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Tag: cottage cheese

Recipe: Nettle & Cheese Puff Pastry Triangles

May 6, 2026

I walked into the greenhouse… and I had to pick the nettles. They were growing everywhere. I didn’t really have a plan—just a feeling that they shouldn’t go to waste. So I paired them with what I had: fettaki, cottage cheese, and a sheet of store-bought puff pastry. And honestly? I was surprised how good … More Recipe: Nettle & Cheese Puff Pastry Triangles

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Breakfast Cottage Cheese my style!

December 7, 2017

This is my favorite winter breakfast recipe! I love how leek gives “spring taste” to the quark/cottage cheese. Simple & quick breakfast idea. If you ask me I prefer savory breakfast and it’s hard to find inspiration online. It feels like everyone else love sweet breakfast. Ilze

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Russian sweet cottage cheese bake

October 27, 2017

Linna is a bigger help in the kitchen than Nelle. Nelle would love to live in the city but Linna dreams of walks in the woods, mushroom picking and bike rides. Linna is like me… so we baked together! This dish reminds me of my childhood in the kindergarten and school too. I loved Biezpiena sacepums … More Russian sweet cottage cheese bake

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