Kellogg’s Special K Cottage Cheese Loaf Recipe - SDA Style
Written on March 5th, 2006 by JennaPosted in Cooking, Food and Drinks, Recipes, Uncategorized
In the subculture of Seventh-day Adventism, most of the churches have a weekly Sabbath-afternoon potluck when every family brings a dish and fellowships together. There are a couple of entrees that are unique to Adventists.
One of those common dishes is the Kellogg’s Loaf. The main ingredients are cereal, cottage cheese, and eggs. Non-Adventists reading this might be thinking, “What?! Cereal should only be eaten with milk, not with eggs!” You’d be surprised how great this tastes. Best of all, it’s vegetarian!
I was looking for the Adventist variation of this recipe and I found a great one at TAGnet. Unfortunately, the page does not exist anymore. So, the following is the lost recipe with my adjustments. One named Amy Higner submitted the original recipe. Amy, if you’re reading this, I just want to say, “Thanks!”
SDA Style Kellogg’s Cottage Cheese Loaf
- 1/4 Cup Butter or Margarine
- 1 Clove of Garlic
- 1 Onion
- 2 Stalks of Celery
- 2 Tablespoons of an SDA-style Vegetarian Stock like McKay’s Seasoning, Broth, or Worthington Gravy
- 1 Tablespoon of Soy Sauce
- 3 Beaten Eggs
- 1/4 Cup of Milk
- 1 Cup of Cottage Cheese
- 3-5 Cups of a “Flakes” Cereal - Most of the time, Adventists use Kellogg’s Special K Cereal. I’m cheap. So, I use generic Corn Flakes
- 1/4 Cup Pecan Meal, Ground Fine (Optional)
- Preheat oven to 350 F
- Heat the butter or margarine in a pan
- Sauté the garlic and onions until cooked
- Add the celery to the pan and sauté until soft
- Mix the remaining ingredients in a separate bowl
- Add the sautéed vegetables to the bowl
- Let the cereal get a little soggy (about 5 minutes)
- Place in a generously greased baking pan. It should be 1″-3″ deep. Do not pack. In fact, use a fork to make it fluffy.
- Bake at the top rack for 1 - 1 1/2 hour(s)
- Cut the loaf into 2″ x 2″ squares
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March 6th, 2006 at 11:23 am
As a life long vegetarian and professional Home Economist I found your Special K recipe “interesting”!
I use olive oil, not butter
No milk is needed
1/2 cup pecans
1 egg, beaten in the the cottage cheese (I use 16 oz cottage cheese)
Being one who likes to eliminate as many dishes as possible, I make mine in my wok, which allows me to saute and then mix the ingredients in one container. I mix in the first half of cereal, let it sit for about 10 minutes, then add the remainder.
I jump start baking by heating the loaf in the microwave before placing in the oven. This cuts down on baking time.
Here is what I tell people who have favorite meat loaf recipes:
Use ground nuts and cottage cheese in place of the ground meat, pound for pound and use seasonings (see note below*). Then use your favorite meat loaf recipe. Replace bread crumbs with Special K.
I cook mine in a glass loaf pan that has been lined with parchment paper, I do pack my mixture, so it can be turned out meat loaf style on a plater. One needs to let the loaf rest for about 10 minutes after removing it from the oven before you do this.
*I don’t know if you know about Bill Best Seasonings, but they are by far the best I have found. SDA health food stores are starting to carry them. http://www.billsbest.net/
I will bookmark your site to read from time to time!
Good work!
Kathleen
December 12th, 2006 at 12:32 pm
It is very important that vegetarians get Vitamin B-12. Without B-12 the nervous system breaks down and “Parkinsons like” symptoms occur, this is PERMANENT neuological damage. B-12 Dose NOT occur naturally in plants, only in animal products. Milk and eggs do have some but not enough in present in a HEALTHY serving. Supplements are available and are effective but you can also get a full serving OF B-12 in JUST A CUP OF SPECIAL K cereal. So I’d encourage people to use Special K for this reason. Thanks.
April 26th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
i use for this recipe.
1 pk of Lipton Onion Soup mix
1/2 teaspoon of oil
3 eggs beaten
4 Cups of cottage cheese
1 cup of chopped walnuts
4 Cups of Special K cereal
Mix well, grease pan and bake 45-1 hour on 350 degrees. yum!
May 17th, 2007 at 7:50 am
I added cherry tomatoes curry paste and weetabix to this it worked very wel.
June 10th, 2007 at 11:47 am
This use to be one of my favorite dishes to eat when I was an adventist for almost 30 years. I haven’t had the dish in over 12 years now and I miss it . Its a great and simple dish that I can cook for the wife and friends .
