What can you add to cottage cheese to make it a more rounded meal?

diane9591

I enjoy cottage cheese, but I don't know what to add to it to make it a more rounded meal. I enjoy it by itself, but there must be something I can add to it. Help!

AnnPT77

I use it as a dressing/topping for any kind of salad - fruit or veggie, including cold roasted veggies. It can be pureed and used in ways that sour cream would be used, or ricotta. Sometimes I mix it with hot cooked veggies. (I like it warm fine, but don't usually like it if it has actually been heated in something, unless it's a baked thing like lasagna. Baked in layers with veggies instead of lasagna noodles is OK, especially if some eggs are mixed in with the cottage cheese so it sets up a bit rather than maybe getting runny.) I mostly eat it plain with maybe cherry tomatoes or something, alongside other side dishes, though.

yirara

Good quality bread, cottage cheese and smoked salmon or good cured ham? good cherry tomatoes and cucumber pieces?

sollyn23l2

yirara wrote: »

Good quality bread, cottage cheese and smoked salmon or good cured ham? good cherry tomatoes and cucumber pieces?

They once tried to give the kids at the headstart I work at cucumber and tomato's with cottage cheese. The kids revolted. There was no more cottage cheese with cucumbers and tomatos.

diane9591

Thank you!

candiceajay

I'm vegetarian but not vegan, so I use it as a salad topping mixed with a couple tablespoons of dressing. Same concept but I use it as a dip for a veggie tray mixed with some ranch dip. Sometimes I also add it to scrambled eggs before cooking.

pusanisa03pt

I make tortilla wrap with eggs and top with lots of cottage cheese. So good and high protein!

HorsesHorses1966

Mix 1/4 c cottage cheese with one egg, 1tsp baking powder and 1/2 cup oatmeal in blender. Makes a great pancake top with plain Greek yogurt and some berries

nicsflyingcircus

I love it with cucumbers, onion, tomato and red wine vinegar, with chunky salt/pepper/garlic seasoning sprinkled on top. Like cucumber salad and cottage cheese hooked up. It's delicious.

Also, I blend it (or not) with dry ranch seasoning and eat it with veggies like cucumber, celery, cauliflower, peppers, etc

Made a killer lasagna (thin zucchini slices instead of pasta) with it recently, helps that my family has always made lasagna with cottage cheese.

I'll blend it with a good tomato sauce and eat it with warmed with egg white noodles and chicken and veggies.

I like it just by itself with various seasoning blends atop it/mixed it. Chili garlic, mesquite, etc

BCLadybug888

I regularly have cottage cheese with bacon bits (homemade, chunky not crumbs) and grape tomatoes halved, sprinkle with salt & pepper. Yum, low cal, high protein and filling! If I have cucumber in, will add some of that too.

I will also mix some into scrambled eggs/omelettes while cooking.
I've added it to wraps but my wraps are usually too full!

Back in the day, I remember it was often topped with fruit, like pineapple or fruit cocktail, but I prefer savoury to sweet.

J72FIT

Cereal and or fruit...

mckittycat9652

Try https://youtu.be/IttE15cD4xM?si=nhx4yEPaoLUCep_R on YouTube - cottage cheese scrambled eggs for breakfast. She also have a video for cottage cheese chicken salad. I haven’t tried but plan too.

lemurcat2

It's really good with avocado. I like eggs, avocado, and cottage cheese for breakfast, maybe with some sauteed zucchini or other veg. I also sometimes have it on the side with an omelet -- this morning my brunch was a spinach, mushroom, and broccoli omelet with cottage cheese on the side.

ehju0901

I love Daisy brand cottage cheese, with pepitas and dill weed. Very savory and filling!

chicbuc

Cantaloupe and pepitas!

medrewiske

Egg whites and cottage cheese with spinach and cherry tomatoes. It was pretty tasty.

medrewiske

Taco salad. I mixed salsa with cottage cheese for the dressing. Other components were spinach, leftover beef taco meat with black beans, avocado, sweet onion, cherry tomatoes and black pepper.

medrewiske

I also like it with red grapes or pistachios. Sometimes I use the flavored pistachios and high is very good, or the lain pistachios and sprinkle a little everything bagel seasoning on the cottage cheese with pistachios.

I also like topping it with diced apple and a drizzle of honey for a treat.

Womona

I’m boring compared to all of you! I only eat a serving for breakfast with half a serving of peach slices.

danrdavidson

Cottage cheese is usually my go-to snack for a quick protein boost. I like to add grapes or blueberries to it. Sometimes, I’ll have a small bowl as a side with lunch or dinner, especially if the main dish, like pasta, is low in protein. I also enjoy cottage cheese paired with corn and slow-cooked beans on the same plate—it’s a simple but satisfying combination.