Obsessed with low fat cottage cheese

I used to eat it plain. After cutting back on sodium, I can't stand to eat it anymore. It tastes like someone dumped a salt shaker on it. Yumm, salt cheese! blechhhhhhh:sick:

I like mine with just about anything.

Bed of lettuce, lean ham pieces and a little shredded cheese. Great for a quick dinner.

Mostly I eat it plain.

I like the nice creamy 2% fat kind... with jam mixed in. YUM.

For anyone worried about salt, cottage cheese is incredibly easy to make yourself. You just heat milk (any fat content) up to just under boiling, and add a few tablespoons of lemon juice or vinegar. It separates into curds and whey, just drain off the whey, rinse them in cool water, drain through a cloth, and season the curds however you like. If you prefer larger, firmer curds, or don't like the slightly acidic taste, try using microbial rennet at a lower temperature. The whey can be used to make bread, smoothies, soup, etc.

I like to add some green onion and bell pepper let it refrigerate for a few hours then enjoy. Mmmm. It works well to pack it for lunch before work then the flavors have time to blend by lunch time.

show previous quotes

Read in a recent copy of Oxygen Magazine that no fat cottage cheese is not so good, but the low fat is a good choice. Can't remember if it was added sodium or what.

It's the same with fat free/low fat sour cream. The low fat version is made with milk and cream, but the fat free is made with skim milk and thickened with corn starch.

Low fat is just as bad as fat free. To make up for the lack of taste in both versions they add more crap to it. I've never understood why people are afraid of healthy fats. Its a marketing scam and a good one at that. I could put two pies next to each other, slap a low fat sticker on one of them and people would buy the low fat version without actually comparing the nutritional information.

I don't limit my saturated fats, but some low fat things taste exactly the same to me and are worth the fewer calories.

My kids just love cottage cheese on their pancakes!

The stuff makes an amazing "ice cream".

Just toss the whole carton in a blender, followed by ice cubes and bits of whatever flavour you want the ice cream to be - fresh fruit, chocolate, protein nuts, etc - then just blend it all up with about a tablespoon of added water. Leave it in the freezer to chill for a few hours and stir every half hour and - bam - a MASSIVE bowl of ice cream, depending on the ingredients.
Good if you're a volume eater ("pig") like me. ^_^

That sounds yummy!!! Thanks for sharing!!

I usually get Straus low fat cottage cheese. On a day when I really needed more protein, I made myself a sandwich with TJ's California Style Complete Protein bread, cottage cheese, and sunflower butter (tastes like peanut butter, but is nut-free since I'm allergic). Otherwise, my go-to's are fruit (for a sweet version) or radishes and green onion.