September 17th, 2007 at 9:25 am
I was online looking for a special K recipe and came across your site. I was very excited because I am an SDA and was happily suprised that our good old SDA food is quite famous! I can’t wait to try out your recipe. Thank you.
September 23rd, 2007 at 9:52 am
I am going to try this recipe today for my family, I am SDA and I love this dish, i am glad i ran across this website have a wonderful day.
Thank you.
November 29th, 2007 at 10:02 am
I made this for lunch at an sda school. They loved it. Thanks so much. I am so glad that I found this online.
January 3rd, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Editing note: it should be 2 STALKS of celery, not stocks!
My dish is in the oven, hope it tastes as good as it sounds.
January 3rd, 2008 at 11:27 pm
thanks for the correction! Hope everything worked out!
February 3rd, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Thank you for the posting, I was raised SDA (not any longer) but cook both vegetarian and non-vegetarian now. Does anyone have the recipe for Icelantic Patties? It is something that they used to serve at potluck while I was growing up. I have two of the SDA Apple cookbooks but it isn’t in them.
March 11th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
My mother always made this for Sabbath potluck her’s was a bit different-
1 envelope G Washington seasoning
8 oz cottage cheese, small curd
1 onion diced
1/3 cup oil
3 beatten eggs
1 box Pepridge Farms Seasoned crutons
Saute onions
then simply combine ingredients in loaf pan or casserol dish at 350 for 40 min.
March 15th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Mmmm!! Cottage Cheese Loaf!!!! My favorite! I’m SDA, but I do eat meat. But there is just nothing like this stuff! SO GOOD! Now I’m gonna have to go make some, I’m starving!
March 24th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
I am SDA, non-vegetarian and have been looking for this receipe. Googling cottage cheese loaf got me nowhere, then from a distant childhood memory of making this, I thought aha! Special K, sure enough here it is, I didn’t even type SDA!
Keep up the good health and Adventist pro health message.
April 15th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Hi there,
Thank you for your recipes.
Due to the fact that there are animals that are sickly, do you have a cottage cheese replacement recipe please (vegan).
Thank you and God bless.
Rosaline Kerrigan
April 18th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Rosaline, I found a recipe for making vegan cottage cheese using tofu. It might work for the recipe. I haven’t personnaly tried it but here you go:
BRYANNA’S TOFU “COTTAGE CHEESE” (A Weight Watchers Core Plan recipe)
1 lb medium-firm tofu, mashed coarsely and drained
2/3 cup firm or extra-firm SILKEN tofu
1 Tbs lemon juice
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp sugar or alternate
Sprinkle 1/2 tsp. of the salt on the mashed tofu in a medium bowl. In the food processor mix the silken tofu, remaining salt, sugar and lemon juice until VERY smooth. Scoop into the bowl with the mashed tofu and mix gently. Refrigerate.
Servings: 5
Yield: 2 and 1/2 c.
I found it at http://veganfeastkitchen.blogspot.com/2006/11/getting-more-creative-with-breakfast.html
Good luck and I hope it turns out for you. Special K loaf is so good. My daughter was just asking me to make some for her. I am an SDA and I hadn’t really thought about how we have a few of our “own” dishes - except Hay Stacks which is always a favorite and not known outside of SDA circles.
April 24th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Mine is in the oven now!!
I had not thought of this is years….and had lost the recipe. Wonderful!!
Yes, it is very good made with tofu. There is a recipe over at http://clearcreekkitchen.org/recipes/view.php?id=197
Have not tried that particular one, but it is close enough that it should work.
May 19th, 2008 at 9:49 am
I use 5 eggs,melt a stick of butter. 1 reg cottage cheese or 1/2 of a costco size container. small onion diced small. 7 oz special k (its worth it) and season with chicken seasoning with out the real stock. Butter the 9×13 dish. Oil recks the texture. My meat eaters love this dish.
July 18th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Well, i made the recipie as listed above, ( the first recipie) and tried to substitue the tofu straight across for cottage cheese! Did not work. Then I found the vegan recipe on the bottom. should have tried that first.
cooking for a group of thirty next week, vegan dishies, and was hopeing to make this one. Will have to try the vegan recipe, hope it works!
August 1st, 2008 at 9:16 am
I would like to be able to print the recipes with out using all the ink printing pictures and other unwanted stuff.
Can you please tell me how to do it.
Love the recipies.
September 4th, 2008 at 8:11 am
Marian, if you will send me an email at cholministries @ aol.com (without the spaces), I will forward you a copy of the recipe. I copied it from the website, but I realize some people don’t know how to copy and paste, so if it would be easier, just shoot me that email and I’ll help you out.
Be sure and put Special K Loaf on the Subject line so it doesn’t accidentally get deleted. 
God Bless!
BethC