By Mayo Clinic Staff

Dietitian's tip:

This easy-to-prepare spread can be made up to a week in advance and kept tightly covered in the refrigerator. Serve with whole-grain crackers or thin slices of toasted baguette.

Number of servings

Serves 12
  1. Healthy-carb
  2. Weight management
  3. Low-fat
  4. Diabetes meal plan
  5. DASH diet
  6. Low-sodium

Ingredients

  1. 1/4 pound smoked trout fillet, skinned and broken into pieces
  2. 1/2 cup 1% low-fat cottage cheese
  3. 1/4 cup coarsely chopped red onion
  4. 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
  5. 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
  6. 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  7. 1 stalk celery, diced

Directions

In a blender or food processor, combine the trout, cottage cheese, red onion, lemon juice, hot pepper sauce and Worcestershire sauce. Process until smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Fold in the diced celery. Cover and refrigerate until just before serving.

Nutritional analysis per serving

Serving size: 2 Tbsp

  • Calories 27
  • Total carbohydrate 1 g
  • Total sugars 0.5 g
  • Dietary fiber trace
  • Protein 3.5 g
  • Total fat 1 g
  • Saturated fat trace
  • Monounsaturated fat 0.5 g
  • Polyunsaturated fat 0.5 g
  • Cholesterol 3.5 mg
  • Sodium 103 mg
  • Potassium 80 mg
  • Calcium 17 mg
  • Magnesium 2 mg
  • Iron trace
April 29, 2026