Cottage Cheese Croquettes

Baked cottage cheese croquettes with pecans and onions are covered in a mushroom gravy for a hearty vegetarian meal or appetizer.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 55 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 262 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ cup chopped pecans
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning
• ½ teaspoon dried sage
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 onion, minced
• 1 (8 ounce) container cottage cheese
• 1 ½ cups dry bread crumbs
• cooking spray
• ½ teaspoon ground thyme
• 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast flakes
• 3 tablespoons wheat germ
• 1 slice soft bread, torn into small pieces
• ½ cup mushroom gravy, or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.

Step 2

Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat; saute onion until softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Mix sauteed onion, bread crumbs, cottage cheese, torn bread, pecans, nutritional yeast, wheat germ, poultry seasoning, soy sauce, sage, and thyme together in a bowl; form into croquettes and place on the prepared baking sheet.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Pour gravy over croquettes and continue baking until cooked through, about 30 minutes more.