Cottage Cheese Salsa Pita Sandwiches

For a healthy lunch or light meal, these vegetarian-friendly cottage cheese and salsa-filled cheese sandwiches are healthy and satisfying, providing a delicious alternative to a healthy lunch and salsa-filled sandwiches. And it’s surprisingly easy to modify.

You can use your favorite mild, medium or hot salsa, or salsa verde or pico de gallo. With an almost unlimited variety of salsas, you can keep changing up the flavor of these simple sandwiches.

Don’t you love butter lettuce? You can swap with romaine, iceberg lettuce, spinach or mixed greens. whatever you have on hand should work just fine.

How many calories and WW points in salsa and cottage cheese stuffed pitas?

By my calculations, each serving has 264 calories. To see your WW points for this recipe and track it in the WW app or website, click here.

How to make cottage cheese and salsa pita sandwiches, step by step

Step 1: Gather and prepare all the ingredients.

Step 2: In a medium bowl, add the cottage cheese, cucumber, salsa, cilantro, and cumin and mix well.

Step 3: Cut the pitas in half and warm gently in the microwave if desired (affiliate link) or a toaster oven.

Step 4: Top each pita half with 2 lettuce leaves and ¼ of the cottage cheese mixture.

Step 5: Store the remaining curd mixture in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Recipe Notes:

Make these high-protein, high-fiber sandwiches by mixing the salsa and cottage cheese mixture together and storing in an airtight container. Cut the pita bread in half and wrap the pita and lettuce separately. Assemble sandwiches just before eating.

Use your favorite salsa style on mild, medium, or hot. Or maybe you prefer salsa verde or pico de gallo, the choice is yours.

Bibb carrots have a nice mild flavor. Boston carrots, like Beebs, are in the butter lettuce family and are another good option. You can also use iceberg, spinach or romaine to make these pitas.

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One whole stuffed pita (2 halves) has only about 264 calories. You can enjoy half a sandwich with a side salad or a bowl of soup.

Ways to use leftovers

Store the remaining curd mixture in an airtight container. Try adding a spoonful or two to an omelet or poached eggs or baked potato.

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The source of the recipe: Weight Watchers PointsPlus Power Foods Cookbook (affiliate link)

* Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All ingredients in a recipe, except for optional items, are included in determining nutritional ratings. SmartPoints® values ​​are calculated WITHOUT each plan ZeroPoint Foods (Green Plan, Blue Plan, Purple Plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.

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