My daughter has recently started requesting a lot more meatless meals and these potato tacos have quickly become a favorite. We blend cottage cheese until smooth and stir that into the mashed potatoes to add a rich, creamy flavor and a bit of protein. Not too worry - these don't taste like cottage cheese and no one even realizes it's in there. It's been a secrete weapon of mine when it comes to boosting protein in meatless meals and we're loving all the ways to use it!
Lettuce, tomato, avocado, cheddar, red onion, cilantrofor topping
Instructions
Peel and dice the potatoes into 1 inch cubes and place in a large saucepan or dutch oven. Cover the potatoes with cold water and bring to a boil.
Boil the potatoes for about 10-15 minutes, until fork tender and easy to mash.
While the potatoes are boiling, add the cottage cheese to a blender and blend until smooth and creamy.
Drain the water from the potatoes and add the blended cottage cheese and seasonings to the potatoes. Mash until mostly smooth, a few lumps are ok. The potatoes should be thicker than traditional mashed potatoes so that the filling doesn't ooze out of the tortillas, but you can add additional cottage cheese or a splash of milk if it's too thick for your liking.
Place the tortillas on a microwave safe plate and top with a damp paper towel. Microwave for 20 seconds.
Spread half of each tortilla with a few tablespoons of mashed potatoes and fold to close.
Spritz your air fryer basket with oil spray and place tacos in the basket in a single layer. We’re able to fit 4 tacos in our basket at a time. Spritz with oil spray on both sides.
Cook at 400 for 6 minutes. Tortillas will crisp further after they are removed from the air fryer.
Repeat steps 3 through 6 for remaining tacos, keeping tacos warm in the oven while you cook the remaining batches or return all of the tacos to the air fryer for 1 minute to rewarm just before serving.
Pry apart each tortilla and fill with your preferred toppings. We usually keep it simple with shredded lettuce and cheddar.
Notes
We’re using blended cottage cheese in the mashed potatoes to add a creamy, rich flavor and protein without adding a ton of calories or fat. The finished product DOES NOT taste like cottage cheese. If you’re adamantly against cottage cheese, you may swap in Greek yogurt (protein) or sour cream (not so much protein, but tasty), but you may need to use a bit less. Highly recommend testing out the cottage cheese though - it’s a game changer!