Tahini-Honey Cottage Cheese Bowl

By Ali Slagle

Updated January 13, 2026

  • Andrew Bui for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Kaitlin Wayne.
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A few choice additions can make the common breakfast of fruit and cottage cheese anything but ordinary. Drizzles of tahini and honey give the bowl a rich, nutty, savory and creamy edge, while toasted sesame seeds double down on the sesame flavor and add a delicate crunch. It’s hard to think of a fruit that wouldn’t be good here: Pile on bananas, berries, stone fruits, melons, apples and pears, grapes, citrus, persimmon or pomegranate seeds. 

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Ingredients

Yield:4 servings

  • 16 ounces (2 cups) cottage cheese

  • 2 cups cut fruit

  • 8 teaspoons well-stirred tahini

  • 8 teaspoons honey

  • 2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds

  • Flaky salt

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Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)

28 grams carbs; 19 milligrams cholesterol; 259 calories; 3 grams monounsaturated fat; 3 grams polyunsaturated fat; 3 grams saturated fat; 11 grams fat; 2 grams fiber; 608 milligrams sodium; 15 grams protein; 15 grams sugar

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Divide the cottage cheese among four bowls. Top with the fruit, then drizzle each bowl with 2 teaspoons each tahini and honey. Sprinkle with the sesame seeds and a small pinch of salt.

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S

I like cottage cheese and I am always looking for new and interesting breakfast ideas. This fit the bill nicely. Fast and tasty. Good effort to reward ratio! I will be putting this into the breakfast rotation.

E. Parker

I just tried this. Now, my recent go-to breakfast has been a concoction my suster has dubbed "Apple Vomit" which is cottage cheese, peanut butter, a touch of honey or maple syrup, and some cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice, so this is just a variation on that theme. I used a raw tahini (the sesame seeds are not toasted) and maple syrup because I'm out of honey, and topped it with banana. It scales down beautifully to one serving, and it is tasty!

GG

Really tasty quick recipe. If anyone is in the UK, I cannot recommend the Longley Farm cottage cheese brand enough!

Shannon

I’m not a fan of cottage cheese, and really dislike it with fruit, but this recipe intrigued me. Somehow the tahini bridges the gap between the cottage cheese, which my brain reads as savory, and the sweet fruit. I really enjoyed it!

Kristen Eberlein

This is wonderful. Just wonderful. I did not use sesame seeds or salt, but instead added some chopped nuts. Not sure it will have enough calories for me with the suggested portion size, but that is easily fixed!

Muddy Mongrel

Tahini and cottage cheese was a really surprising combination to me, but it strengthens the flavor of the cheese and makes for a really comforting texture!

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