use the oven and bake from thawed for 10-15 minutes on 350°F or until warmed through, or the air fryer set on reheat.Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
