Feeling hot, hot, hot? Get ready to spice up your coleslaw game with this bold and creamy variation! What’s the secret ingredient? Cottage cheese!

Yup, I’ve crafted a buffalo sauce using cottage cheese and hot sauce, packing this dish with velvety protein and fiery flavor. I fully understand that people have varying degrees of heat tolerance, so rest assured, you can dial the heat way down (simply omit the cayenne) or dial it wayyy up (leave the cayenne in and drizzle extra hot sauce over your personal plate, like I do.)

I also know cottage cheese can be polarizing—I personally love it, but for folks who hate it, here’s my pitch: you cannot taste the cottage cheese in this mixture… it’s undetectable, seriously. Follow my lead and toss in optional scallions and sliced jalapeños… oh, and for a more Buffalo-Wing-type-of-experience, you can add crumbled bleu cheese on top, too.

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Buffalo Coleslaw

Feeling hot, hot, hot? Get ready to spice up your coleslaw game with this bold and creamy variation!
Yield: 5 servings
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
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Ingredients
 

Buffalo Cottage Cheese Sauce

  • 1 cup low-fat cottage cheese
  • ½ cup nonfat or low-fat plain Greek yogurt
  • 3 tablespoons hot sauce, more to drizzle on top on finished slaw
  • 2 ¼ teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper, or more to taste (skip if you prefer less heat)
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground pepper

Coleslaw

  • 4 cups shredded cabbage, white and purple (or a 12 to 14-ounce prepackaged coleslaw mix) 
  • 1 cup shredded carrots
  • Chopped scallions, optional
  • Sliced jalapeños, optional

Equipment

Instructions
 

To make the Buffalo Cottage Cheese Sauce

  • Add all the ingredients to a high-speed blender or food processor and blend until smooth and creamy.

To make the coleslaw

  • Combine the shredded cabbage and carrots in a large bowl and mix.
  • Add the sauce and toss to mix everything together. Add optional scallions and jalapeños if desired. Drizzle additional hot sauce over the top, and dig in!

Notes

• You’ll only use about half of the buffalo sauce, so they’ll be plenty to use for dipping veggies, spreading on sandwiches and burgers… Or making another coleslaw batch! Or, you can simply half the sauce recipe.
• If you’re following a gluten-free diet, be sure to carefully read the packaging for each ingredient. While these foods are inherently gluten-free, gluten can sometimes be added during processing for a variety of reasons, including for flavor and consistency.
Author: Joy Bauer, MS, RDN, CDN

Nutrition Information per serving

Serving Size: 1 cupCalories: 50Carbohydrates: 7gProtein: 5gTotal Fat: 0.4g— Unsaturated Fat: 0.2g— Saturated Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 290mgPotassium: 228mgFiber: 2gTotal Sugar: 4g— Natural Sugar: 4g— Added Sugar: 0gVitamin A: 3633IUVitamin C: 33mgCalcium: 58mgIron: 0.5mg
Nutrition information is calculated using a leading industry software. That being said, brands can vary, and there may be slight fluctuations in the numbers.
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